Christian Kirk Week 15 Outlook - Jaguars at Raiders

By Mike Tagliere (FantasyPros), Thu, Dec 12th 2019, 11:43am EST

Last week was an example of why we try to play high-volume receivers even in bad matchups. Kirk was facing an uphill battle against the tough Steelers secondary while Murray struggled, yet he still wound-up with eight catches for 95 yards. He's now seen at least seven targets in each of the last four games, racking up at least six receptions in three of them. The Browns have Denzel Ward and Greedy Williams monitoring the perimeter, and they've been a good duo, allowing just under a 50 percent catch-rate, 6.77 yards per target, and two touchdowns in their coverage. The slot is where most teams go to move the ball against them, an area that Kirk has run just 15 percent of his routes from over the last four games. He remains on the WR3 radar with his volume, but unless Kingsbury moves him to the slot more often, he's got another tough matchup.