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Former Cardinals WRs Reveal How Arizona Can Fully Unlock Marvin Harrison Jr
Week 1 of the 2024 NFL season was underwhelming for many of the league’s top rookies. Few performances, however, were more underwhelming than that of wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr.
Harrison, the No. 4 overall pick in this year’s draft, had just one reception for four yards in his NFL debut. He was targeted just three times.
After the game, Cardinals offensive coordinator Drew Petzing put the onus on himself to get his potential superstar wideout the ball. And this week, two former Cardinals wide receivers had some advice for Petzing and the rest of the Arizona staff.
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In an interview with longtime Cardinals beat writer Kent Somers, former Cardinals wide receivers Roy Green and Frank Sanders discussed how Arizona could better unlock Harrison. They also urged fans to remain optimistic about their star wide receiver.
“One of the great things he has is a great quarterback,” the two-time Pro Bowler Green said to Somers. “He has all the ability in the world. He’s going to be OK, without question. He’s going to be OK.”
What can Arizona do to get him more opportunities?
“When you have safeties on the backside, those are the guys who had to cover me,” Green said. “Once I get six to seven yards down the field, it’s all about the safety now. With the right play action, he’s got half the field and he’s not going to cover me.
“I think Marvin can do that same thing, particularly with the way we (the Cardinals) are running the football with (James) Conner. Play action is going to give (Harrison) opportunities to make big plays.”
While play action was one solution from Green, Sanders wants to see Harrison go in motion to create some mismatches. Harrison didn’t go in motion once across his 55 snaps in his debut.
“It’s exactly what Dallas is doing with CeeDee Lamb, what Minnesota is doing with Justin Jefferson, what the Raiders are doing with Mr. (Davante) Adams,” Sanders said. “They are putting them in the slot and moving them around consistently. They have them in motion running zip, zang, zoom, zing.
“They are trying to get a mismatch with their No. 1 guy vs. the defense’s nickel coverage or their dime back. But if your offense is not that, then you’re going to be trying to change everything to accommodate one person.”
While it was a disappointing first game for Harrison and the Cardinals, there’s plenty of reason for optimism. Harrison is coming off back-to-back seasons at Ohio State in which he accumulated more than 1,200 receiving yards and 14 touchdowns. He was considered by some to be one of the greatest wide receiver prospects ever.
“Everybody knows he’s a hard worker and he’s going to do what he’s supposed to do,” Green said. “He has a chance to be special.”
Harrison’s next opportunity will be on Sunday in an NFC West battle with the Los Angeles Rams. The Cardinals will likely have made some adjustments to get their talented wideout more opportunities.
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PAGE, AZ (AZFamily) — A person accused of making terroristic threats toward a northern Arizona medical facility was arrested Friday morning.
Just after 10:30 p.m., police received a report of a person calling the facility and threatening to kill staff and Native Americans, according to the Page Police Department.
Authorities said staff placed the facility on lockdown until officers identified the suspect and arrested them outside their home.
The suspect was booked on charges of disorderly conduct, threatening and intimidating, and making terroristic threats. Police have not publicly identified the person.
“The Page Police Department is grateful for and supports the medical staff’s decision to put the medical facility into lockdown until the suspect was arrested and the situation was rendered safe,” the department said in a Facebook post.
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In these four-round projections, the Arizona Cardinals don’t get a tackle until the fourth round.
We are just days away from the 2026 NFL draft, and that means some final mock drafts. What direction will the draft take the Arizona Cardinals?
Draft Wire’s Curt Popejoy put together a four-round mock draft for the Cardinals. They go defense early but rebuild the offense for 2026 and moving forward, including landing their potential franchise quarterback.
Cardinals 4-round mock draft
Here are the players in the first four rounds Popejoy projects for Arizona.
- Round 1: Ohio State EDGE/LB Arvell Reese
- Round 2: Alabama QB Ty Simpson
- Round 3: Clemson WR Antonio Williams
- Round 4: Florida OT Austin Barber
What we think of the picks
The Cardinals want to trade out of the third pick and draft a tackle, so not getting a tackle until Round 4 seems unlikely, although they did meet with Barber. They do have options at right tackle for 2026 already on the roster.
Reese would be a great pick if they don’t trade back, as they badly need pass-rushing help off the edge.
Drafting Simpson seems inevitable at this point, so it has to be in a mock draft, although the feeling is they will need to go up into Round 1 again to get him.
Williams has speed and is almost six feet tall, but he does have short arms.
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Due to significant injuries to the CB position last year which includes a shoulder surgery for Terrion Arnold, the Lions CB position scored a 6/10 need on my Lions Defensive Draft Need Rankings. Thus, an early-round selection of a young, healthy prospect like Keith Abney would not come as a surprise. He enters the draft with very low medical concern level.
Here is the excerpt from my medical report on Keith Abney:
(Ages in parentheses are at start of 2026 season and are factored into the concern level. Injury info and ages based on available public information are unverified and subject to update. Games played data courtesy of sports-reference.com.)
Keith Abney, CB (21) – Arizona State
Projected round 2-3. #43 on Jeff Risdon board Feb 19.
Concern level 0/10
There is an isolated report of a hand injury but no corroborating information. Even if the hand injury is true, that’s of minimal to no long-term concern.
His availability in his final two seasons has been perfect. Overall, Abney appears to be medically clean and is at an excellent age.
He finished college with 6 INT and 21 PBU.
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