The Jaguars are set to sign former Cardinals wide receiver Christian Kirk (Twitter link via NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero). 
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The Jaguars are giving Kirk a four-year, $72MM deal, one that Ian Rapoport of NFL.com indicates (via Twitter) can max out at $84MM. A lot will be on the former second-round pick’s shoulders, as the Jaguars will expect him to be Trevor Lawrence‘s No. 1 target.
Kirk will collect a $20MM signing bonus, with ProFootballNetwork.com’s Aaron Wilson tweeting his 2022 and ’23 base salaries ($1.5MM and $15.5MM, respectively, are guaranteed). The deal comes with $37MM fully guaranteed, Pelissero tweets. Each year contains $3MM in incentives, creating the $84MM ceiling. Kirk is now among the NFL’s top 10 for receiver contracts, something that has not gone unnoticed among the wideout community Monday.
Kirk, 26 in November, put up solid complementary numbers in his first three seasons in the desert. His best campaign of that stretch came in 2019, when he posted 69 catches for 709 yards. The 2018 second-round pick took a big step forward in 2021, however, notching career-highs in receptions (77) and yards (982) while finding the end zone five times. That was Kirk’s first full slate as a pro and his first where he truly lived up to his pre-draft hype.
The cash-strapped Cardinals didn’t have the space to keep him, but the Jaguars were happy to put him on their books. He’s just the latest high-priced addition for Jacksonville, joining offensive lineman Brandon Scherff, linebacker Foye Oluokun, and defensive tackle Folorunso Fatukasi.
Without Kirk, the Cardinals will have to find more pass-catchers to support DeAndre Hopkins and Rondale Moore. On the plus side, they’ve re-upped tight end Zach Ertz on a three-year contract.
Now time to trade back in the draft a load up of picks in the second. Get another WR at some stage, get a TE, get a safety and get some help in your front 7 defensively
Jags out here doing their best Rex impression and winning the off-season
Damn
LFG!
I say draft Hutchinson or Neal and keep getting bigger and younger on the Lines.
If Neal he takes over at LT when they let Cam go after the season.If Hutch you go ahead and work out a deal with Cam or get a LT in 23’ draft.
Baalke making deals to save his job!
I feel like the Jags are always big time free agent spenders year after year.
Holy overpay, 17mil a year? This is ridiculous
4 years at 84 million.
It’s 4 yrs 68mil bro
The Jaguars are giving Kirk a four-year, $72MM deal, one that Ian Rapoport of NFL.com indicates (via Twitter) can max out at $84MM. A lot will be on the former second-round pick’s shoulders, as the Jaguars will expect him to be Trevor Lawrence‘s No. 1 target.
With incentives can be up to 84 million!
Last time we had a free agency like this was when we signed Boye,Church,Calais and Gipson….which led to a Super Bowl appearance!
Yea I know…..but Myles Jack was NOT down.
Jaguars front off are making themselves look really bad
Uh no they’re not. They signed some of the best FA available which are positions of need at that. Kirk will be the Jags best WR by a mile. Scherff is a really good OL when healthy and will help protect the franchise. Oluokun is a good LB who is a tackling machine. Plus it’s the Jags so they have to overpay to get good players. I’d call these 3 signings a big win for them.
Lol giving a WR2 21mil a year who never had 1000 yard season is a joke. But yea keep thinking the jags front office are a bunch of geniuses
As usual, only takes 1 bad organization to destroy the market for a position. That contract is absurd.
AGREED
That wasn’t $$$ well spent. Wow
Good lord, why not just bring back Chark at a fraction the price?