"It's good to have that, especially for a quarterback," Moore says of what he wants to be for Young. "It just gives him a little bit more time to think and process and not feel like he's in a bind; he has an outlet here, he has a few more outlets."
The veteran had just one catch in 2025, though, before everything ground to a halt. For that matter, he'd barely completed the catch when it happened. A short out route against the Patriots in Week 4, on the first play from scrimmage, ended with Moore holding his left elbow, which had been turned in a direction elbows shouldn't turn. Having only ever missed significant time with one other injury, though, in his entire career, Moore wasn't that fazed. He went to the locker room out of precaution, but fully believed he'd be jogging back out before long.
"I'd say the day that day it happened, I went in the locker room and I thought I was coming back outside to play (even) after my arm was bent backwards," laughs Moore now, understanding how ridiculous the notion fueled by naivety and adrenaline really was.
"I still thought I said come play, but yeah, it did suck pretty bad, and I had to come in cahoots with it after about a few weeks. It took that long just for me to realize, like, alright, this is actually more serious than I thought."
At 30 years old (he's now 31) and his ninth season effectively ended, no one would have faulted Moore for letting his mind wander. Maybe back to his farm permanently, to a life after football. He refused to acknowledge the possibility.