Marvin Harrison Jr. trade grades: Cardinals extract near-max value from Texans for former top-5 pick

Arizona dealt Harrison Jr. for multiple draft picks, including a 2027 second-round pick The awkward separation between wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. and the Arizona Cardinals is now complete. He is now a Houston Texan after his new team reportedly sent multiple draft picks to Arizona in exchange for the fourth overall pick from the 2024 NFL Draft. Houston shipped a 2027 second-round pick and a 2027 sixth-round pick to the Cardinals in exchange for the 24-year-old wideout and a 2027 seventh-round draft choice. Harrison Jr., the son of Pro Football Hall of Famer Marvin Harrison, is now the first wide receiver since Ahmad Rashad in 1974 to be traded within his first three years in the NFL after being selected as a top-five pick, per CBS Sports Research.

Rashad was also traded from the Cardinals and was shipped to the Buffalo Bills in exchange for quarterback Dennis Shaw. So, who came out with the better haul in the exchange? Here are trade grades for both the Texans and the Cardinals in terms of how they made out in the deal. The Houston Texans are grasping at straws in 2026. They are 1-4 and enter the late afternoon games in Week 5, averaging the second-fewest rushing yards per game (57.4) and the fewest rushing yards per carry (3.0) by a