BUF · Bye 7
DJ Moore
LMD WR38 for Week 5 · 9.9 projected Full PPR points · WR45 rest of season
Questionable
Regular season
Week 5 and rest of season fantasy rankings
We project 9.9 points this week, WR38. Top 3: 3% · Top 12: 13% · Top 24: 25% of simulated weeks. Listed questionable. Down 10 since Week 4.
Week 5
WR38
107th by projected points
Rest of season
WR45
92nd by projected points
Projected
9.9
week 5, Full PPR
Top 12
13%
Top 3: 3% · Top 24: 25% at WR
Movement
↓ 10
WR28 in Week 4, WR38 now
Should you start DJ Moore in Week 5?
Bench
Not in a standard 12-team league. LMD ranks DJ Moore WR38 for Week 5, outside the WR24 starter line and outside the range this reading covers. He finishes inside WR24 in 25% of simulated weeks.
The starter line is a standard 12-team lineup's, and is the line LMD's weekly accuracy review grades this board against.
LMD vs the draft market
WR38 vs WR25 -13
LMD has him WR38. The fantasy draft market has him WR25, 13 places higher.
Our projection is lower than the outside forecast.
- Draft / market prior
- Positive+0.51 pts
- Recent usage & efficiency
- Negative-1.39 pts
- AvailabilityUnresolved injury
- No mean changeWider range0.00 pts
- Outside projection
- Positive+0.60 pts
- Betting markets
- No signal · Upstream unavailable
Why isn’t matchup a separate factor?
How to read
- Full model minus the model without each factor.
- Effects are not additive or changes in rank.
- Recent data includes its effect on blending weights.
- A range note means a factor moved the spread and not the expected points.
Full PPR scoring · Updated October 8, 2026
LMD Rankings are produced by Let's Mock Draft's own statistical and market model. They are not analyst rankings: consensus boards are not an input, and nothing is edited by hand.
Updates
Recent updates
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DJ Moore injury update: Adam Schefter provides report on shoulder of Bills WR
Yahoo Sports ·
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Bills WR DJ Moore aggravates shoulder injury, source says
twobillsdrive.com ·
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Buffalo Bills wide receiver DJ Moore reacts to his touchdown against the Houston Texans.
Sports Illustrated ·
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DJ Moore remains limited
Yahoo Sports ·
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DJ Moore, Jared Goff among eight players to acquire ASAP
ESPN ·
Headlines from other publishers, discovered automatically and matched to DJ Moore by name -- we did not write these and we do not host them, and each one opens at the publisher who did.
Season performance
Performance vs. projection
Over 4 completed games DJ Moore has averaged -0.5 points a game against what we projected before kickoff.
| Week | Opp | Proj | Actual | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | @ HOU | 8.7 | 21.0 | +12.3 |
| Wk 2 | vs DET | 10.6 | -0.1 | -10.7 |
| Wk 3 | vs LAC | 7.5 | 12.7 | +5.2 |
| Wk 4 | vs NE | 11.3 | 2.7 | -8.6 |
| Wk 5 | @ LAR | 9.9 | — | — |
Each week's projection is the last one Let's Mock Draft published before that game kicked off, recorded at the time and never recalculated afterwards. The shaded band is the middle 80% of that week's simulated outcomes. Actual points are scored from official statistics under the scoring rule selected above.
Draft Return
How he compares with his draft price
The draft market had him at WR24. For the rest of the season LMD has him 21 spots lower, at WR45.
Preseason market: WR24 · ADP 47.7
Season to date
Ranking what he has actually scored needs every player's season, and that board is not published yet.
Rest of season
WR45 −21
LMD has him 21 spots lower than his WR24 draft price.
Week 5
WR38 −14
LMD has him 14 spots lower than his WR24 draft price.
Full PPR scoring · benchmark September 9, 2026
Season to date is what he has actually scored, ranked among his position. Rest of season and this week are LMD's current expectations rather than results. All three are compared with where the draft market had him before the season started.
WR24 is where Fantasy Football Calculator had him on September 9, 2026, the last board taken before the season's first kickoff. Later boards absorb what has happened since, so they are a current market rather than a draft price.
Regular season
Why LMD has him here
We project 122.8 points this season, WR45. Top 3: 0% · Top 12: 1% · Top 24: 8% of simulated seasons. That is 10.0 a game over 13 remaining games. Listed questionable. Up 1 since the Oct. 6 board.
Per game
10.0 / game
Over 13 remaining game(s)
Finishing odds
Top 3: 0% · Top 12: 1% · Top 24: 8%
Share of simulated seasons finishing inside that place at WR
Market input
none
No market signal available.
LMD Rankings, rankings-v1.4.2. Inputs: Ball Don't Lie (fantasy market, player status, projections); PropLine (player props). · 2026 Rest of season board updated October 8, 2026
Dynasty
Long-term value
LMD's dynasty model has DJ Moore #90 in 1QB and #93 in Superflex, WR36 at his position. Age 29.
1QB
#90
WR36 · tier 22 · of 297
Superflex
#93
WR36 · tier 17 · of 303
- Last season 147.2 pts 8.7 per game, half-PPR scoring, in the games he played.
- Availability 100% Share of his team's games he played over the seasons the model reads.
- History 3 seasons Seasons of production the model read; more history is weighed more confidently.
- Touches 7.3 / game Carries plus receptions per game; 22% of his team's targets.
LMD dynasty model 1.2.0: a 3-season projection from observed NFL statistics, priced above a lineup's replacement level. Our own ranking, not an ADP, a consensus or a market price. Updated September 2026.
Draft season Draft position and availability
ADP, draft range, availability at a pick and who goes around him, measured over 10,000 simulated 12-team Full PPR 1QB drafts.
Simulated draft position
Where he goes
Simulation average
5.12
pick 59.9 overall, averaged over every simulated draft
Median pick
5.12
half of simulations take him by pick 60
Draft range
4.09 - 7.03
the middle 80% of simulations (P10-P90)
Simulations
10,000
drafted in every one
Filters
League format
Availability
Odds he reaches your pick
Available at 5.12 in 51% of simulations
Pick 60 overall in a 12-team draft · 10,000 simulations
From draft slot 12, the same seat picks again at 6.01, where he is available in 48% of simulations.
Slot 12's remaining turns: 5.12 51% · 6.01 48% · 7.12 2% · 8.01 1% · 9.12 0%
The middle half of simulations take him between 5.03 and 6.08.
| Pick | Available |
|---|---|
| 5.10 | 57% |
| 5.11 | 54% |
| 5.12 | 51% |
| 6.01 | 48% |
| 6.02 | 44% |
| 6.03 | 41% |
| 6.04 | 38% |
| 6.05 | 35% |
| 6.06 | 32% |
| 6.07 | 29% |
| 6.08 | 27% |
| 6.09 | 24% |
| 6.10 | 22% |
| 6.11 | 19% |
| 6.12 | 17% |
Distribution
Draft position distribution
| Pick | Share of simulations | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 4.09-4.10 | 4% | 423 of 10000 simulations |
| 4.11-4.12 | 5% | 486 of 10000 simulations |
| 5.01-5.02 | 5% | 489 of 10000 simulations |
| 5.03-5.04 | 6% | 565 of 10000 simulations |
| 5.05-5.06 | 6% | 580 of 10000 simulations |
| 5.07-5.08 | 6% | 592 of 10000 simulations |
| 5.09-5.10 | 6% | 608 of 10000 simulations |
| 5.11-5.12 | 6% | 601 of 10000 simulations |
| 6.01-6.02 | 6% | 643 of 10000 simulations |
| 6.03-6.04 | 6% | 596 of 10000 simulations |
| 6.05-6.06 | 6% | 613 of 10000 simulations |
| 6.07-6.08 | 5% | 501 of 10000 simulations |
| 6.09-6.10 | 5% | 509 of 10000 simulations |
| 6.11-6.12 | 5% | 464 of 10000 simulations |
| 7.01-7.02 | 4% | 391 of 10000 simulations |
| 7.03 | 2% | 160 of 10000 simulations |
Draft context
Who goes around him
Measured over the 10000 simulations in which DJ Moore was drafted.
Usually taken just before
- Jaylen Waddle WR · DEN 3%
- Christian Watson WR · GB 3%
- Parker Washington WR · JAX 3%
- Jameson Williams WR · DET 3%
Usually taken just after
- Christian Watson WR · GB 3%
- Parker Washington WR · JAX 3%
- Carnell Tate WR · TEN 3%
- Mike Evans WR · SF 3%
Methodology
How this is measured
Every figure on this page comes from a Monte Carlo batch of 10,000 simulated 12-team Full PPR 1QB drafts, each one played out pick by pick by the same simulated managers that fill an empty seat in a live room.
DJ Moore was selected in 10000 of those 10000 drafts. Every probability here rests on that count.
Each player's expected draft position starts from Fantasy Football Calculator's aggregate ADP as of October 8, 2026; the simulated managers move him from there. Players it does not price keep a price inferred from our own rankings.
A reach or a fall on this page is measured against Fantasy Football Calculator's aggregate ADP where it prices a player, and against a price inferred from our own rankings where it does not.
- Simulation model
- simulation-v1.2
- Generated
- October 8, 2026
- Player dataset
- nflverse-2026@8a41b71bb222a352
- Baseline
- mixed
- Market prior
- ADP data from Fantasy Football Calculator (2026-10-08)
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