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Budda Baker Has Not Requested a Trade From the Cardinals
Budda Baker has not requested a trade from the Arizona Cardinals, but he has not asked the team to keep him either.
The 30-year-old safety says he wants to stay in Arizona and is focusing on playing, while accepting that football is a business.
Baker has spent his entire 10-season NFL career with the Cardinals and has made the Pro Bowl eight times.
He is under contract through 2027, with a salary of about $16 million this season.
Trade rumors have followed Baker for years, and teams can trade players until the NFL deadline.
The deadline is Nov.
10, and Baker hopes he will still be with Arizona afterward.
Budda Baker says he has not requested a trade from the Arizona Cardinals or asked not to be traded.
The safety told ESPN he hopes to remain in Arizona after the NFL trade deadline.
Baker said he has not discussed the matter with general manager Monti Ossenfort.
The trade deadline is Nov. 10.
Baker is under contract through the 2027 season.
- Who
- Budda Baker, a safety for the Arizona Cardinals.
- What
- He says he has not requested a trade or asked not to be traded, and hopes to remain with the team.
- When
- He spoke to ESPN on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026; the trade deadline is Nov. 10.
- Where
- Arizona; Baker said he hopes to still be there after the deadline.
- Why
- Baker said he understands that trades are part of the business of improving teams.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Baker signed a three-year contract extension scheduled to keep him under contract through 2027.
Baker told ESPN he had not requested a trade or asked not to be traded.
The NFL trade deadline is scheduled to take place.
- Trade request
- Baker says he has not requested a trade or asked not to be traded.
- Trade deadline
- Nov. 10
- Contract
- Through the 2027 season
- 2026 salary
- $16.17 million scheduled for this season
- Team
- Arizona Cardinals
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What people are saying
I want to win. I want to be here.
I'm happy to be a Cardinal and just focus on getting a W this week versus Cowboys.
It's a deadline for a reason
So, for me, it's just continue to play great football.