About 24 hours ago, teams essentially had two options if they wanted to add a reliable player to its safety room before the 2023-24 NFL season: draft a young guy (e.g., Brian Branch, Antonio Johnson) or sign an old guy (e.g., Adrian Amos, Rodney McLeod). Last month’s free agency period had soaked up the rest of available talent at the position.
Now, there’s a third option available.
Source: #AZCardinals star S Budda Baker has requested a trade.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) April 14, 2023
Let’s get one thing out of the way -- Budda Baker is an objectively good football player.