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2 days ago
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Can Kyler Murray reach another level with the Cardinals?
Yahoo Sports' Jason Fitz, senior NFL reporter Charles Robinson and senior NFL writer Frank Schwab discuss Arizona's outlook for its starting quarterback entering the 2025 campaign and why things are finally aligned for the former number one overall pick to have a monster season. Hear the full conversation on 'Inside Coverage' - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen. View more Video Transcript What I see with Kyler Murray at this point? Like, at some point, I think we've seen Kyler Murray. I just don't think there's another level here. Do you? Like, I kind of wonder about that. Every offseason, I've come in here for three straight years. It's been like a referendum year for Kyler Murray. It's like, OK, this is the year where, but I believe we're there now because this regime has said, OK, we're going to improve the town around him. Give him the best possible offensive teammates as a unit to play with. Marvin Harrison Jr., you know, I think he's up to like 220, he's gained weight. He looks thicker, looks stronger. I think they're confident in him taking another step as their number one wideout. Trey McBride has the ability to be one of the, you know, elite tight ends. He showed it last season. He can be there with Kelsey, Kittle, Bowers, like he's in that group. They're gonna run the ball a heck of a lot with James Conner and Trey Benson, but they've augmented the offense a little bit for Kyler too. Like, OK, if the offensive line isn't perfect, we're gonna move the pocket more. We're gonna try and roll out, you know, Kyler at times. We're gonna give him an opportunity to make plays, not necessarily inside the box. The running component of Kyler's game is gonna be accentuated. So, is it a referendum season for Kyler? Yeah, I think it is because they're like, Look, we're improving the pieces around you. Jonathan Gannon said to me, he made a golf analogy. He's like, look, we're giving him the whole bag of clubs. We just need him to choose the right club for the right situation. When he's making throws and decisions, that's ultimately gonna determine whether or not this is a make or break season, right? I mean, cynically, I already think we've had the referendum season on Kyler Murray. I think this is who he is. If he shows another level, I'll re-evaluate, but I get that we kind of hear this every year at this time. Like, oh, this is what we're doing for Kyler. This is why he's gonna have a breakout. By your seventh season, you kind of are who you are. That's my opinion. We'll see. Go back and look at the Rams game last season. I think it was, you know, early on in the season, and then the 49ers game to wrap the season I'll be against the 49ers team that didn't have a lot to play for, nothing to play for really at that point. Nothing to play for really at that point. His highs, his ceiling is so crazy and so much fulfilling of why he became the number one pick in the draft. The problem is his lows are still way too low, and when you talk to people in the organization, what they tell you is our biggest thing is that can we raise the floor on him? Can we raise the floor on him? Can we raise those lows to adequate? Close
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3 days ago
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Marvin Harrison Jr. talks to Omar Ruiz about bulking up his playing weight for 2025 'Back Together Weekend'
Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. chats with NFL Network's Omar Ruiz about his process to bulk up for the 2025 NFL season.
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5 days ago
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Arizona Cardinals' Marvin Harrison Jr. shares his 2025 season goals
Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. talks about growing as a player and his relationship with quarterback Kyler Murray.
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7 days ago
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Why Trey McBride believes Marvin Harrison Jr. ‘can be a force' for Cardinals
The post Why Trey McBride believes Marvin Harrison Jr. 'can be a force' for Cardinals appeared first on ClutchPoints. The Arizona Cardinals were competitive in 2024, but they will be looking to take another step forward and become a playoff team next season with Kyler Murray at the helm. Murray is one of the most talented quarterbacks in the league, and he has two very good weapons to get the ball to in tight end Trey McBride and wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. A lot has been made about McBride's struggles finding the end zone during his three-year career, but he is clearly one of the best tight ends in football. Despite scoring just two touchdowns last season, McBride caught 111 balls on 147 targets for 1,146 yards and was a great security blanket for Murray all year. A second-year leap from Harrison would take some of the pressure off of both McBride and Murray, and the former Colorado State tight end thinks that Arizona fans are going to see that this fall. 'I don't want any part of that,' McBride said, smiling, via ESPN's Josh Weinfuss. 'No, he's a hard worker, man. There's no doubt about it. He puts the work in every single day. I've seen him every day in the offseason, working out together. He's a stud. He's young, he's growing into his body still, and man, I'm excited to see him take the next level. He's a guy who can be a force to reckon with, and I'm excited to see him grow with Kyler and to grow in this offense and to be a stud.' The discourse around Harrison's rookie season for the Cardinals was worse than it actually turned out to be statistically, but he will still be looking for improvement in year two. He caught 62 balls on 116 targets last season for 885 yards and eight touchdowns, putting up that level of production despite some synergy issues with Murray. Now, Harrison and his quarterback have had another offseason to work together and build some more chemistry on the field together. The former Ohio State star still has all of the talent and polish that he showed in college, and he will have plenty of chances to show that off in 2025. If McBride's assessment of his offseason is any indication, defenses should watch out for Harrison in his second season. Related: Cardinals' Marvin Harrison Jr. reveals big change that led to body transformation Related: Cardinals head coach provides discouraging injury update on 1st-round pick
USA Today
09-07-2025
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- USA Today
2025 Arizona Cardinals training camp roster preview: WR Marvin Harrison Jr.
We will preview every player on the Cardinals roster leading up to training camp. This is about WR Marvin Harrison Jr. The Arizona Cardinals report to training camp on July 22 and begin the process of preparing for the regular season, forming the roster and determining starting jobs and roles on the team. Leading up to the start of camp, we will take a look at every player on the offseason roster, their background, their contract, their play in 2024, questions they face and their roster outlook. This focuses on receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. Marvin Harrison Jr. background, 2024 season Harrison was the fourth overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft out of Ohio State. He was expected to be impactful from the jump. He didn't have the rookie season many expected but it was productive and the second-best rookie receiver season in franchise history. He had 62 receptions for 885 yards, the second-highest yardage total by a rookie in team history, and eight touchdown receptions, tied for the most by a rookie in team history. Marvin Harrison Jr. 2025 contract details, cap hit Harrison enters Year 2 of his four-year fully guaranteed $35.4 million contract with a team fifth-year option. He is due $960,000 in salary and a training camp roster bonus of more than $1.4 million, a total of more than $2.4 million in cash this year. His cap hit in 2025 will be more than $8 million, as it includes a signing bonus proration of more than $5.6 million. Questions he faces, roster outlook Harrison is a lock for the roster and the starting lineup. He is their No. 1 receiver and is expected to have a big year. The questions he faces are whether or not he can make that big Year 2 jump. He is bigger physically and has had more time to work with quarterback Kyler Murray. Can he become the alpha receiver? His work ethic and talent make it seem likely that will happen. Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire's Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts.
