The Jaguars send Wr Christian Kirk to Texans after initially planned to cut it

The Jacksonville jaguars send the wide receiver Christian Kirk to Houston Texans, in several reports.

The Jaguars initially planned to release Kirk, but will now obtain a choice of recovery in return. Houston would send to Jacksonville a choice of seventh round in 2026, which originally belonged to the Rams of Los Angeles.

Kirk, who has spent the last three seasons in Jacksonville, has missed most of the 2024 season with a broken collarbone sustained in October. Before his injury, Kirk was the subject of commercial rumors, which ended after being excluded for the rest of the season.

Kirk had 27 receptions for 379 yards and a hit on the eight games he played before injuring himself.

Kirk signed an agreement of $ 72 million over four years with the jaguars as a free agent after four seasons with the Cardinals of Arizona. During his first year with Jacksonville, Kirk started the 17 games and finished with 1,108 reception yards and eight affected on 84 catches. However, injuries in the past two seasons have limited their production to the team.

The 28 -year -old receiver is expected to earn $ 16.5 million next season, the last year of the agreement. Houston should take the rest of this contract.

With a new head coach and a new managing director, the Jaguars are very in rebuilding mode. Jacksonville holds the overall choice n ° 5 and will spend the off-season trying to build a team around the quarter-arrière Trevor Lawrence, which fully plans to stay with the long-term team. Trading Kirk is probably just the start.