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Mirror Image: Budda Baker Joins Tyrann Mathieu

The film will set you free, Budda Baker is fond of saying.

Free of the “boxes” people are quick to put players within, like the box that a small safety who may be around 5-foot-9, too small to make enough of an NFL difference. When Baker’s video is on, despite his 5-10-ish frame, he isn’t too small. For the Cardinals, it was so familiar.

“When I first threw on the tape and watched him, gave me some of the same feel that I had when I watched Ty,” Cardinals General Manager Steve Keim said.

Both wearing No.