Collins\u2019 contract ends after the 2027 season<\/a> and he still does not have an extension.\u00a0<\/p>\nGetting an extension done this offseason will be a key indicator in whether he\u2019ll remain a Texan or whether Houston would shop him given his trade value will be at its highest.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As for Harrison, his time with the Cardinals had apparently reached a breaking point. Videos of Harrison\u2019s lack of effort on routes and run blocking had gone viral in recent weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And teams rarely trade top receivers like Harrison before the end of their rookie deals.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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That the Texans would take a chance on him is a bit of a surprise for those same reasons. Effort is just as important as production for Ryans. His motto is \u201cspecial work ethic and relentless mindset.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
But the Texans needed weapons on offense and Harrison certainly has that potential.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His familiarity with Stroud, who expects to sign a major contract extension next offseason, and their need to add pieces around him played a factor in their pursuit of Harrison.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Stroud said the Texans’ front office consulted with him about Harrison.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He said he told general manager Nick Caserio about who Harrison is as a person and player and what he liked about him when he played.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cI thought our front office did a great job of allowing me to be a part of it,\u201d Stroud said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Harrison provides them another proven red zone threat, where the Texans have often been hit or miss. Houston ranks 15th in the league in red-zone touchdown percentage at 57.1. In fairness, their success has often depended on the availability of Collins.<\/p>\n
When Collins was out with a hamstring injury, the Texans\u2019 receivers struggled to find success anywhere. The offense scored just 23 points in the two games he missed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Though Harrison has only five catches for 85 yards and a touchdown in four games this season, he has had success in the past. As a rookie, he had 62 catches for 885 yards and eight touchdowns. During his second year, he had 41 catches for 608 yards and four touchdowns.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Those stat lines are better than any other wide receiver on the Texans\u2019 active roster outside of Collins.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But Stroud said he won’t put expectations on Harrison.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhatever\u00a0is next for him, that’s flying over here to Houston and getting into the playbook, let’s do that good,\u201d Stroud said. \u201cAnd if he’s himself, he’s going\u00a0to be one of the best receivers. He got drafted where he got drafted and I think he’s going to be able to show that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Texans, needing to upgrade their receiver corps, traded two draft picks for Marvin Harrison Jr., the fourth-overall…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":463521,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-463520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/463521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}