Cardinals first-round choose admits he should ‘do a greater job’

Not many have the expectations that Cardinals extensive receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. had earlier than taking his first NFL snap because the son of Corridor of Fame extensive receiver Marvin Harrison.

That is why his debut final week was so disappointing. The No. 4 total choose within the 2024 NFL Draft completed the day with only one catch for 4 yards.

It was a irritating day for Harrison as Arizona fell to the Payments 34-28.

“I imply, clearly it wasn’t nice,” Harrison stated, through Josh Weinfuss of ESPN.com. “Undoubtedly wasn’t what I anticipated, what I wished to occur, what the group wished to occur. Clearly, you wished to come back out with a victory and we did not try this.”

A part of Harrison’s lack of manufacturing was as a consequence of him receiving simply three targets all recreation. It was fairly stunning given the draft capital the Cardinals spent to accumulate him.

Whereas some may place that blame on the shoulders of quarterback Kyler Murray, Harrison believes he should do a greater job of getting open to make Murray’s job simpler.

“That is why it type of introduced me right here is to assist the group, assist the offense go,” Harrison added. “So, I’ve to do a greater job of that going ahead. I obtained to get open and catch the ball. That is my job as a receiver. That’s your job description. That is what I obtained to do a greater job.”

Harrison did have a troublesome time creating separation. Based on Cardinals insider Kyle Odegard, Harrison’s max pace towards Buffalo was 16.7 miles per hour, which he notes “is actually sluggish” and “undoubtedly one thing to observe.”

Nevertheless, the Payments tried to take Harrison out of the sport through the use of cloud protection. Murray is assured Arizona will discover a technique to get him extra concerned sooner or later.

“I am going to by no means lose confidence in Marv. It was his first recreation. Now we have to proceed to get higher and we’ll,” Murray stated. “Clearly, we need to get him extra touches. That is not a secret, however I do not need to go forcing issues for positive.”

In Week 2, the Cardinals host the Los Angeles Rams, who allowed the tenth most complete yards (363) within the league final week.