The trade deadline is Nov. 10, and the Cardinals could be sellers.
They surely will get calls on safety Budda Baker. The question is: Will they get an offer they can’t refuse?
“I just live in the present, like today having a great time with [the media], and going to have a great Friday practice,” Baker said, while wearing a Halloween mask, via Darren Urban of the team website. “I’m going to just focus on playing the Dallas Cowboys at their stadium.”
Baker, 30, has totaled 44 tackles, an interception, four pass breakups and a career-best 3.5 sacks this season.
He told ESPN this week that he has not asked for a trade, but he hasn’t asked not to be traded either. He is under contract through 2027.
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The Cowboys added defensive tackle Kenny Clark to the injury report on Friday. He had a limited practice with a back injury and is questionable to play Sunday.
Defensive tackle Jonathan Bullard (calf) is also questionable. He is in his 21-day return-to-practice window.
Defensive tackle Quinnen Williams (hamstring) does not have an injury designation after a full practice Friday.
The Cowboys ruled out wide receiver KaVontae Turpin (ribs) and linebacker Dee Winters (calf). Neither practiced this week.
Wide receiver George Pickens (shoulder/hamstring) is questionable after a third consecutive limited practice.
Safety P.J. Locke (foot), tight end Luke Schoonmaker (groin) and outside linebacker Marist Liufau (forearm) are also questionable.
Rookie safety Caleb Downs (ankle) returned to full participation on Friday and is good to go.
The Cardinals plan to have running back Jeremiyah Love back in the lineup when they face the Cowboys this Sunday.
Head coach Mike LaFleur said that the first-round pick is on track to play for the first time since Week 5. Love missed the last two games with an ankle injury and returned to practice this Wednesday.
LaFleur told reporters at his press conference that he doesn’t think any players are 100 percent at this point in the season, but that Love feels as good as he can coming off of the injury.
Love had 67 carries for 245 yards and a touchdown in Arizona’s first five games this season. He also recorded 11 catches for 36 yards and a touchdown.
The Cardinals will not have defensive tackle Walter Nolen (ankle) or offensive lineman Jon Gaines (ankle), but they do expect offensive lineman Elijah Wilkinson (knee) to join Love in the lineup.
The Cardinals, no matter how bad they have been, have had the Cowboys’ number. Arizona has won four in a row against the Cowboys and eight of the past nine.
In 2025, the Cardinals beat the Cowboys 27-17 at AT&T Stadium before losing their final nine. Jacoby Brissett is 3-16 in his two seasons in Arizona, including the win over the Cowboys.
Dallas’ last win over the Cardinals came on Sept. 25, 2017, in Glendale, a 28-17 win.
“Yeah, it’s just crazy,” wide receiver CeeDee Lamb said of the Cardinals’ dominance over the Cowboys, via Patrik Walker of the team website. "[We were] being very, very relaxed, and they punched us in the mouth every single time. They’ve always had more energy. They were more excited, regardless of if it was a 12 o’clock, Sunday night or Monday night.
“We’ve played them in primetime. They beat us there. So, we need to treat them as if they are a Super Bowl-contending team, which they may be. You know what I’m saying? Hats off to them in their prep, and we just got to go match them, if not overpower that.”
The Cardinals are 4-0 at AT&T Stadium, which is where Sunday’s game is being played. Two of those wins came with quarterback Kyler Murray as the starter. Murray is 9-0 in his career at the stadium in high school, college and the NFL.
Cardinals rookie running back Jeremiyah Love was limited again Thursday. He is working his way back from a sprained left ankle.
His return to practice Wednesday marked his first practice since Oct. 9, as he missed the past two games while rehabbing.
The third overall pick injured his right ankle in the preseason.
The first-round pick has 67 carries for 245 yards and a touchdown and 11 catches for 36 yards and a touchdown this season.
The Cardinals did have multiple changes to their injury report Thursday, including adding offensive lineman Hjalte Froholdt (knee) as a limited participant.
Running back Tyler Allgeier (toe), offensive lineman Elijah Wilkinson (knee) and inside linebacker Mack Wilson (rest/knee) returned to practice as limited participants.
Safety Budda Baker (rest), outside linebacker Zaven Collins (illness), offensive lineman Isaac Seumalo (rest) and outside linebacker Josh Sweat (rest) were full participants after missing Wednesday’s session.
Quarterback Carson Beck (back) and cornerback Kei’Trel Clark (illness) were full participants after being limited Wednesday.
Offensive lineman Jon Gaines II (ankle) and defensive lineman Walter Nolen (ankle) remained out of practice a second consecutive day. Cornerback Max Melton (knee), wide receiver Michael Wilson (ribs) and safety Andrew Wingard (knee) had another limited practice.
The Cowboys added two players to their injury report and opened the 21-day practice window for defensive tackle Jonathan Bullard (calf).
Bullard was a full participant.
Left guard Tyler Smith (ankle) was also a full participant. He was not on Wednesday’s injury report.
Tight end Luke Schoonmaker (groin) also wasn’t on the injury report Wednesday. He was a non-participant Thursday.
The rest of the Cowboys’ report remained the same.
Cowboys defensive back Caleb Downs (ankle), wide receiver George Pickens (shoulder/hamstring) and defensive tackle Quinnen Williams were limited participants again Thursday. Pickens played only 41 of 68 offensive snaps on Monday night, while Downs was in on 56 of 66 defensive snaps and Williams on 38.
Offensive tackle Drew Shelton (hamstring) was the team’s other limited player.
Wide receiver KaVontae Turpin (ribs) and linebacker Dee Winters (calf) remained out of practice.
Outside linebacker Marist Liufau (forearm) and safety P.J. Locke (foot) both appear ready to return. They are in their 21-day return-to-practice windows.
Cardinals safety Budda Baker says he’s not seeking a trade. Nor has he expressly asked to stay in Arizona.
Baker, who has often been mentioned as a potential trade target multiple times over the years, told Josh Weinfuss of ESPN on Wednesday that he has not requested a trade, nor has he requested not to be traded. Baker said he hasn’t talked to General Manager Monti Ossenfort “about anything.”
“My approach is I’m here,” Baker said. “I’m here. I want to win. I want to be here. And I’m just controlling what I can control, just taking it one week at a time, and hopefully when the deadline ends, I’ll still be here. If not, I mean, it’s a business. I understand at the end of the day and that’s it.”
Baker knows there will be people talking about him as the November 10 trade deadline approaches.
“It’s a deadline for a reason,” Baker said. “Teams are trying to get players, and our team might be trying to get players and getting other players. So, at the end of the day, it’s a business.”
Baker is 30 years old and is under contract through 2027 at a salary of about $16 million a season. We’ll find out in the next 12 days whether two teams think a Baker trade is good business.
Cardinals rookie running back Jeremiyah Love returned to practice Wednesday, getting in limited work.
Love had not practiced since Oct. 9 because of a sprained left ankle, which kept him out the past two games.
The third overall pick injured his right ankle in the preseason.
Bam Knight and Tyler Allgeier have replaced Love in the backfield.
Love has 67 carries for 245 yards and a touchdown and 11 catches for 36 yards and a touchdown.
The Cardinals practiced without running back Tyler Allgeier (toe), safety Budda Baker (rest), outside linebacker Zaven Collins (illness), right guard Jon Gaines II (ankle), defensive lineman Walter Nolen III (ankle), offensive lineman Isaac Seumalo (rest), outside linebacker Josh Sweat (rest), right tackle Elijah Wilkinson (knee) and linebacker Mack Wilson Sr. (rest/knee).
Quarterback Carson Beck (back), cornerback Kei’Trel Clark (illness), cornerback Max Melton (knee), wide receiver Michael Wilson (ribs) and safety Andrew Wingard (knee) were limited.
Cowboys defensive back Caleb Downs (ankle) and wide receiver George Pickens (shoulder/hamstring) were limited participants in Wednesday’s practice.
Pickens played only 41 of 68 offensive snaps on Monday night, while Downs was in on 56 of 66 defensive snaps.
Defensive tackle Quinnen Williams (hamstring) was also limited. He played 38 snaps against the Eagles.
Offensive tackle Drew Shelton (hamstring) was the team’s other limited player at Wednesday’s practice.
Wide receiver KaVontae Turpin (ribs) and linebacker Dee Winters (calf) remained out of practice.
Outside linebacker Marist Liufau (forearm) and safety P.J. Locke (foot) both appear ready to return. They are in their 21-day return-to-practice windows.
The Cardinals have made a couple of roster moves on Wednesday.
The team announced it has signed offensive lineman Kingsley Eguakun to the 53-man roster.
Additionally, Arizona has signed receiver Zay Jones to the practice squad.
Eguakun has appeared in one game for the Cardinals this season, last Sunday’s loss to Denver. He was on the field for four special teams snaps.
For Jones, it’s a return to where he spent the last two seasons. Jones appeared in eight games for Arizona last year, catching 12 passes for 183 yards.
He previously spent time with the Texans in training camp this year.
A Bills second-round pick in 2017, Jones has caught 307 passes for 3,295 yards with 18 touchdowns in his career for the Bills, Raiders, Jaguars, and Cardinals.
