DJ Moore
ACTIVE
Cleared the AC joint sprain. Starts in the flex over Chris Godwin.
DJ Moore is active. The lineup is locked, the flex decision is made, and three roster spots turned over since Friday. This replaces the 8:00 AM edition, which went out before Buffalo released its inactives.
LordHaveMRSA
0-2
Free Jacobs
1-1
Week 3. First kickoff 1:00 PM ET.
Cooper Kupp
New starter
Added Friday off the free agent pile after a seven-catch, 90-yard game nobody claimed him for.
Trey McBride
21.3 per game
The most reliable player on the roster through two weeks. Nothing to decide here.
Final lineup - locked
| Slot | Player | Kickoff (US Eastern) |
|---|---|---|
| QB | Drake Maye (New England Patriots) | Sun 1:00 PM vs Jacksonville |
| RB | Kyren Williams (Los Angeles Rams) | Sun 8:20 PM vs Denver |
| RB | Cam Skattebo (New York Giants) | Sun 1:00 PM at Tennessee |
| WR | Xavier Worthy (Kansas City Chiefs) | Sun 1:00 PM vs Miami |
| WR | Cooper Kupp (Seattle Seahawks) | Sun 1:00 PM vs Washington |
| TE | Trey McBride (Arizona Cardinals) | Sun 4:05 PM vs San Francisco |
| FLEX | DJ Moore (Buffalo Bills) | Sun 1:00 PM vs LA Chargers |
The flex call
DJ Moore (Buffalo Bills) starts over Chris Godwin (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
An AC joint sprain is a pain-tolerance injury, not a mobility injury - it does not slow a receiver down or get managed with a snap count, which is why the treatment conversation was about an injection rather than a workload plan. No team burns one of 48 game-day roster spots on a receiver it intends to play fifteen snaps. Active means a real role. Moore went for 21.00 points in Week 1, the highest single game anyone on this roster has posted. Godwin is 8.30 and 8.80 - a known quantity, and the known quantity is not enough at 0-2.
The matchup helps
Los Angeles has allowed the fifth-most passing yards and the seventh-most fantasy points to wide receivers this season. Keon Coleman is also active, which trims Moore's target share slightly versus the scenario where he sat, but a receiver on a bad ankle takes very little away.
Injury board
Puka Nacua (Los Angeles Rams) - Doubtful, and this is not a one-week problem
Did not practice Wednesday, Thursday or Friday. Sean McVay has described it as a pre-hernia and said they will give him the proper time to heal; the official designation now reads hip rather than groin. Core injuries in receivers run multiple weeks. Do not drop him - a healthy Nacua is a top-tier receiver and there is roster room to wait.
Keon Coleman (Buffalo Bills) - active on a sprained ankle
Rolled the same ankle he hurt in the preseason, missed Wednesday and Thursday practice, and is playing anyway. Bench him. He is insurance on Moore, not a second starter, and both play in the same offense.
Roster moves since Friday
| In | Out | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Cooper Kupp (Seattle Seahawks) | Michael Mayer (Las Vegas Raiders) | Seven catches on nine targets for 90 yards and unowned; Mayer sits behind Brock Bowers and will never see a target |
| Joshua Palmer (Buffalo Bills) | Rashid Shaheed (Seattle Seahawks) | Hedge against both Bills receivers sitting; Shaheed was 4.20 a game and redundant once Kupp arrived |
| Xavier Hutchinson (Houston Texans) | Wan'Dale Robinson (Tennessee Titans) | Nico Collins ruled out again, so Hutchinson is Houston's top receiver; Wan'Dale had neither production nor a catalyst |
Waiver budget stands at $80 of the original $100. The only spend so far was the Keon Coleman claim; the last three moves were all free agent adds at no cost.
(Joshua Palmer becomes the obvious drop tomorrow now that both Moore and Coleman are active - he was insurance against a branch that did not happen.)
Today's opponent
Free Jacobs (1-1) - seventh in league scoring at 205 points
Lamar Jackson (Baltimore Ravens) at quarterback, Jahmyr Gibbs (Detroit Lions) and Bucky Irving (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) at running back, George Pickens (Dallas Cowboys) and Deebo Samuel (San Francisco 49ers) at receiver, Dalton Schultz (Houston Texans) at tight end, Brock Bowers (Las Vegas Raiders) in the flex. Bowers is questionable, which is the one soft spot on their side. They are average, not a juggernaut - this is a winnable game, and it needs roughly eleven points more than the 91.5 per week this roster has averaged.