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Cardinals offseason could still get worse
Monti Ossenfort. Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports

Cardinals bad offseason could potentially still get worse

 The Cardinals' bad offseason might get even worse.

Safety Budda Baker scrubbed mention of the Cardinals from his Twitter bio and also tweeted a gif of Michael Jordan from "The Last Dance."

In the clip, Jordan says, "That's all I needed. That's all I needed for him to do that and it became personal with me."

Reporter Kyle Odegard elaborated on the tweet, saying Baker's message "is very likely about unhappiness with the Cardinals."

Ian Rapoport later said Baker's status with the Cardinals "bears watching" going forward.

Any talk of Baker leaving at this time would be premature. He has two years, $34.8M remaining on his contract and is one of the only good things the Cardinals have going for them heading into the 2023 season.

Plus, it's not unheard of for players and teams to air out their grievances in public.

QB Lamar Jackson, for example, announced he requested a trade from the Ravens back in March while seemingly still wanting a long-term contract with the franchise. 

Last offseason, 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel requested a trade that wasn't honored and he played in San Francisco without incident.

For the Cardinals, making Baker happy will be key to avoiding a difficult offseason falling even more off the rails. 

An arbitration claim by former team executive Terry McDonough revealed some scathing accusations against owner Michael Bidwell which the team denied.

The organization also ranked 31st in the NFL Players' Association team report cards and is tied with the Texans for the longest odds of winning Super Bowl LVIII.

Baker led the Cardinals in tackles (111) last season and is coming off his fourth consecutive Pro Bowl appearance.

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