Cards' Harrison flops early, lights up 4th with TD

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Despite Cardinals wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. struggling done the archetypal 3 quarters against the Seattle Seahawks connected Thursday night, backmost Kyler Murray didn't shy distant from continuing to propulsion his way.

The effect was astir a comeback triumph connected nationalist TV.

Harrison caught each 4 of his targets successful the 4th fourth for 42 yards and a touchdown, helping Arizona necktie the people precocious lone to suffer 23-20 connected a walk-off tract extremity by Seattle arsenic clip expired.

"He needs me, I request him," Murray said. "This is simply a squad sport, four-quarter game, and I recognize he's not coming retired of the game. I don't privation him to travel retired of the game.

"So, we got to get this going. And that's truly conscionable what it is. Just conversations connected the sideline, keeping his assurance up."

Through 3 quarters, which ended with the Cardinals down 17-6, Harrison had caught conscionable 2 passes connected six targets for 24 yards, was the people connected some of Murray's interceptions, bobbling a walk earlier the 2nd one. He besides was portion of different miscommunication connected a way with Murray.

Murray said helium was definite the interceptions were lingering successful Harrison's caput aft the crippled due to the fact that "I conscionable deliberation Marv expects truthful overmuch from himself."

"But I emotion the mode that helium fought backmost and continued to play hard and continued to marque plays," Murray said. "Obviously, he's astir apt going to spell location reasoning astir that s---. But astatine the extremity of the day, again, it's football. We each marque mistakes. But helium continued to battle. I'm excited."

Murray went close to Harrison connected the Cardinals' archetypal play of the 4th fourth for a 3-yard gain. He looked Harrison's mode again connected the past play of the thrust for a 16-yard touchdown. Harrison high-pointed the shot arsenic helium fell backward heavy successful the extremity zone. After the catch, Harrison took a genu to observe -- the emotion of the infinitesimal was obvious.

"He came up clutch successful the stretch," Murray said. "That's portion of football. I got the utmost assurance successful Marv. I volition proceed to person the assurance successful Marv. We conscionable got to spell backmost to the drafting committee and beryllium better. ... The full discourtesy understands that we got to commencement faster and play better, complementary football. Because close present it's excessively each implicit the place, and it's not bully enough."

Coach Jonathan Gannon said helium isn't acrophobic astir Harrison and called his beardown decorativeness aft a rocky commencement "fantastic."

"I thought helium came and lit it up successful the 2nd half," Gannon said.

Despite struggling successful the archetypal half, the Murray-and-Harrison transportation flourished successful the 2nd half. Murray was 5-for-5 for 58 yards and a touchdown targeting Harrison aft halftime.

"He played his ass disconnected successful 4th quarter," Murray said. "When helium got man, helium made [the] plays. The touchdown drawback was an astonishing catch. So ,again, I got the utmost assurance successful him. I deliberation helium should person it arsenic well."

Gannon told Harrison helium wanted him to play faster connected Thursday, and helium said aft that helium felt Harrison did conscionable that. There were moments Thursday erstwhile Harrison looked dejected, but Gannon said successful bid to travel backmost from those emotions, Harrison needed to "control the controllables," and the team's intelligence grooming helped him successful those situations.

"He wants to assistance the squad win," Gannon said. "He gets down connected himself. He's got to fto that spell and power the controllables, which for maine for him is conscionable play fast. Control your effort, your mode of play and play fast, and I thought that's what helium did."