Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show - Report: Bears are trading DJ Moore to the Bills

Episode Date: March 5, 2026

Leila Rahimi and Mark Grote reacted to the breaking news that the Bears are trading receiver DJ Moore to the Buffalo Bills.

I'm the fake Williams. That courtesy of Fox, that was voted, the moment of the year at the NFL honors. And it was also the last time when he accepted that award that DJ Moore spoke publicly as a Chicago bear. The breaking news coming down just moments ago. Adam Schafter reporting that DJ Moore is being traded to the Buffalo bills that will be activated when the league year begins on March 11th. Compensation is still being discussed. The trade cannot be processed until that year begins. We're getting more news right now from Schefter.

He's followed up on Twitter saying Chicago has a former first round wide receiver in Roma Dunes A and drafted Luther Burton in round two last year in Ben Johnson's first draft, which we know. To go along with Tideon, Colston Loveland, who was drafted in round one, that made moving DJ more possible, and he is now headed to Buffalo. He had 244 catches during his time with the Bears for 3,012 total receiving yards. That's over three years and 20 touchdown. So I feel like this is a, this goes back to what Ryan Poles alluded to at the Combine, Mark. And he did it again at the season ending press conference prior to that.

We were suspicious of this. Our ears perked when we heard him talk about tough decisions that he had to made. Now we find out what those decisions were. You don't leave the door open the way Ryan Poles and Ben Johnson to a lesser degree did on the final day at Hallis Hall. this year. And maybe now it makes more sense, too, as to DJ Moore just kind of scooting out of there

that it could have something to do with not wanting to deal with questions, too, about the very last play. But they were as transparent in an ambiguous way, if those two words even go together in regards to the combine and at the end of the season.

I will say this, good for DJ Moore. He is going to a perfect place. That's what I said about DJ. like it would be hell for him to have to have gone to Las Vegas or something like that to again, again, deal with young quarterbacks. He had to do it with Justin Fields. He had to get used to him. He had to do it with Caleb Williams.

So quite frankly, from a Buffalo perspective and a DJ Moore perspective, if you care about DJ Moore the man, this is a perfect destination for him and Josh Allen. This is the first time that DJ Moore will have. have had and absolutely polished. And we know at this point in his career an elite quarterback. A proven quarterback. A proven quarterback. Who many times had gotten really close to making a Super Bowl. So good for DJ in that regard. That's what I thought the best thing would be for him. MVP. But it's a huge hole for the Bears. And Layla, you and I have talked about it that regardless of what we saw this year out of the Bears wide receiver crew and the games where DJ Moore was not a factor this year. He was still your best receiver. He was still your most important receiver.

Colston Loveland led the team in receiving this year with 58 catches, 713 yards, but there was DJ Moore who was second in that capacity, 682 yards receiving this year. He had the six touchdowns to go with it. Then it goes Roma Dunesay, Luther Burden, and Cole Komet in that order. So DJ Moore, unfortunately, is no more with the Bears, but I would say, Leila, that was a really good bear. He was a that's the category. He wasn't great with the bears, but he was a really good Chicago bear.

The second DJ Moore got traded to the bears in the hall that netted them that first overall pick that they used for Caleb Williams. Not only was that a bright spot, but DJ Moore was quality. He had come from a very successful run with the Panthers where he was

coming off of at that point, seasons where he had had 1175 yards receiving to go along with four touchdowns because the Panthers didn't score a lot of touchdowns at the time. In 2020, he had 1193 yards. He had 1,157 in 2021. This also of note, Mark, this last recent season that we had from DJ Moore in 2025, that was his second lowest total in targets of his career. And it was only higher than his rookie season. So when I consider that, you know, after the many years that DJ Moore has had, I feel like that was what was the indication that for whatever reason,

the fit was not working. And Ben Johnson tried to do a lot of different things, I think, offensively scheming up ways to get DJ more open. When he was called upon, he certainly answered the call. We saw him make game winning catches. We played the moment of the year for you from the NFL from 2025. And he did speak happily at the time and recognize the Bears and Virginia McCasky at the time, the late Virginia McCasky. So he was available, but I feel like this was something that we all suspected would

happen, and lo and behold, it did. It's epic in so many different ways. For the Bears, it looks like it would be a $16.5 million cap saving for DJ Moore. As Layla alluded to, we're still in a little gray areas,

specifically what the Bears will be getting back, but I think it was posed as a mid-round pick. So what a third or a fourth round pick for DJ Moore? Which would make sense given he was the highest paid bear per AAV at 28 and a half. Yeah, so that makes sense as well. And then just from the nostalgic part of a bear's perspective, there's only been so many good to great wide receivers that have ever walked through Hallis Hall that have put on the Bears jersey. And he goes down as one of those, DJ Moore and Alan Robinson and Brandon Marshall. Al-Shod Jeffrey.

Like, unfortunately, I'm able to name all of the quality-wide receivers in Bears history. You just named Al-Shod-J. With the same breath of DJ. Hey, he was terrific. He was terrific with the Bears. When he was here, he was very good. I don't know if he ever wanted to be here, but that was a quality wide receiver for the Chicago Bears. So this is, even though we knew something like this could very well happen, it certainly

feels a certain way and we'll talk about it all day here on Rehiebigh Harrison Grotty. We will. We have continuing coverage of this. James Big Cat Williams is still next, right, Ray? So let's talk to James Big Cat Williams, get his thoughts on this very news about DJ Moore, and also the news about Drew Dalman. My, how things have changed. Miss a little, miss a lot. This is 104.3, the score.