{"id":903273,"date":"2026-09-24T03:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T03:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/903273\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T03:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T03:40:12","slug":"marvin-harrison-jr-reacts-to-criticism-amid-struggles-to-start-2026-nfl-season-with-cardinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/903273\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvin Harrison Jr. Reacts to Criticism Amid Struggles to Start 2026 NFL Season with Cardinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. discussed his reaction to criticism of his slow start to the 2026 season on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a social media era, you see everything,&#8221; Harrison told reporters. &#8220;I&#8217;m not going to sit here and say I don&#8217;t see nothing. You get told to block out the noise and not pay attention to it. That&#8217;s part of it, you can still see something and still block it out. I see everything, and everybody&#8217;s entitled to their own opinions. You get platforms to speak your mind and that&#8217;s okay for me. I&#8217;m just gonna continue to worry about my team and my process and helping the team win best I can.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The 24-year-old also confirmed that he isn&#8217;t going to let outside noise impact his approach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">&#8220;Stick to my process,&#8221; Harrison said. &#8220;Don&#8217;t change anything I&#8217;ve been doing. Continue to work hard day in and day out. That&#8217;s the best you can do in this situation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Expectations were high for Harrison after he was selected with the No. 4 overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">He appeared in 17 games as a rookie, hauling in 62 receptions for 885 yards and eight touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">While Harrison only racked up 608 receiving yards and four touchdowns during his second season in 2025, it&#8217;s worth noting that he missed five games due to <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25433299-marvin-harrison-jr-updates-injury-status-cardinals-wr-says-he-couldnt-catch-break-last-year\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">injuries<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">He&#8217;s struggled to make an impact to open his 2026 campaign, though.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">In two appearances this year, Harrison has caught just one of his four targets for 33 yards. He&#8217;s also recorded one drop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Cardinals quarterback Jacoby Brissett owns an 86.2 passer rating in 2026, which drops to 61.5 when targeting Harrison (via <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pff.com\/nfl\/players\/marvin-harrison\/145056#seasonStatsWidget\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Pro Football Focus<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Arizona owns a 1-1 record, but the team has scored just 33 points in two contests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">As Harrison looks to get back on track, he isn&#8217;t focused on criticism surrounding his beginning of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. discussed his reaction to criticism of his slow start to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":903274,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-903273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=903273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/903274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=903273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=903273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=903273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}