Liam Murphy pushed back on the room’s blanket fade of Christian Kirk, calling him a must-sprinkle at his current basement ADP. Murphy expects incoming play-caller Ben Johnson to scrap Bobby Slowik’s old run-run-pass tendencies after Slowik was ‘so bad that it totally changes things.’ Houston already led the league in neutral-situation pass rate last December and just signaled an even heavier air attack by firing Slowik and stockpiling receivers. Kirk is priced as a WR6 yet projects for roughly 75–80 targets (Mike Clay pegs him for 77-726-4), the same neighborhood as Dalton Schultz with far higher weekly upside out of the slot. Murphy emphasized that Kirk’s floor of usable 10–14-point outings will sync perfectly with C.J. Stroud spike weeks, making him the type of low-cost accumulator who winds up in winning Best Ball lineups when injuries strike the flashier options ahead of him.

Davis Mattek called Christian Kirk a complete avoid at his current WR60ish price tag, saying he is "basically a zero" in 2025 formats. Mattek pulled up Mike Clay’s initial projection that gives Kirk just 77 targets, 640 yards and 3-4 touchdowns—numbers that would barely crack the weekly Best Ball starting lineup. He reminded listeners that Kirk has only one 1,000-yard season (back in 2022) and a paltry 29 TDs across eight pro campaigns. Mattek also worries about soft-tissue issues, predicting the veteran "nursing a hamstring in Week 9 and that’s just going to be it." With Houston now six-deep at wide receiver after adding Stefon Diggs, Tee Higgins, and rookie Jermaine Noel, Mattek believes Kirk could slide to WR4 status or even lose his roster spot outright. He is bypassing Kirk entirely in favor of rookies with clearer upside in the same range, arguing the veteran’s median and ceiling have both collapsed.