After a quiet debut to his NFL career in Week 1, rookie receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. scored touchdowns on the Arizona Cardinals’ first two plays in their Week 2 game against the Los Angeles Rams.

After the Rams failed to convert a 4th-and-2 on their first offense, the Cardinals took over, capping a six-play, 60-yard drive with a 23-yard pass from Kyler Murray to Harrison on a post pattern over Tre’Davious White.

The Rams went three-and-out and punted on their next series, with Greg Dortch returning the ball 17 yards to the Arizona 40-yard line. And Arizona needed just one more play from there to make it 14-0, thanks to Murray connecting with Harrison again.

This time it was a 60-yard score, with Harrison getting past the Rams’ secondary on a deep cross route, then being freed up by a feint to James Conner and Murray rolling to his right.

Harrison threw a 15-yard reception and a 32-yard catch and finished the first quarter with four receptions (on five targets) for 130 yards and two touchdowns.

That’s a significant improvement from Harrison’s performance in Week 1, when he caught one pass for four yards in a 34-28 loss to the Buffalo Bills. The rookie was targeted just three times in that game.

As Yahoo Sports’ Nate Tice noted prior to Week 2 action, the Bills ran a “cloud” strategy against Harrison with defenders low and high on him. The Rams employed a different approach that clearly hasn’t worked thus far.

As a result, the rookie wideout has had the impact expected when Arizona selected him fourth overall in the 2024 NFL Draft.