Cardinals Rebuffed Bills For S Budda Baker

However, Schultz says Arizona turned Buffalo down and gave the impression they didn’t want to trade a player they consider a franchise icon, even at 3-6 on the season. 

The Bills gave the Titans a second-round pick and got back Hooker and a fifth, so it’s reasonable to guess they put something similar on the table for Baker. 

Baker, 30, was drafted by the Cardinals in the second round out of Washington in 2017. He was entering the final year of his four-year, $6.829 million rookie deal and was set to make a base salary of $1.39 million in 2020 when he agreed to a new four-year, $59 million extension with Arizona. 

He was about to enter a contract year when the Cardinals and Baker agreed to a new three-year, $54 million extension in December of 2024, putting him under contract through 2028. 

In 2026, Baker has appeared in nine games for the Cardinals and recorded 62 total tackles, four tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, one forced fumble, one interception and four pass defenses.

We’ll have more on the trade deadline as the news is available.