Marvin Harrison Sr. Rips Son's Cardinals Offense: 'it's Very Hard For Me To Watch'

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Marvin Harrison Sr., nan begetter of Cardinals wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr., doesn't sound excessively happy astir nan measurement his son's discourtesy has performed truthful acold this season.

Heading into Monday night's Week 9-closing title against nan Cowboys, Arizona is scoring nan 11th fewest points per crippled successful nan NFL (21.9), gaining nan 11th fewest yards per crippled (310.3), and has mislaid 5 consecutive contests since its 2-0 commencement to nan season. Additionally, Harrison Jr. has hauled successful conscionable 2 passes connected a specified 8 targets successful each of their past 2 games, and hasn't scored a touchdown successful complete a month.

Harrison Sr. said pinch ESPN's Josh Weinfuss up of nan Cardinals' primetime matchup successful Dallas, and didn't mince words astir really he feels watching his son's squad play.

"It's very difficult for maine to watch nan Cardinals' offense," he said, candidly. "And you tin quote maine connected that."

Harrison Sr. knows a point aliases 2 astir being a awesome NFL wide receiver. The now-53-year-old spent his full 12-year profession pinch nan Colts from 1996 to '08, earning first-team All-Pro honors 3 times, starring nan NFL successful receptions and receiving yards twice, and winning Super Bowl XLI pinch Indianapolis earlier being inducted into nan Pro Football Hall of Fame successful 2016.

"The style of discourtesy that I americium accustomed to, that I'm utilized to watching arsenic a master eye, arsenic a wide receiver ... I conscionable can't subordinate to watching [the current] offense, that style of offense," Harrison Sr. continued. "Basically, I can't subordinate to what goes connected location ... I deliberation that's conscionable peacefully put, without pointing fingers aliases anything. It's conscionable me. I'm giving you nan master eye. I can't subordinate to it. It don't adhd up to me. I can't woody pinch it."

Marvin Harrison chats pinch his son, Marvin Jr. connected nan sidelines of a 2008 Colts game. / Robert Scheer/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK

The elder Harrison besides admitted that he doesn't be Cardinals games to prevention his "mental capacity," and alternatively opts to watch connected TV from his location successful Philadelphia.

"It's difficult for him to watch," said Harrison Jr., via ESPN. "I deliberation it's a operation of what he's utilized to. Obviously, if you're a genitor who's ne'er played shot and you spot your kid playing, this is each you know, but he's been successful nan locker room, been connected an NFL team, been successful nan champion discourtesy pinch 1 of nan champion quarterbacks of each time. So, he benignant of sees it each from a different perspective. I deliberation that's what benignant of makes it difficult to watch for him."

Harrison Jr. was drafted by nan Cardinals out of Ohio State pinch nan 4th prime successful nan 2024 NFL draft. Through nan first 7 games of his 2nd play successful Arizona, he's been targeted 40 times, catching 24 passes for 396 yards and 2 touchdowns.