DJ Moore was listed as questionable for Sunday’s matchup with the Raiders after missing practice on Wednesday and Thursday and returning in limited fashion on Friday. That is the clearest answer for anyone checking his status this week: he is not ruled out, but he is not a clean green light either.
The timing matters because Friday is the last major checkpoint before Week 6, when injury designations start to harden into game-day decisions. Moore had also been inactive last week against the Rams because of injury, so the update on Friday only sharpened the question around whether he will be available when the Bills kick off Sunday.
Joe Brady’s comments gave the setup for that decision. He said the players had been “doing a lot on the side,” had been taking part in walk-throughs, and it was good to get them out there Friday to move around. He added that the team would see how they felt coming off the field and that if they were ready to go, they would play. That leaves Moore’s availability tied to how he responds after limited work rather than to any firm public declaration.
The issue is that Brady’s standard sounds straightforward, but Moore’s week has not been. He sat out Wednesday and Thursday, then only got a limited session Friday, which is usually the kind of pattern that keeps a player in the questionable column until the final call is made. For a player who missed last week’s game against the Rams, that is enough to keep both optimism and caution alive at the same time.
Moore was one of five Bills listed as questionable for Sunday, and the late-week injury picture also included Moore and Ed Oliver, who were both limited Friday after missing the first two practices of the week. Moore and Oliver were both inactive against the Rams, which makes their Friday workload more important than it would be in a normal week. Spencer Brown, by contrast, moved from limited on Wednesday to a full participant on Thursday, and Brady said he would be ready to go.
So the short answer is this: DJ Moore is still in play for Sunday, but only if he comes through the final checks well enough to convince the Bills he is ready. Until that happens, his status remains one of the main late-week questions heading into the Raiders game.
