Cardinals safety Budda Baker requested a trade (1 Viewer)

[RaginSaint93]

 

[SaintRay]

Good luck.
It’s gonna require a team with lots of cap space.

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[RaginSaint93]

Good luck.
It’s gonna require a team with lots of cap space.

2023

2024

So he’s a Bear

 

[SB-Bound]

I’d say bring him here he would be an asset

 

[SonOfNOLA]

If it only takes a 3rd or 4th round pick, it won’t hurt to look into acquiring Budda. He’d improve our secondary a lot against the run and open field tackling, limiting YAC. Khai and Mickey can make the cap work and redo the deal.

Tyrann’s turning 31, and Maye only has another season left on his deal. I could see Maye going into a reserve role while still getting plenty of snaps as the 3rd safety if we somehow got Budda.

 

[SigFreudianSlip]

Wanted us to draft him coming out.

 

[Rouxble]

If it only takes a 3rd or 4th round pick, it won’t hurt to look into acquiring Budda. He’d improve our secondary a lot against the run and open field tackling, limiting YAC. Khai and Mickey can make the cap work and redo the deal.

Tyrann’s turning 31, and Maye only has another season left on his deal. I could see Maye going into a reserve role while still getting plenty of snaps as the 3rd safety if we somehow got Budda.

I can’t imagine us putting Maye in a reserve role while paying him $7.4m this year (9th highest on team In 2023). Both Mathieu‘s and Maye’s dead money make them hard to move off the roster until their contracts expire in 2025.

 

[MV2]

If this was next year we'd probably be in. But not this year and this late into the offseason.

 

[HogsNSaints]

 

[SonOfNOLA]

I can’t imagine us putting Maye in a reserve role while paying him $7.4m this year (9th highest on team In 2023). Both Mathieu‘s and Maye’s dead money make them hard to move off the roster until their contracts expire in 2025.

7M is a lot but not enough to not improve the secondary if there’s an opportunity with an All Pro player available, especially while the 7M is on a short term deal. Market value for top starting Safeties is almost double.

We signed DTs to 5M and 4M a season in fresh new deals but still scouting first round DT talent. And Shaheed could get as many snaps or targets as MT while MT is the known starter on a $6M-15M one year deal. It’s probably unlikely we get Budda, but I don’t think preexisting mid starting salary stops us from pursuing better players if we could, especially when we frequently restructure.

 

[SonOfNOLA]

If this was next year we'd probably be in. But not this year and this late into the offseason.

We did get Tyrann Mathieu later in the offseason last year so you never know

 

[SweetT]

Budda is a fun player to watch.

 

[MV2]

We did get Tyrann Mathieu later in the offseason last year so you never know

We did get Tyrann Mathieu later in the offseason last year so you never know

But Safety was a glaring and immediate need last year. For this year we need depth so spending that money pre-draft may not be smart. For all we know there may be a safety we take at 29

 

[Rouxble]

7M is a lot but not enough to not improve the secondary if there’s an opportunity with an All Pro player available, especially while the 7M is on a short term deal. Market value for top starting Safeties is almost double.

We signed DTs to 5M and 4M a season in fresh new deals but still scouting first round DT talent. And Shaheed could get as many snaps or targets as MT while MT is the known starter on a $6M-15M one year deal. It’s probably unlikely we get Budda, but I don’t think preexisting mid starting salary stops us from pursuing better players if we could, especially when we frequently restructure.

It’s certainly possible, but as you said, unlikely, but it has a lot to do with having two safeties with restructured contracts already on the roster. Those guys will get close to 100% of the snaps if healthy, because they are both playing on two year practically guaranteed contracts with starter level money. We also have the second highest defensive back payroll in the league, and we already can’t offload any of that payroll to allocate to other needs due to the annual restructuring game.

The DT comparison doesn’t hold up because we rotate a lot at that position. For example, Mathieu played 1,128 defensive snaps while Onyemata played 682, both were healthy all season. We need more talented players to rotate in at DT, the best players at that position will get the most snaps. The two guys we signed were backups on their former teams, it’s prudent to consider other options for upgrades in case they can’t be starters here.

Edit: there’s also this, need to be prepared to pay top dollar if we do trade:

 

[TribuneUK]

It’s certainly possible, but as you said, unlikely, but it has a lot to do with having two safeties with restructured contracts already on the roster. Those guys will get close to 100% of the snaps if healthy, because they are both playing on two year practically guaranteed contracts with starter level money. We also have the second highest defensive back payroll in the league, and we already can’t offload any of that payroll to allocate to other needs due to the annual restructuring game.

The DT comparison doesn’t hold up because we rotate a lot at that position. For example, Mathieu played 1,128 defensive snaps while Onyemata played 682, both were healthy all season. We need more talented players to rotate in at DT, the best players at that position will get the most snaps. The two guys we signed were backups on their former teams, it’s prudent to consider other options for upgrades in case they can’t be starters here.

Edit: there’s also this, need to be prepared to pay top dollar if we do trade:

Your patient, logical explanation is an asset to the board.