Marvin Harrison Jr.’s stock keeps going down.
The second-year receiver — whom the Cardinals drafted with the No. 4 pick last year — has so far failed to live up to the massive hype he produced while dominating at Ohio State.
He reached a low point during the Cardinals’ 16-15 loss to the 49ers on Sunday in San Francisco with a brutal drop.
In the second quarter, Kyler Murray threw a pass to a wide-open Harrison, who had plenty of room to run down the field.
But the ball went right through Harrison’s hands.
He bent over and looked at the ground after, almost in disbelief.
Harrison, whose father played 13 years NFL — all with the Colts — and was an eight-time Pro Bowl receiver as a key part of a Super bowl title, was emotional after the game when speaking of his struggles.
“It’s a lot of emotion,” Harrison said. “Just disappointed, really. I know what I put into the game, so it doesn’t feel the best.
“Everybody’s got a job to do. I’m not doing my job at a high enough level at the moment. I know what I’m capable of. To go out there and not play [anywhere] near the best of my abilities, it’s frustrating, it hurts the team. And I gotta get better.”
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Harrison finished the game with three catches for 44 yards.
For the season, he has 10 catches for 142 yards and one touchdown.
He recorded 62 receptions for 885 yards and eight touchdowns last year as a rookie.
Across his last two years at Ohio State, he recorded 144 receptions for 2,474 yards and 28 touchdowns.
He was a two-time unanimous All-American and the Fred Biletnikoff Award winner — given annually to the best receiver in college football — in 2023.
He was the first receiver taken in last year’s draft, but he has quickly been surpassed by Giants’ Malik Nabers and Jaguars’ Brian Thomas Jr.
Rome Odunze has also gotten off to a better start this year for the Bears.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
