It’s not clear where receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. will be playing as of next week. It’s becoming more and more clear he won’t be playing for the Cardinals.
Via Josh Weinfuss of ESPN, Harrison was not present for team meetings on Saturday night.
Harrison reportedly has been told he won’t be active for Sunday’s game against the Lions, as a trade is finalized.
Some in league circles believe he’ll be traded to the Texans. Some think the Raiders could be lurking. Sunday’s games could shake things up, based on injuries that could happen in the various games.
Regardless, it’s hard to imagine Harrison staying with the Cardinals given these developments. At this point, it’s just a matter of the Cardinals getting the best return they can for the fourth overall pick in the 2024 draft.
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The #insiders told us on Saturday morning that Cardinals receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. will soon be traded. They didn’t however, share the destination.
With Harrison reportedly due to be inactive on Sunday versus the Lions as the trade details are finalized, Sunday’s full slate of games could potentially reshuffle the deck.
Many believe the Texans are the team that will be trading for Harrison, a move that would reunite him with former Ohio State teammate C.J. Stroud. But what if the Texans lose to the Titans? Could Houston decide at that point to not devote future assets to a season that could be a lost cause?
Likewise, if Stroud is injured on Sunday, the whole “Buckeye reunion” vibe would be significantly diminished.
Then there’s the possibility that a contender will lose a starting receiver due to injury during Sunday’s games. Suddenly, a team that wasn’t in the mix for Harrison could revisit its position, quickly.
Nothing is ever done until it’s done. Sunday’s games could change the entire dynamic for a Harrison trade.
For now, the league-wide speculation points to the Texans as the destination for Harrison. Some, however, think the Raiders could be lurking. Either way, Sunday’s action could become a factor in the eventual transaction, with the only surprise at this point being Harrison not being traded.
Cardinals left tackle Paris Johnson is out for the season with a torn left biceps. They won’t have right guard Isaiah Adams for at least the next four games.
The team announced it has placed Adams on injured reserve with an ankle injury.
Jon Gaines II will start in his place, and rookie Jayden Williams will start for Johnson.
In a corresponding move, the Cardinals signed cornerback Art Green from the practice squad to the active roster.
The Cardinals won’t have wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. on Sunday. They will make him a healthy scratch as they seek to trade him.
The Cardinal are working on a trade for receiver Marvin Harrison Jr., with the destination currently unknown.
The speculation for now centers on the Texans, per multiple sources.
For whatever reason, the Cardinals are keeping that under wraps. They could be hoping to get someone else to make a better offer, or they could be hoping to squeeze a little more out of the Texans before a deal is done.
The trade, if it happens, will reunited Harrison with Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud. They spent multiple years together at Ohio State.
The package is expected to include a second-round pick. The Texans, we’re told, had offered a second-round pick in 2028. The Cardinals have been pushing for a second-round pick in 2027.
It seems inevitable at this point that Harrison will be traded; the cat has well escaped the bag. And it should surprise no one if/when it’s the Texans — unless some other team out there makes a late play with a better package of picks.
Another 2024 top-10 draft pick is about to be on the move.
According to ESPNFL, the Cardinals will be trading receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. Harrison, per the report, will be inactive for Sunday’s game against the Lions, as the details are finalized.
The current chatter in league circles is that Harrison will land in Houston, where he’d be reunited with former Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud.
The Cardinals, we’re told, had been looking for a package that includes a second-round pick. Whether they get that remains to be seen.
And it’s definitely unusual for the news of a trade to emerge without a destination. It could be an eleventh-hour attempt to get other teams to the table, in the hopes of driving up the price.
When the trade happens, Harrison will join former Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy, who was taken tenth overall in 2024, as players traded fairly quickly by the teams that took them.
Harrison has become largely forgotten in the Arizona offense under new coach Mike LaFleur. In four games this season, he has five catches for 85 yards and one touchdown.
Cardinals receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. says he’s paying “no mind” to intensifying trade rumors. He apparently has delegated that task to his new agents.
Via ESPN, Harrison — who previously represented himself — has hired Todd France and Tory Dandy of Athletes First.
The move happened on September 23, after Harrison had one catch for 33 yards in a Week 1 win over the Chargers and no catches on one target in a Week 2 loss to the Seahawks.
Because Harrison has yet to complete his third regular season, there’s no immediate contractual reason to have representation. He won’t be eligible for a second deal until the current campaign ends.
And so it’s reasonable to think that Harrison made the move to have representation in place as he navigates the possibility of landing with a new team before the trade window closes on the Tuesday after Week 9.
Under the new coaching staff in Arizona, Harrison has become largely forgotten in the Cardinals’ offense. His agents can handle any and all conversations that would precede making the best decision about a new destination, in the hopes of unlocking Harrison’s career.
In his rookie year, Harrison had 62 catches for 885 yards and eight touchdowns. In 2025, he caught 41 passes for 608 yards and four touchdowns. So far in 2026, Harrison has five catches for 85 yards and one touchdown, on 13 total targets.
The NFL trade deadline is still a month away, but Cardinals wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. is one of the NFL players who could find a new home in the coming weeks.
He finally hired representation, recently signing with agents Todd France and Tory Dandy after previously representing himself. That has increased speculation that Harrison expects to be dealt.
Harrison said Thursday isn’t listening to the trade rumors.
“Truthfully, I pay it no mind,” Harrison said, via ESPN. “I’m only focused on Detroit, helping the Cardinals win football games at the moment. So whatever rumors you’re talking about, I don’t pay it no mind.”
ESPN reports that the Cardinals are not shopping Harrison, but other teams are doing their due diligence. The Colts are among those teams.
Harrison’s father, Marvin Harrison Sr., became a Hall of Famer in Indianapolis.
Harrison has five catches for 85 yards and a touchdown, with his 12 targets ranking fifth on the team.
Coach Mike LaFleur again expressed confidence in Harrison, but Harrison has yet to live up to being the fourth overall pick in 2024.
After defeating the Chargers to open the 2026 season, the Cardinals have dropped three straight to the Seahawks, 49ers, and Giants.
But the results haven’t made things dire inside Arizona’s building, according to quarterback Jacoby Brissett — just upped the urgency a bit.
“I think the sense of urgency needs to be there no matter what the record is,” Brissett said in his Wednesday press conference. “Each week is a 1-0 league. I think the way the last three weeks have ended has definitely created another sense of urgency, but obviously not a sense of panic.
“You can’t panic. The urgency can be there and it’s like how can we steady the ship without everybody trying to jump off the ship or pick up the ship and run? It’s just more so just doing the right things right every day and Sunday will take care of itself.”
Following two games on the road, the Cardinals will be back at home to face the Lions on Sunday afternoon.
With Paris Johnson Jr. out for the season with a torn biceps, the Cardinals have added a former first-round pick to their offensive line.
Offensive tackle Jedrick Wills is signing with Arizona off of Buffalo’s practice squad, according to a report from NFL Network.
Wills, 27, was selected by Cleveland at No. 10 overall back in 2020. He missed the 2025 season, allowing his injured knees to fully heal after he struggled to play through the 2024 season.
Wills has started 57 games, all for the Browns. His time there coincided with that of current Cardinals QB Jacoby Brissett.
The Cardinals announced they’ve placed Johnson and tight end Hunter Long on injured reserve.
Veteran tight end Teagan Quitoriano was promoted to the 53-man roster off of Arizona’s practice squad.
Additionally, the Cardinals have re-signed tight end Kenny Yeboah to the practice squad, while also signing offensive lineman Austin Decals and safety Mark Perry to the unit.
Offensive lineman Vershon Lee and cornerback D’Shawn Jamison were released from the practice squad.
On Monday, the NFL did what it needed to do, as to a pair of officials who failed to act the way officials should act.
Line judge Jeff Seeman was suspended two games for his double-F-bomb directed to Cardinals tight end Trey McBride. Referee Adrian Hill received a one-game suspension for his overreactive interaction with Vikings linebacker Eric Wilson after Wilson accidentally knocked Hill to the ground.
Hill may not have been suspended without the Jeff Seeman incident. Hill didn’t know why or how he got knocked down. He reacted to a misimpression of the situation.
And for good reason. Last year, Hill suffered a non-contact leg injury during a Thursday night game between the Bills and Texans. He’s surely sensitive to the possibility of getting injured again.
The NFL Players Association, which objected to the Seeman incident with a strong statement from executive director JC Tretter, had nothing to say about the Hill-Wilson exchange.
Regardless, the league took action as to both Seeman and Hill. The league had no choice. The officials are supposed to be neutral, measured, and detached. They’re the judges in the courtroom that is a football field. And judges typically don’t say “fuck you” to the lawyers or the parties who appear before them. (A judge or two may have wanted to say it to me during my former career, but never did. At least not loud enough for me to hear it.)
Appearances matter. How can anyone expect the players and coaches to restrict their behavior if the officials can’t, or won’t?
Besides, the NFL has suddenly gone fine-happy over previously acceptable celebrations by players. Also, it’s constantly looking for any type of actual or perceived “taunting” indignity that could increase the on-field temperature between players. That standard should apply to officials — and it should be an even higher bar.
The league has proven that it is. And that it will.
