Cardinals S Budda Baker Out Last Two Games With Fractured Shoulder

According to Ian Rapoport, Cardinals S Budda Baker fractured his shoulder and will miss the final two games of the season. 

Baker played through the injury on Sunday night but with the Cardinals eliminated from postseason contention, there’s no point in him continuing to do so. 

Expect the team to place him on injured reserve shortly. 

Baker, 26, 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. 

Baker is set to make base salaries of $12.1 million and $14.2 million over the next two seasons. 

In 2022, Baker appeared in 15 games for the Cardinals and recorded 111 total tackles, one tackle for loss, one forced fumble, two interceptions and seven pass deflections.