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Cardinals’ Marvin Harrison: Makes another end-zone visit
Harrison recorded five catches (on six targets) for 63 yards and one touchdown during Sunday’s 47-24 victory against the 49ers.
Harrison was the first non-quarterback selected (fourth overall) in the 2024 Draft, and he had his moments as a rookie, including four TD catches from Weeks 2-4 and two 100-yard performances. He also fell below 50 receiving yards 10 times in 17 outings en route to a composite 62-885-8 line on 116 targets. Harrison was a distant second to teammate TE Trey McBride (111-1,146-2 on 147 targets) in three major statistical categories for the campaign, but there’s a chance the former begins to take on more attention from QB Kyler Murray in his second season. Overall, Harrison’s fifth-place finish among first-year players in receiving yards behind the Jaguars’ Brian Thomas (1,282), the Giants’ Malik Nabers (1,204) the Raiders’ Brock Bowers (1,194) and the Chargers’ Ladd McConkey (1,149) is a respectable showing considering all but McConkey were first-round picks.
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Cardinals’ Trey McBride: Catches another touchdown
McBride brought in seven of 11 targets for 65 yards and one touchdown during Sunday’s 47-24 win versus the 49ers.
After failing to reach the end zone via a pass in each of his first 14 appearances of the campaign, McBride capped the season with TD catches in back-to-back games. He also paced the Cardinals in receptions (111), targets (147) and receiving yards (1,146), all of which ranked second to rookie sensation Brock Bowers among tight ends in the entire NFL. At least at the conclusion of this season, McBride is the clear top pass catcher for Arizona, but 2024 first-round pick Marvin Harrison (62-885-8 on 116 targets as a rookie) may begin to make inroads on that mantle as soon as next fall. As a 2022 second-rounder, McBride is extension-eligible this offseason, so he may receive a long-term commitment from the team in the coming months.
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Cardinals’ Kyler Murray: Tosses four TD passes in Week 18
Murray completed 25 of 35 passes for 242 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions and reeled off 22 yards on three carries during Sunday’s 47-24 win against the 49ers
In leading the Cardinals to their highest point total in a game this season, Murray played turnover-free football for the sixth time in 17 contests and also tossed a campaign-high four TD passes, connecting with WR Greg Dortch twice (from 23 and two yards), TE Trey McBride (two yards) and WR Marvin Harrison (12 yards). Murray ends the season with a 68.8 completion percentage, 226.5 passing yards per game and a 21:11 TD:INT while notching 78 carries for 572 yards and five more scores. This season marked the first of the five-year, $230.5 million extension he signed in July 2022, and he’ll welcome back all of Arizona’s key skill-position talent, including RB James Conner (knee) and WR Michael Wilson (hamstring), once the team reconvenes for the offseason program.
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