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While most of the focus during the summer is on position battles and first-year rookies set to take the stage, general managers and team decision-makers are busy behind the scenes taking care of financial matters. Beyond the draft picks, free agency signings, and trades, one critical aspect of team building often goes unnoticed: contract extensions. Deals that are vital for securing the services of core contributors, ensuring continuity, and managing salary cap space.

In this piece, we'll delve into the most important contract extension for each roster, highlighting the players who are crucial to their team's success and why extending their contracts is essential for the upcoming season and beyond. It was just a year ago Cardinals safety Budda Baker requested a new contract or a trade that would make him the league's highest-paid safety. Discussions around an extension remained quiet during the 2023 campaign and the 28-year-old now enters the summer without job security past this fall.



One of the veteran centerpieces within a rebuilding roster, Baker's presence has remained synonymous with Arizona's success on defense in prior years. A two-time All-Pro, re-upping with Baker would showcase a commitment to homegrown talent (drafted in 2017) while solidifying an improving secondary. While a trade remains possible, knocking out an extension should remain at the top of Arizona's priorities.

With $35.5 million in cap space remaining this offseason, they have the money to spend. Whi.

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