Jaguars trade Christian Kirk to Texans for 2026 NFL Draft pick: reports

The Jacksonville Jaguars person reportedly made a commercialized with the Houston Texans, sending seasoned wide receiver Christian Kirk to their AFC South rival. 

Houston gets a 2026 seventh-round pick, which primitively belonged to the Los Angeles Rams, successful speech for Kirk, according to The Athletic. 

The commercialized comes 1 time aft quality broke that the Jaguars planned to merchandise Kirk, who missed the last 9 games of the 2024 play owed to a breached collarbone. 

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Christian Kirk (13) of the Jacksonville Jaguars celebrates a reception during the 2nd 4th of a crippled against the Houston Texans astatine NRG Stadium Nov. 26, 2023, successful Houston. (Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)

That determination would person saved Jacksonville $10.7 cardinal against their wage cap, according to Spotrac. The commercialized does the aforesaid happening portion adding a draught pick. 

Kirk was going to person the team’s highest headdress deed this play astatine $24.4 cardinal portion being paid a $15.5 cardinal salary, according to Spotrac. But caller wide manager James Gladstone, who joined the caller Jags authorities Feb. 21 to beryllium paired with caput manager Liam Coen, is intelligibly showing he’s not acrophobic to marque moves already, adjacent with a divisional rival. 

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Kirk rapidly developed a rapport with backmost Trevor Lawrence aft being signed to a four-year, $72 cardinal woody successful 2022, registering vocation highs successful catches (84), yards (1,108) and touchdowns (eight) successful that campaign. 

However, an abdominal wounded outgo him 5 games successful 2023, and his collarbone fracture constricted him to 8 games successful the 3rd twelvemonth of his deal. 

Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Myles Jack (51) tackles Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Christian Kirk, center, during the archetypal fractional of a preseason game, Aug. 20, 2022, successful Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

The emergence of rookie Brian Thomas Jr. arsenic a wide apical receiver to physique the walk crippled around, arsenic good arsenic Parker Washington playing good retired of the slot successful Kirk’s absence, leaves the Jaguars successful a bully spot contempt a seasoned of 7 years moving to a antithetic team. 

For the Texans, Kirk’s summation makes consciousness considering Tank Dell, their speedy, young receiver, is apt to miss the full 2025 play aft tearing an ACL, MCL and LCL and dislocating his kneecap successful a crippled against the Kansas City Chiefs successful December. 

Kirk could miss clip owed to his ain betterment from his collarbone injury, but helium isn’t expected to beryllium retired the full 2025 campaign. 

The Texans could inactive adhd to their walk crippled due to the fact that Stefon Diggs, who built large chemistry with backmost C.J. Stroud earlier an wounded ended his season, is simply a escaped cause connected the marketplace this offseason. 

Christian Kirk of the Jacksonville Jaguars scores a touchdown successful the 4th fourth against the Kansas City Chiefs astatine Arrowhead Stadium Nov. 13, 2022, successful Kansas City, Mo. (Jason Hanna/Getty Images)

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Through 7 seasons, 4 with the Arizona Cardinals, who took him 47th wide successful the 2018 NFL Draft, Kirk has 236 receptions for 2,902 yards and 17 receiving touchdowns successful 56 vocation games. 

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