Budda Baker Opens up on Disaster 2022 Season

Arizona Cardinals safety Budda Baker is ready to have some fun.

Baker played through various injuries including high ankle sprains and horrific shoulder injuries to keep himself available for a Cardinals team that simply missed the mark in every facet in 2022.

Now, Baker is currently enjoying the Pro Bowl festivities offered to some of the best in the league, a place - and group of players - he undoubtedly belongs in.

On Saturday, Baker spoke with NFL.com after the final Pro Bowl practice and opened up on the team's 2023

"It started with the beginning of the season in training camp when we had a lot of injuries," Baker told NFL.com. "[Quarterback Kyler Murray] was sick. We didn't really have a lot of players practicing and doing a lot during training camp, which then, of course, led to that kind of a s---show Week 1 versus the Kansas City Chiefs."

Baker was confident that Arizona - despite the overall 4-13 record - was trending in the right direction.

"I definitely felt like we were on the right path," Baker said. "You know in training camp it was definitely startling to not see a lot of the starters practicing and stuff like that. Cause I knew, you know especially with the preseason games none of us played in the preseason, it's kinda just going through training camp, which was not a lot of people, and then we get to Week 1, it showed who was prepared. I don't think we were as prepared in the beginning of when it all started than what we could've been."

Last season was the final straw for Kliff Kingsbury, who spent four years at the helm coaching Arizona before Michael Bidwill pulled the plug on him. The Cardinals are still in search of his replacement, and Baker understands that some change might be coming.

"My job is to just kinda wait on that and go from there," Baker said. "Hopefully our whole defense isn't going to be taken away, but we know with new head coaches usually they bring in their people."

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