DJ Moore Camp Update — August 23: The Ankle Cost Him Nothing

DJ Moore was back at practice in full gear on Tuesday, three days after leaving the preseason opener grabbing at his ankle, and the week ended with the scare filed as exactly that. Head coach Joe Brady called the injury nothing serious, and Joe Buscaglia of The Athletic put the practical version on it: "No missed time for him, it appears." That resolves the question last Saturday left open, and it resolves it the good way — no imaging drama, no walking boot, no week in the tent.

The boot went to the other receiver. Keon Coleman, who left the Carolina game one drive after Moore did, spent the week in one with a sprained foot, per NFL Network's Cameron Wolfe, and Khalil Shakir dropped off the practice field midweek with an undisclosed issue. Moore, the healthy one of the three, then sat out Saturday's 31 to seven win in Cleveland — but so did Josh Allen and essentially every starter, a rest decision Brady made after Thursday's joint practice, per Ralph Ventre at Bills On SI, so the absence reads as roster management rather than medical caution specific to him. No Moore-specific line surfaced in the accounts of Thursday's joint practice in Berea, where the team site's report centered on the tight ends.

For anyone new to this watch: the June preview said the bet on Moore was never last year's tape in Chicago, it was the situation — a proven veteran reunited with Joe Brady, the coordinator of his best seasons, catching passes from Josh Allen — and his three catches for 61 yards in under two series last week were that thesis in miniature. The ankle was the asterisk on it. The asterisk is now gone.

What to watch next: whether Moore plays at all in the preseason finale or is simply managed to September ready, and whether the injuries around him — Coleman's boot, Shakir's absence — concentrate even more early-season attention his way. Rosters cut to 53 on Sunday, August 30. We'll check after cut day.

_Data via nflverse._