Cardinals first-round pick admits he must ‘do a better job’

Not many have the expectations that Cardinals broad receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. had earlier than taking his first NFL snap because the son of Corridor of Fame broad 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 said, by way of Josh Weinfuss of ESPN.com. “Undoubtedly wasn’t what I anticipated, what I needed to occur, what the staff needed to occur. Clearly, you needed to come back out with a victory and we did not do this.”

A part of Harrison’s lack of manufacturing was attributable to him receiving simply three targets all sport. It was fairly shocking given the draft capital the Cardinals spent to amass him.

Whereas some might 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 staff, assist the offense go,” Harrison added. “So, I’ve to do a greater job of that going ahead. I bought to get open and catch the ball. That is my job as a receiver. That’s your job description. That is what I bought to do a greater job.”

Harrison did have a tough time creating separation. In keeping with Cardinals insider Kyle Odegard, Harrison’s max velocity towards Buffalo was 16.7 miles per hour, which he notes “is really slow” and “undoubtedly one thing to watch.”

Nonetheless, the Payments tried to take Harrison out of the sport by utilizing cloud protection. Murray is assured Arizona will discover a method to get him extra concerned sooner or later.

“I will by no means lose confidence in Marv. It was his first sport. We now have to proceed to get higher and we’ll,” Murray mentioned. “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 10th most total yards (363) within the league final week.