The Marvin Harrison Jr. trade chatter is starting to pick up, and the Las Vegas Raiders are one of the teams that could make sense on paper.
The bigger issue in Las Vegas is obvious: there isn’t a true no. 1 wide receiver on the roster right now. Tre Tucker has even been the closest thing to that kind of option at the moment, but he isn’t under contract beyond this year.
That has made Harrison a name to watch as the November 10 trade deadline approaches. ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reported Wednesday that teams are monitoring the Cardinals’ situation closely and trying to figure out whether Harrison could actually become available.
“Teams are continuing to watch the Marvin Harrison Jr. situation closely, wondering if he would become available,” Fowler reported on Wednesday.
Fowler also said the price might not be nearly as steep as many would expect.
“[Harrison] would have a market, though not for a high pick (possibly a quality Day 3 pick, as one team forecasted). Harrison, the former No. 4 overall pick who has struggled in Arizona, showed a slight uptick last week vs.
San Francisco with three catches for 43 yards on five targets. But tight end Trey McBride and wide receiver Michael Wilson are clearly the Cardinals’ primary options.”
He added that teams are still trying to make sense of what’s gone wrong.
“Harrison is a player to monitor closer to the deadline. Teams are still trying to assess what has happened with someone who seemed like a slam dunk out of Ohio State.
‘I don’t think one scout expected this. I didn’t see all the drops and lack of competing [in college],’ one team evaluator pointed out.
‘Very weird. Probably needs a fresh start.
Looks too big for him right now.'”
Still, not everyone around the Raiders sounds eager to jump in.
Sports Illustrated insider Hondo Carpenter addressed the idea on his Las Vegas Raiders Insider podcast last week and came down hard against making a move.
“I think you stay the course,” Carpenter said on the Las Vegas Raiders Insider podcast.
He made clear he sees a major difference between Harrison and a proven star.
“If you’re talking about getting Justin Jefferson, oh year, the whole game changes right there for me because he’s already proven. With Marvin Harrison you’re just getting somebody else’s problem… maybe it is a change of scenery [he needs], but you’ve got to get him cheap enough because you don’t know that. With multiple quarterbacks and coaches… I’m also talking based on some things I’ve heard from people that I trust.”
Harrison’s situation is worth watching because there’s no doubt about the talent he brought into the league. He was one of the most gifted college receivers to enter the draft in years, and the Cardinals took him fourth overall in 2024, the same year the Raiders selected Brock Bowers with the 13th pick.
A move to Silver & Black still feels unlikely. But if the asking price really is only a fourth-round pick, the Raiders would at least have to consider whether the risk is worth it for a receiver room that has been among the least exciting in the league.
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