NFL: The Arizona Cardinals are not going to be very good in 2023. Many fans are calling their 2023 season the “Tank for Caleb Williams” campaign. The team, indeed, has done little to change that narrative. Rather, many of their offseason and preseason moves have done nothing but confirm that notion.
Earlier this week, the Cardinals traded Isiah Simmons to the New York Giants for a seventh round pick. The move came after the Cardinals declined the former 2020 first round pick’s fifth year option. With his trade, many assume the Cardinals would be open to trading more players on their team in their quest for the NFL’s worst record in 2023, cementing them the top overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.
Green Bay Packers Fans Call on Brian Gutekunst to Trade for Arizona Cardinals’ Safety Budda Baker (NFL)
The Green Bay Packers safety position is one of the greatest unknowns/weaknesses on the team. Last year, both Darnell Savage and Adrian Amos had terrible years. Amos has since signed with Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jets while Savage remains cemented as a starter. Playing on his fifth-year option, this will certainly be a make-or-break year for the former 2019 first round pick.
While head coach Matt LaFleur has already stated that he and defensive coordinator Joe Barry have a plan for the safety position in 2023, that has done little to convince fans that the position has been improved.
As such, Packers fans have taken to social media calling on the organization to trade for five-time Pro Bowl safety Budda Baker:
Budda Baker needs to come to the packers! @packers make it happen!!
— Quay Walker Burner (GoPackGo) (@QuayBurner) August 25, 2023
Budda Baker to the Packers plz https://t.co/FiXM6lvAn1
— Alan Odom (@pacfan010) August 24, 2023
Uh oh @AZCardinals. Looks like Budda Baker might be washed.
You should definitely trade him to the @packers for a great and versatile OL like Royce Newman. https://t.co/BRBxDacjkr
— Jacob (@NotionsOfJacob) August 24, 2023
Today is a great day for Budda Baker to become a member of the Green Bay football Packers.
— Daire Carragher (@DaireCarragher) August 25, 2023
Budda Baker to GB sounds too good to be true, but would love to see that happen.
— Zack 🧀 (@ShowtymeZack) August 24, 2023
The problem, though, is that Baker has a $17 million cap hit in 2023. The Packers, however, do not have that much cap space. A trade for Baker would require them to renegotiate some other contracts and/or cut some players that might have otherwise made the 53-man roster.
While Baker may be an improvement to the safety position, he is not one that the Packers can afford this year.
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