“Source: Vita Vea has requested a trade from the Bucs”
- Fowler via X
Wow well that sucks.
Tough spot for Bucs. Dudes shelf life expiring but defense will struggle mightily without him this year
Trade him.
Try and get as much draft capital as you possibly can.
Can't trade him the cap hit would be too much. Guess we'll see how this all shakes out now once camp kicks off... Does he sit out?
Make him play it out. He will want to ball it out to get a big contract. Likely his last big season. He will go to a new team while on the wrong side of 30 and Tampa gets a compensatory pick. I doubt he is dumb enough to sit out. There is zero benefit to not getting paid and getting another year older. Tampa would also have his 2027 rights if he sits out while healthy.
Can't trade him the cap hit would be too much. Guess we'll see how this all shakes out now once camp kicks off... Does he sit out?
It actually wouldn't be too terrible, and might be the best scenario..I love Vita and would hate to see him go, but if you could get some decent draft capital for him then his dead cap hit for this year would be $ $6,478,460, with a cap savings of $15,716,000... There would also be no dead cap carry over to next year because his unpaid bonuses would accelerate to this year...If he did play out this contract and wasn't resigned he'd still carry a 2.284M dead cap next year in void years
Bowles the caretaker HC. As the Bucs continue to deal with aging Super Bowl vets
LVD
Evans
Vea?
Godwin?
his dead cap hit for this year would be $ $6,478,460, with a cap savings of $15,716,000... There would also be no dead cap carry over to next year because his unpaid bonuses would accelerate to this year
Sort of biting the bullet or taking their medicine, I guess.
It actually wouldn't be too terrible, and might be the best scenario.
Definitely the best case scenario.
I swear, it Licht extends him...
@bucsbits I think unless Godwin explodes this year with over 1k and a lot of TDs he and probably Vea are gone next year ( especially with how he must feel he's being treated this year having now requested a trade ).. I get it's part of the agent playbook,but Vea hasnt typically been one to raise a stink in the past