07-08-2025
Could Marvin Harrison Jr. be an early-season fantasy hero?
Yahoo Fantasy analyst Matt Harmon and contributor Chris Allen break down the Arizona's receivers fantasy outlook and decide if he can bounce back with a friendly schedule to start the year. Hear the full conversation on the 'Yahoo Fantasy Forecast' podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.
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But what about Marvin Harrison Junior?
The first few weeks.
All right, so it's the Saints, it's the Panthers.
Now, I know they have to go up against the 49ers defense in week 3, but I mean, out of the 29 wide receivers with a 20% target share, I mean, Marvin Harrison Junior did have one of the highest average depths of target and was just behind George Pickens and Calvin Ridley.
I mean, we didn't see a lot of him being able to work in the slot, but we know what that particular target share and his ability to create contested catch situations.
So, going up against some of those light defenses in the first couple of weeks, we could be seeing a scenario where if people try and take the plunge in the let's say 3rd or 4th round and draft a guy like Marvin Harrison Junior, the early season returns might be something of what we were expecting in 2024, and we could see that in 2025.
But I want to toss that out there and see what you think about MHJ.
I think the interesting thing about Harrison is that he's locked in as an every down player.
We know that, I mean, even Trey McBride last year, who saw a 33% share of the first three targets in Arizona.
I think there's a chance that he could lose about 3 or 4 percentage points to Marvin Harrison Junior and still be number one among tight ends in first three target share.
And he's also a guy that, like, again, Harrison can just get more looks.
I think he's going to be moving around the field a little bit more this year.
I think there's no chance that they run him out as an 80-80 outside, on the line of scrimmage player.
And honestly, because, again, this is going to transition us into the topic we're going to talk about.
Across the break, I think he's a guy that can rebound because he's good at football, you know, I know that some people will maybe question that, but based on the reception perception data with him, he's a guy who performed really well against pressman coverage and was a solid zone beater as well.
So, I think he needs to get a little bigger, stronger, which he's done in the offseason and can win more of those contested catches.
I didn't see this one coming, but he does have a pretty interesting early season schedule.
Uh, across the break, like, I think he's a guy that can rebound because he's good at football, you know, uh, I, I know that some people will maybe question that, but based on the reception perception data with him, he's a guy who performed really well against pressman coverage and was a solid zone beater as well.
So, I, I just.
I think he needs to get like a little bigger, stronger, which he's done in the offseason and can win more of those contested catches.
So I didn't see this one coming, but he does have a pretty interesting early season schedule and has very bankable volume.
It just kind of comes down to the, the Kyler Murray of it all, which is always the thing i, i get a little hung up on.
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