Updated Feb. 23, 2026, 10:37 p.m. MT<\/p>\n
The 2026 league year is coming next month. It officially begins on March 11, with the legal negotiating period beginning on March 9.<\/p>\n
The Arizona Cardinals<\/a> have many roster decisions to make before then.<\/p>\n Leading up to the new league year, we will profile every player on the roster, go over what they did last season, what their contract status is and what they face in 2026.<\/p>\n Next up is wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr.<\/p>\n Marvin Harrison Jr. 2025 season<\/p>\n Harrison entered 2025 with big expectations, but it was an uneven year. He missed five games, first after having appendicitis and then, after recovering from that, suffering a heel injury that ended his season.<\/p>\n Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n He played in 12 games, finishing the year with 41 catches for 608 yards and four touchdowns, which was a far cry from the expectations there were for him after a rookie season with 62 catches and 885 yards.<\/p>\n Marvin Harrison Jr. contract status<\/p>\n Harrison enters Year 3 of his four-year rookie deal with a fifth-year team option. He will make a litte more than $4 million in 2026 between his salary and a roster bonus. His contract will count more than $9.6 million against the salary cap.<\/p>\n Marvin Harrison Jr. offseason outlook<\/p>\n Harrison needs to prove himself in Year 3. He was essentially supplanted as the No. 1 receiver by Michael Wilson over the back half of the season. He is still viewed as a cornerstone piece on the team, so the hope is he stays healthy and can become the receiver everyone believes that he can be.<\/p>\n Get more Cardinals<\/a> and NFL coverage from Cards<\/a> Wire’s Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0YouTube<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Apple podcasts<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated Feb. 23, 2026, 10:37 p.m. MT The 2026 league year is coming next month. It officially begins…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":773159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2078],"tags":[95878,375,390,2604,1327,7,1070,6,95973,95974,95882,95890,96060,95888,95895,95899,96008,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-773158","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-cardinals","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-arizona-cardinals","11":"tag-arizonacardinals","12":"tag-cardinals","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-jr","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-sstssportsnflcardinals","17":"tag-sstsncardinals","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagarizona-cardinals","20":"tag-tagmarvin-harrison","21":"tag-tagnfl","22":"tag-tagnfl-hub","23":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","24":"tag-tagsmg-listicle","25":"tag-tagsports-news","26":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116125579669680790","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773158","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=773158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/773159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}