DJ Moore WR

BUF · Out — Shoulder — Week 2 vs DET, who allow the 3rd-most points to WRs — recently Chris Olave put up 18.2 on them (W1).

Week 1 recap: DJ Moore

21.0 PPR points against HOU on 5/8 rec, 100 yd, 1 TD — beat his 12.1 projection by 8.9. The week 2 outlook below reflects it — projections, values and form all rebuilt nightly.

Should you start DJ Moore this week?

DJ Moore projects 13.1 PPR points in week 2 vs DET — the 3rd-ranked matchup for WRs, averaging 21 over his last three. Start him if that clears your other options at WR — run the exact head-to-head in Start/Sit below, or jump straight to a comparison.

The week 2 angle vs DET: 410 passing yards a game allowed (7.32/attempt) · 3 TDs/gm through the air · 2 INTs/gm — all of it adding up to the 3rd-most fantasy points allowed to WRs. Receipts and the full profile: how DET defends WRs, linked under The matchup below.

· No usage trend on file
Week 1 vs HOU: 21 pts · 8 tgt · 44 snaps
Trend reads volume — snaps, targets and carries — not fantasy points, which swing on touchdowns.
Week 2 proj
13.1
PPR · 8.7 std
Matchup
3rd
DET vs WRs
Trade value
2,715
#46 overall · +125/30d
Form
21
PPR pts/gm, last 3 played

Usage & TD luck (2026 · 2 games): 53.5% offensive snaps · 4 targets/game, 14.3% target share · 20.6% air-yard share (aDOT 19.8) · 2.5 catches for 50 yards/game, 1 TD. 2025 baseline (17 games): 84.8% offensive snaps, 5 targets/game, 16.1% target share, 19.9% air-yard share (aDOT 11.6), 2.9 catches for 40.1 yards/game, 7 TD. (2025) TD luck: 7 scored vs 7.5 expected — neutral. Usage moves before production — snaps and share shifts are the earliest real signal.

Week 2 range (half-PPR, when he plays): floor 2.1 · median 9.2 · ceiling 21.9 — 46% chance of 10+, 27% of 15+, 13% of 20+. Built from real week-to-week variance at his position and scoring level — not a bell curve, the actual shape.

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Common decisions

Upcoming schedule & projections

WkOppStd½ PPRPPRMatchup
W2vs DET Thu, Sep 17 8.710.913.1 3rd · soft
W3vs LAC Sun, Sep 27 7.08.710.5 19th
W4vs NE Sun, Oct 4 8.710.913.0 13th
W5@ LAR Mon, Oct 12 8.510.612.7 4th · soft
W6@ LV Sun, Oct 18 8.110.312.5 20th
W8vs BAL Sun, Nov 1 8.110.312.5 24th

The matchup

Game log

WkOppStd½ PPRPPR
W1HOU5/8 rec, 100 yd, 1 TD 16.018.521.0
All numbers are the 2026 season, refreshed nightly. Matchup ranks read 1–32, where 1st allows the most points to the position — the matchup you want.