Texans trade for WR Christian Kirk

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The Texans are sending a seventh-round pick to the Jacksonville Jaguars for wide receiver Christian Kirk. The Drive's Clint Stoerner and Ron "The Show" Hughley react to it here.

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00:00We got action boss if you are just joining us as the segment ended

00:07Tyler's kicking himself. He's not here

00:10Chris Santiago hit the

00:14Breaking news sounder and the news was the Texans made a move. They made a trade

00:19They have a new addition to the team and it is at the wide receiver position. It is Christian Kirk

00:27And they are sending a

00:302026

00:33To Jacksonville for Christian Kirk the Texans will take on Christian Kirk's existing contract which is set to pay him

00:4116 and a half million in 2025 the final year of his deal

00:46so right now it is a one-year 16 and a half million dollar deal for Christian Kirk and

00:53Christian Kirk last year the last two years had some injury issues his season ended last year when he broke his

01:00his collarbone and

01:02He played eight games broke his collar collarbone miss the rest of that season two years ago. He tore a groin

01:10But even that year he was almost 14 yards a catch primarily working in the slot almost 800 yards the previous year

01:18Before that he had 84 catches over 1100 yards eight touchdowns his first year with Jacksonville

01:24I see a lot of people texting in and you can on the Jim Adler the Texas hammer text line

01:307 1 3 5 7 2 4 6 10 all you also on YouTube and twitch. I see you all cam kick rocks

01:37DQ

01:38Cornbread go ahead and you get just your thoughts in what's your thoughts about it straight up the Texans have Christian Kirk

01:45He is now a part of this receiving core your thoughts on it. I like it

01:51I like I've always been a fan of Christian Kirk

01:53I

01:54like the the

01:56As I've said multiple times with the Texans in the past of like all the receivers do everything I prefer

02:03I prefer receivers to be

02:06Niche receivers if you will or or have an identity as a receiver

02:11Or if you is I think it's very very easy to see and say that

02:17When you look at Christian Kirk, he is an inside receiver period point-blank. This this is not a guy

02:21That's gonna be on the outside running the route tree

02:23This is a guy that's gonna be on the inside matched up with nickel defenders

02:26That has the twitch the explosive the change of direction that you need in order to create a little bit of separation

02:32For the quarterback immediately some one of those guys that can run the now routes like either way you go right now

02:37He's open. Boom. If I'm getting heated up, he can give me he can give me an option in the past game

02:43We've seen him personally here when when the nickel defender isn't necessarily a cover guy

02:48Hell he ended the career of a Texans

02:52Nickel defender here a couple years back and and so look I like Christian Kirk man. I've always liked him

02:58I liked him when he's at Texas a and M

03:01Unfortunately, he had been able to stay healthy of late. So so you the numbers don't necessarily show you what you would like to see

03:07But besides that beside the injuries man, I really like Christian Kirk. I like him here with the Texans

03:13and it I think it gives me a little this is a different conversation obviously because you a little peek behind the curtain of what

03:21Potentially Nick Kaylee's offense is gonna look like versus what we've watched here for the last two years Bobby slow it

03:26He comes into kind of that digs role

03:30from last year and

03:32To me you got younger. I

03:34Think you got cheaper and

03:37I

03:39Think he's at least on the same level of Stefan Dix the players right now. Yeah on what you're asking

03:45I think he's at least at least on the same level and

03:50potentially

03:52As a

03:53Off of a you know collarbone issue as opposed to somebody 31 coming off an ACL

03:59Who may not be ready at the start of the season?

04:01I think you potentially have at the very least

04:06Got the same level of player to me that you got from digs and I'm seeing some people chime in on this thing. I

04:15I'm with you. I don't if he is healthy. I don't like the move. I love it. I love the fit. I love

04:24The combination of it like you're not to me the Texans don't need

04:29Don't need that's about developed in it. The Texans don't need a one

04:35They have they have a they have a one and they have somebody that works well, and I think this may

04:41It may just say hey

04:43We want somebody that runs inside routes or Clint as you've kind of alluded to

04:46This may also shed a light on maybe what kind of offense they want to run, right?

04:51And that Brady style of offense in New England had a player that fit this mold

04:57You and you can think of them in your in your mind at a player that fit this mode

05:02I I think he and Nico fit now

05:06I think they still have to address another receiver

05:09This does not at all take off take receiver off the board to me in the draft

05:14In fact, I would even still push that they that they really take a look at 25

05:20Taking another receiver there like that what that to me would make a lot of sense to go

05:26We've got Nico we sign a veteran that can play on the inside and then we go

05:32Get another one I

05:34Love the move if he's healthy love the move of Christian Kurt coming here

05:39That makes that makes a lot of sense to me a lot of sense CJ him love it

05:45You love the move love move. I see some of y'all on the text line do not

05:51Well, I mean here's the deal let's text a y'all are gushing

05:57Here's our signing underwhelming typical Texans no, no, here's here's the deal with the Texans man now

06:03Talk about the deal, right? What does it tell you about?

06:10Nick Kaylee's offense and

06:13What does it tell you or in your opinion for what it's worth what do the Texans need to do next right that that's that's

06:20All this is right. You're talking about very little risk with Christian Kurt. Yes

06:24There's a 16 million dollar salary on there, but there's zero dead cap on this contract assuming his contract transfers

06:30it's exactly what they get he was fixing to get cut by Jacksonville and

06:35All the Texans did was throw a seventh round pick out there

06:39To not a lot to make sure that they get their hands on Christian Kurt and not let him hit the free market

06:44Right, so good move for the Texans

06:47this doesn't mean that this is the

06:50The receiver that they're gonna sign and they're done with it

06:53And this is this is what they're gonna roll with the rest of the year

06:57There are come come training camp time

06:59this is just a move that presented itself and

07:02There's a clear need with the Houston Texans and this is a very very very good ad. It's a safe ad

07:08This is a very safe ad

07:12With a player will be worth every bit of 16 million dollars

07:16The the only complaint right now now if this is the best receiver that you go get then I'm my problems with it

07:22Like if this is the only receiver that you go get then yeah, there's gonna be you know

07:26We're going to have a different conversation, but right now the Texans are wide receiver needy in a big way

07:33They need experience in a big way. They need as they've talked

07:37I think there's gonna there's gonna be the change that you're gonna see

07:39Offensively is there's gonna each receivers gonna have more of an identity this year instead of being so versatile

07:43That they needed an inside receiver and this presented itself and they gave up a seventh round pick to go get it

07:49This this is a really good move by the Houston Texans. I love it. Yeah, it's and you said safe you said

07:55this is not a move to me that needed to be a

08:00Like a huge splash. I think they needed receiver help, but I don't think they need it splash help

08:07There's some other yeah, I disagree with that

08:09You think they you think they need you think they need a number one level receiver

08:14No, no, they need a true legit. No doubt number two receiver though

08:20like like legit like a like like a a guy that that is a a

08:27Can flirt with a number one? Yes. Yeah, they need they need it. Do you?

08:32Do you think a healthy tank Dale was was that a legit number two?

08:37I think I think the seat I think he could have been one day

08:40I don't think he was there

08:41No

08:41I got like to me year year one the combination of Nico and tank and and and now Nico is better

08:48Obviously, I think I think obviously I'm

08:52I'm with you

08:53I think combination of Nico and Christian Kirk can be on the level of the combination of of Nico and tank Dale

09:00If Christian Kirk, it's healthy. I mean, this is this is a guy. Yeah. Look, I don't know that in my opinion

09:06I don't know that Christian Kirk has the ceiling like the the highlight reel ceiling that that tank Dale has

09:13But but he will be a good complimentary receiver

09:17Look, I'm not saying that they need to go sign DK Metcalf

09:20What I'm saying is is based the same thing you're saying like you just said that this doesn't take first or second round at the wide

09:26receiver

09:27Same thing. I'm with you 100% right there like somebody like you can't sign Christian Kirk

09:32Especially with the injury history and with the fact that he's a true blue inside receiver

09:36And say I'm going with Nico and Christian. I'm gonna hope that met you and hutch pan out

09:40Oh, yeah, there's got to be another guy in there. That's a lock stock and barrel starter and potential game-changer in this offense

09:47Yeah, and and and I the draft makes a lot of sense. I don't agree with it

09:51I don't I don't necessarily say they have got to bring in somebody

09:55that

09:56Production wise is gonna that's gonna be better than this guy's is either had a 1,100 yards or flirted with a thousand yards

10:04That's like okay, they need another one that could come in there could be a threat and

10:09Can give you seven eight hundred yards to me because I mean Nico is a plane one

10:15All right, you got me here

10:17They got they got a flat plane one in Nico and then they have a really good

10:21I think production wise a two in in Christian Kirk

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