{"id":234264,"date":"2025-07-25T06:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T06:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/234264\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T06:00:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T06:00:15","slug":"cardinals-marvin-harrison-jr-wants-to-run-his-own-race-stop-fixating-on-receivers-from-24-draft-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/234264\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinals&#8217; Marvin Harrison Jr. wants to run his &#8216;own race,&#8217; stop fixating on receivers from &#8217;24 draft class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aiming for a breakout second season, Harrison has reshaped his physique. He arrived at training camp weighing 220 pounds, noticeably heavier than last year&#8217;s 209.<\/p>\n<p>The Cardinals hope the rapport between Harrison and quarterback <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/kyler-murray\/\" title=\"Kyler Murray\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kyler Murray<\/a> improves significantly after last year&#8217;s struggles.<\/p>\n<p>Cardinals star tight end <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/trey-mcbride\/\" title=\"Trey McBride\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trey McBride<\/a> empathizes with Harrison, recalling his own early challenges before finding his NFL rhythm in his second year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t come in and catch a million balls right off the bat,&#8221; McBride said. &#8220;You grow, you figure out your role, and you can&#8217;t really look at other people because everyone is in a different situation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For Harrison, reaching the 1,000-yard plateau would be a step forward, and closing the gap with his draft class is another goal. As the offense&#8217;s clear wide receiver alpha, he should have plenty of opportunities, though personal stats aren&#8217;t his top priority for 2025.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Win,&#8221; Harrison said. &#8220;That&#8217;s what I am looking forward to. Really, just win.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aiming for a breakout second season, Harrison has reshaped his physique. He arrived at training camp weighing 220&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234265,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[390,1227,7,3374,88,6,15,609,8896,6042],"class_list":{"0":"post-234264","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-draft","8":"tag-arizona-cardinals","9":"tag-around-the-nfl","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-marvin-harrison-jr","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-nfl-draft","15":"tag-no-minute","16":"tag-training-camp","17":"tag-trey-mcbride"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114912351124763420","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}