Questions about Marvin Harrison Jr.’s future in Arizona aren’t going away, and NFL reporter Charles Robinson dug into the kind of trade market the Cardinals wideout could draw if the team ever decided to listen.
The core issue is simple: Harrison has not produced at the level many expected when Arizona took him fourth overall in the 2024 NFL Draft. But one general manager told Robinson that the conversation around him can get distorted by the size of the pre-draft hype.
“He is a player that is getting judged relative to what he was supposed to be, while people are losing sight of the fact that he is still a useful player,” the GM said.
Robinson reported that three front offices view Harrison as the kind of player who would return a projected late second-round pick. That valuation, he wrote, is tied to both what Harrison showed at Ohio State and the “uneven nature of the Arizona Cardinals franchise that he was drafted into.”
“I think what we saw at Ohio State is still in there. But [in just over two seasons] he’s had two coaching staffs, [two] quarterbacks, an injury - it fits into the production and probably where his head is.
… Football environment comes out. That’s not meant to criticize this [current] Arizona coaching staff, either.
I’m sure they inherited whatever happened with Marvin in 2025,”
a personnel executive said.
Other evaluators were a little lower. Four front office executives Robinson spoke with pegged Harrison as worth a third-round pick plus an additional asset, such as a late-round selection or some sort of pick-swap arrangement. One GM pointed to the Cowboys’ deal for WR George Pickens, in which Dallas sent a third- and fifth-round pick for Pickens and a sixth-round pick.
There was also talk of a player-for-player swap. One GM who landed in that camp suggested Harrison could be part of a one-for-one deal with another player who no longer fits a team’s coaching staff or scheme. That executive referenced the Titans-Jets trade of DT T’Vondre Sweat for DE Jermaine Johnson and mentioned Jaguars WR Brian Thomas Jr. as a possible fit in a Harrison exchange.
As for possible landing spots, Robinson ruled out the Rams, Packers and 49ers because their scheme similarities to Arizona make them less likely destinations. He also said a team bringing in Harrison should already know him well, which is why the Bills and Texans came up as logical options.
Houston has the obvious connection through QB C.J. Stroud, who played with Harrison at Ohio State in 2022.
Buffalo has its own tie via WR coach Drew Terrell, who worked with Harrison in Arizona in 2024 and 2025. Robinson also floated Bills WR Keon Coleman as a natural one-for-one swap candidate.
Beyond those clubs, Robinson said any receiver-needy team could get involved if the situation keeps trending this way. He named the Patriots, Steelers, Colts, Texans and Bills as teams that would make sense in a broader market. He also noted that a stronger stretch from Harrison would cool the speculation quickly, but if that doesn’t happen, a deadline move could become realistic if Arizona slips and other teams start scrambling for help at receiver.
Harrison is 24 and the son of Hall of Famer Marvin Harrison. At Ohio State, he was a three-year starter, won the 2023 Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year award, was a consensus All-American and took home the 2023 Fred Biletnikoff Award.
Arizona selected him fourth overall in 2024, and he signed a four-year deal worth $35,374,742, including a $22,547,084 signing bonus. The contract is fully guaranteed and carries an average annual salary of $8,843,686.
In 2025, Harrison played 12 games and finished with 41 catches for 608 yards and four touchdowns. Through three games in 2026, he has four receptions on nine targets for 73 yards.
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