Jaguars Trading Wr Christian Kirk in Texans, says source

The Jacksonville jaguars exchange the large receiver Christian Kirk in Houston’s Texans for a seventh round choice in 2026, an ESPN source in Adam Schefter told Thursday.

A source told Schefter on Wednesday that the Jaguars planned to publish Kirk when the new league year will start next Wednesday. But they rather found a trading partner within their own division.

The choice of seventh round was heading to Jacksonville originally at the Los Angeles Rams, the source told Schefter.

Josh Hines-Allen’s teammate Josh Hines-Allen was in shock when he reacted to trade on social networks.

“Kirk in Houston cannot be real,” said the defender on X.

Texas Coach Demeco Ryans presumed adding a player to the receiver’s position during the NFL scout combination in Indianapolis, calling it “accent zone”. To put an end to their race in the playoffs in 2024, the Texans had only the n ° 1 Wideout Nico Collins available because they lacked Wideouts Stefon Diggs and Tank Dell after the two serious knee injuries during the regular season.

“It hurt us in the section, without having Stef, without having a reservoir. You need these game leaders, in particular in the position of the wide receiver,” said Ryans. “This improves your ability to move football to the field and score points.”

Diggs is a free agent and Dell’s availability for the 2025 season is in question because his injury later occurred in the season in the week 16 against the Kansas City chiefs. Dell underwent a second surgical intervention on Wednesday, this time to repair a torn LCA, after being operated earlier to repair other torn ligaments.

Kirk, who started the last year of his four -year contract, was to have the highest ceiling number of jaguars in 2025 to 24.4 million dollars. He should receive a salary of $ 15.5 million in 2025.

Kirk has signed a $ 72 million contract over four years in 2022 and established career summits in captures (84), receiving yards (1,108) and Touché (eight) receptions this season.

But he sat down 14 games in the past two seasons due to an abdominal injury and the broken collarbone, finishing with 84 combined catches for 1,166 yards and four affected in 20 games during this section.

Kirk, 28, spent the first four seasons of his career with the Arizona Cardinals, who selected it in the second round of the 2018 draft, catching 236 passes for 2,902 yards and 17 affected.

Espn and Michael Dirocco’s beloved DJ contributed to this report.