On Wednesday, it was reported that the Jacksonville Jaguars had been planning on releasing broad receiver Christian Kirk forward of subsequent week’s begin to free company. As a substitute, the crew is buying some further draft capital en path to sending him to the Houston Texans. Per NFL insider Tom Pelissero, the Jaguars are receiving a 2026 seventh-round decide in alternate for Kirk.
In flip, the Texans will tackle Kirk’s 2025 wage which can pay him $16.5 million for the upcoming season which would be the remaining yr of his present deal.
It is a 2026 Seventh-round decide going to Jacksonville for Christian Kirk. The #Texans tackle Christian Kirk’s present contract, which is about to pay him $16.5 million in 2025, the ultimate yr on the deal. https://t.co/NU4MqShdY1
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) March 6, 2025
This can be a sensible transfer by new normal supervisor James Gladstone who was in a position to purchase some type of draft capital for a participant they had been going to launch anyway. Kirk signed a four-year, $72 million deal in 2022 en path to setting profession highs with 1,108 yards and eight touchdowns that yr. Nevertheless, he missed 14 video games over the next two seasons and has not produced as much as his deal in that span.
The transfer will save the Jaguars $10.732 million in cap area and it retains Kirk from being the crew’s highest cap hit in 2025 as he was set to depend for $24.4 million.