We don’t know yet whether the Arizona Cardinals will make a selection with the fourth overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft next week or whether they will trade it.
Last year, they traded back from No. 3 to No. 12 and then moved back up to No. 6, selecting tackle Paris Johnson.
This year, the player they are in position to land is Ohio State receiver Marvin Harrison Jr.
SI.com’s Albert Breer wrote recently how the Cardinals really have all the options. They can land Harrison or trade back and set the team up for more future picks.
However, he did call Harrison potentially “a wheelhouse pick” for general manager Monti Ossenfort.
What does that mean? Well, being from the New England system, Ossenfort really does value guys who fit the suit, and fill physical prototypes. Harrison, who Ohio State coaches would tell you has been clocked at around 4.35 in the 40-yard dash at 6’3” and 209 pounds, certainly fits that bill. He also is considered a very high character player, particularly from a work-ethic standpoint, which checks another important box for Ossenfort.
Harrison has everything you want — elite athletic traits, great worth ethic, high character and elite production.
Can you really go wrong?
Perhaps Ossenfort has a plan to land both him and acquire more picks for next year. If he pulls that off, just give him the executive of the year award now.
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