(04-06-2022, 08:59 AM)Cleatwood Wrote:

(04-06-2022, 08:44 AM)Bullseye Wrote: What makes me question that is his career to date had been in a place where;s he's never been the #1 guy.  From Larry Fitzgerald, DeAndre Hopkins, AJ Green, and even Rondale More, he's had guys around him good enough to take the attention of the opposition's best defenders away from him.  I don't think he has that in Jacksonville yet, even if Even Engram is as good as we hope.  I wonder if he can be as effective with more attention being placed on him defensively.    From a skills perspective, he may well be better than our other WRs.  But whether from the outside or the slot, I don't think we have the guys around him to enable him to be productive.

Can't say I disagree but I think it's a risk the Jags had to take.

The Rockets didn't know if Harden was going to be elite without Westbrook and Durant. Bills took a chance that Diggs can be a true #1 without Thielan next to him. I don't think Kirk has reached his ceiling yet but I also don't think he's going to be an All-Pro even though his contract would lead you to believe he is. I'm really excited to see him in teal this season.

All-Pro means first team all-NFL, which would mean he would have to be in the top-3 WRs in the league.  Does his contract match up with that?  No.  It does not.  He's only in the top-5 in cash received this year, and that's only because he just signed his contract and received a signing bonus.  

Christian Kirk's average per year for his contract is tied for ELEVENTH. 

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/rankings/202...r/average/

And I guarantee you, as other WRs sign new contracts, he will slip to 14th, and then to 17th, and so on.

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