Former Arizona Cardinals general manager Steve Keim didn’t soften the blow when he weighed in on Marvin Harrison Jr.’s move to the Houston Texans. On the “Inside Football Show” on Friday, Keim called the trade an “awful decision” and said Arizona jumped too fast on moving the former No. 4 draft pick.
Keim said the Cardinals should have taken a longer look at what was already in-house before making that call. He pointed specifically to Carson Beck, Jeremiyah Love and Wilson, describing Wilson as “the other receiver who's a really good player.”
“I think it's an awful decision by the Arizona Cardinals,” Keim said. “No. 1, the first thing I would have done was start Carson Beck, the young quarterback, and see if there was any synergy between him, Jeremiyah Love and Wilson, the other receiver who's a really good player.
“So I would have had to see that first. It's too early in the process.
Secondly, I think he needed a sort of a new start, and obviously playing with his college quarterback is going to really be beneficial for him. And I think Marvin's a great kid.
I think he's going to be a good player. He comes from great lineage, and I think sort of his best football is ahead.”
The move sends Harrison back into the NFL alongside former Ohio State teammate C.J. Stroud, giving him a fresh start in Houston after a disappointing stretch in Arizona that was marked by declining production. The idea is simple enough: rekindle the Buckeyes chemistry and see if it can translate now that Harrison is wearing Texans colors.
Cris Carter also saw Houston as the right place for Harrison to get going again. Speaking after Keim on the same show, the Pro Football Hall of Famer pointed to the environment around the Texans as a reason the receiver could bounce back.
“They're going to be playing some meaningful games,” Carter said. “And they got some grown men in Houston, Texas.
And I got great respect for their head coach. They got good legends around the program.
Houston is a great sports town to revive your career in.
“I think the expectations are so much lower now compared to being a fourth pick going to the Arizona Cardinals. Like, I think he's going to have the opportunity to thrive. And to me, it's the organization reinvesting in their head coach, reinvesting in their quarterback and then also reinvesting their interest in Marvin Harrison.”
For Harrison, the Texans offer exactly what the Cardinals no longer could: a reset, a familiar quarterback, and a chance to get his career moving in the right direction again. How far he can take it from here is still to be determined.
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