+34Arizona Cardinals safety Budda Baker signed a three-year, $54 million extension with the team, opting to stay in Arizona rather than test free agency.
When Arizona Cardinals safety Budda Baker got news that his three-year, $54 million extension with the organization was finalized - he didn't run around the house. He didn't pop champagne bottles immediately. 'I was holding my baby at the time. She's six months old, so I was just holding her and having my daughter eating spaghetti for dinner.
So it's kind of just - you're excited, they don't of course know what you're excited about,' Baker told reporters when asked what his initial reaction to getting a deal done was. 'Right after that, it's like, 'Daddy, I'm done eating!' so it's like, alright, clean the spaghetti off her face, get ready for bath, and then I would say putting the kids down for bed. Just had a special moment with my lady and my sister was home at the time. Giving them high fives, listening to some good music and smiles - it was definitely something special that we'll remember forever, for sure. Baker is sticking around the desert for at least the next three seasons after striking a deal to land with Arizona rather than testing the open market. For months, the rumor mill has run rampant on Baker's future with the Cardinals. Free agency was a possibility after this season, but for a player that means so much to the fan base for the last eight seasons, remaining home to potentially spend his entire career in the same uniform was a priority for Baker. 'That would be special. Not a lot of players can say that they've done that. And for me that would definitely be special. At the end of the day we're trying to win and I want to be that building block or that factor of helping the Arizona Cardinals win. That's what I've stuck my mind on to, and that's what I'm going to continue to stick my mind into,' said Baker. 'Just having that belief factor - I know a lot of Arizonans are from other places - at the end of the day for us it's just a matter of the respect factor of the bird gang and the Cardinal fan
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