Buffalo Got the Win. The Receiver Problem Is Not Going Away.

The Bills survived the Rams in overtime, which is the good news. The bad news is that they did it without DJ Moore, and the receiving room that was already thin before Week 5 is now running on fumes. Greg Dortch and Trent Sherfield handled the bulk of the work behind Khalil Shakir and Keon Coleman — a depth chart that looked precarious on paper and played like it in stretches.

Josh Allen being Josh Allen is the reason this result went Buffalo's way. He has carried this offense through tighter spots than a missing No. 1 receiver, and nothing about an overtime win against the Rams changes that calculus. James Cook III remains a genuine second weapon, and Dalton Kincaid gives Allen a reliable underneath option when the outside routes aren't there. The offense can function. It just has less margin for error than it did in September.

The part worth watching now is whether Moore's status changes before next week. As I noted before the game, Dortch is a practice-squad elevation doing a starter's job, and Sherfield is a depth piece being asked to be more than that. That's a workable arrangement for one game. Across a stretch, it starts to erode. Joshua Palmer is still listed as Questionable, and if he can return to the lineup, it at least restores some of the route-running variety Allen needs to keep defenses honest.

A win is a win, and an overtime win on the road against a decent team is not nothing. But the receiving room that limped into this game limped out of it too, and the schedule does not get easier.