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Marvin Harrison Jr. takes charge of the Cardinals' win over Miami
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Marvin Harrison Jr. takes charge of the Cardinals' win over Miami

Arizona Cardinals fans, rejoice! Arizona Cardinals rookie wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. scored a second-half touchdown for the first time in his career on Sunday.

After being largely uninvolved in every quarter of the first seven games of his NFL career, but the first, Harrison was a key figurehead in the Cardinals' 28-27 comeback victory over the Miami Dolphins.

Trying to capitalize on a Miami safety before the possession, quarterback Kyler Murray and the offense used eight plays to move the chains before the signal caller sent them flying towards Harrison.

The rookie did the rest:

“I don't really see all the speculation and stuff because I'm not really on Twitter, but he hears it, I hear it,” Murray told reporters after the game. “It's hard not to hear it. But at the end of the day he has to be himself and get better every week. This is what we have to do and we will do it.

“(Expletive) doesn’t happen overnight. I'm super proud of him today. He took over, so to speak. … This game was really important for him, for me, for us to get to this page.”

With the 22-yard touchdown grab, Harrison is now up to five touchdowns on the season. This is the pace of all Cardinals pass catchers right now.

Arizona couldn't quite complete the drive, however, as running back James Conner failed to capitalize on the two-point conversion to tie the game.

Heading into the game, the third quarter hadn't exactly gone well for Harrison with two catches for 24 yards.

That's a far cry from his 11-catch, 106-yard split in the first quarter, which included four trips to the end zone.

Harrison followed the touchdown problem with a great third-down catch, securing the game-winning first down. He backed that up with another 20-yard snag to put Arizona deep into Miami territory.

He finished the game with 111 yards and six catches (seven scores).

However, Harrison wasn't the only Cardinal to impact Miami's receiving game.

While he didn't find the end zone, tight end Trey McBride was busy behind eight catches for 124 yards.

Murray must have gotten the memo that it was National Tight Ends Day!

Catch the rest of the Cardinals-Dolphins on the Arizona Sports App, 98.7 and ArizonaSports.com.

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