How ‘slot magician’ Christian Kirk is feeling ‘really good and healthy,’ impacting Texans’ offense
By Aaron Wilson. Great quotes from Kirk, Nico and DeMeco.
Kirk, 28, is the oldest wide receiver on the roster and is providing mentoring and leadership to a young group.
“I have been acquiring a lot of knowledge and have been around a lot of really good receivers in the NFL,” said Kirk, a former teammate of Larry Fitzgerald and A.J. Green with the Arizona Cardinals. “Really good is selling them short, Hall of Famers. Just passing down that knowledge to the young guys and helping as much as I can.
“Within the offense just making the plays that come my way. Help anyway I can to help make this offense more explosive that it already is. So far it has been good. I am just taking it day by day and cementing that role.”
“Slot magician man,” Nico Collins said. “Slot magic, man, he is in the slot going crazy. That’s one guy you need. Just another playmaker.”
Kirk has played in 20 games combined over the past two seasons after starting every game in 202 in his first season with the Jaguars. Durability has been the only real question mark surrounding Kirk. Otherwise, he’s checked all boxes.
“That has been the unfortunate part about the past two years, there are injuries that are the unfortunate fate of football and out of my control,” Kirk said. “But, right now, I feel great. Being here, I have gotten stronger and faster since I have gotten here. I just feel really good and feel healthy. I am just looking forward to building through that throughout the offseason.”
With the business out of the way, Kirk is hard at work assimilating to offensive coordinator Nick Caley’s offense. There’s a lot of motion in this offense, much more than previous offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik.
“Nick is all ball,” Kirk said. “Very intelligent and very smart. He does a great job communicating to us what the expectations are, route detail, motions, formations, whatever the case may be. He has done a great job laying that out for us. It has been primarily easy just being able to learn it how he has been able to install it.
“This offense is dynamic, a lot of motions a lot of pre-snap adjustments for the defense to have to deal with. I think you will see a lot of guys in different places to be able to make plays.”
So far, Kirk has been a major hit with his smooth transition to the Texans.
“Everything, everything has impressed me,” Ryans said. “His work ethic, what he brings to the field, his leadership and just his advice. He is a guy that you need to get advice from. He has been around this game for a long time. “So, it’s only right that you learn from him. I’m glad he is a part of this unit and glad he is a part of this team. It’s only right that we build and keep going.”
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