{"id":63022,"date":"2025-05-19T19:15:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T19:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/63022\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T19:15:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T19:15:10","slug":"texans-wr-acquisition-not-a-lock-to-make-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/63022\/","title":{"rendered":"Texans WR Acquisition Not a Lock to Make Roster"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Houston Texans<\/a> are giving their young quarterback C.J. Stroud<\/a> many options to pick from and it\u2019s not a guarantee everybody will make the cut.<\/p>\n

With Tank Dell<\/a> expected to miss the 2025 season, the Texans went out and drafted two Iowa State<\/a> wideouts Jayden Higgins<\/a> and Jaylin Noel in Rounds 2 and 3, respectively. These receivers leave a player like Christian Kirk<\/a>, who adds potentially unnecessary cap space, in a race for a spot on the team.<\/p>\n

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Kirk was traded from the Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a> to the Texans on March 12 for Houston\u2019s 2026 seventh-round pick. The deal was announced on March 6, but wasn\u2019t made official until the new league year began on March 12.<\/p>\n

Jacksonville was anticipated to release Kirk but instead traded him to Houston in a move similar to the Texans’ acquisition of running back Joe Mixon<\/a> from Cincinnati last offseason.<\/p>\n

The removal of Kirk would clear up $2 million in cap space for the team.<\/p>\n

Kirk, 28, is coming off a season ending injury from trying to catch a pass on 3rd and 11 in the fourth quarter against Green Bay on Oct. 27, 2024. He landed on his left shoulder as Packers<\/a> linebacker Edgerrin Cooper fell on top of him while trying to make a tackle.<\/p>\n

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Jaguars wide receiver Christian Kirk (13) lies on the turf after an apparent injury during an NFL football matchup\u00a9 Corey Perrine&sol;Florida Times-Union &sol; USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images<\/p>\n

The season-ending injury marks the second-straight of his career as Kirk suffered a season-ending core muscle injury in Week 13 against the Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> during the 2023 season.<\/p>\n

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Kirk wrapped up the 2024 season with 27 receptions for 379 yards and one touchdown, pushing his three-year, 37-game totals with the Jaguars to 168 receptions for 2,274 yards and 12 touchdowns.<\/p>\n

While Nico Collins<\/a> will most likely remain the No. 1 option on the team, surrounding pieces like John Metchie III, Justin Watson and Braxton Berrios offer non-first year player options for a better price tag than Kirk.<\/p>\n

With the addition of rookies Jayden Higgins and Jaylin Noel, the Texans are bolstering their receiving corps while adding depth for their young quarterback. But as a result, nobody is safe.<\/p>\n

Related: Alix Earle, Girlfriend of Texans WR Braxton Berrios, Reveals Texas Plans<\/a><\/p>\n

Related: Fan-Favorite Texans WR Could Be On Trade Block<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Houston Texans are giving their young quarterback C.J. Stroud many options to pick from and it\u2019s not…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2056],"tags":[6050,1028,304,227,256,2998,7,41,221,253,2368,125,569,289,3608,12751,12206,6,533,428,532,222,7577],"class_list":{"0":"post-63022","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston-texans","8":"tag-braxton-berrios","9":"tag-c-j-stroud","10":"tag-christian-kirk","11":"tag-cincinnati","12":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","13":"tag-edgerrin-cooper","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-green-bay","16":"tag-houston","17":"tag-houston-texans","18":"tag-houstontexans","19":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","20":"tag-jayden-higgins","21":"tag-jaylin-noel","22":"tag-joe-mixon","23":"tag-john-metchie-iii","24":"tag-justin-watson","25":"tag-nfl","26":"tag-nico-collins","27":"tag-packers","28":"tag-tank-dell","29":"tag-texans","30":"tag-the-texans"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114536102215075001","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}