The Kansas City Chiefs are still hunting for help at wide receiver, but the latest buzz around Marvin Harrison Jr. does not point their way.
Saturday morning reports said the Arizona Cardinals were finalizing a trade involving Harrison, though the deal had not been made official. That immediately put a long list of teams into the conversation, including Kansas City. But according to NFL insider Aaron Wilson for KPRC 2, the Chiefs are not the team landing Harrison.
" Texans involved in ongoing trade discussions regarding Cardinals wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr., per league sources, with 2028 second-round draft pick involved in potential deal," Wilson reports. "Nothing finalized and Cardinals want more teams to bid.
Player is aware he will be moved and will be inactive for Lions game. Chiefs and Colts are not trading for Harrison, per sources."
Wilson’s reporting has the Houston Texans emerging as the most likely destination, while the Chiefs and Indianapolis Colts are said to be out of the mix. Nothing is official yet, but the direction of the story is clear for now.
That leaves Kansas City looking elsewhere for help. The Chiefs have been linked to receiver upgrades for a while, and the need has only grown after the Tyquan Thornton injury. But if Harrison is indeed on the move, the Chiefs apparently will not be the team to win that race.
The situation is still fluid, and there is room for the picture to change if talks stall or another team jumps in. For the moment, though, the reporting points away from Kansas City and toward Houston as Harrison’s likely next stop.
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