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<\/a><\/p>\nBucs GM Jason Licht.<\/p>\n
Vita Vea asked to be traded and it\u2019s becoming increasingly clear why.<\/p>\n
The Bucs\u2019 manbeast defensive tackle didn\u2019t have to make that big leap to request getting launched from Tampa. He could have had his hold-in\/faux injury without asking out of town. Or he could have held out and, you know, posted workout videos from home on social media.<\/p>\n
So why did Vea go to the trade-me extreme? Perhaps it\u2019s because the Bucs have completely shunned his demands.<\/p>\n
Vea wants a giant raise and he has no contract for next year. The Bucs, per NFL Network reporter Ian Rapoport yesterday, have shown no legit interest in extending Vea\u2019s contract.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt certainly seems like he and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers really have not gotten off the ground with any talks of a possible extension. My understanding is they really didn\u2019t go down the road at all to a possible extension,\u201d Rapoport said.<\/p>\n
As Sage of Tampa Bay Sports Ira Kaufman has said many times, Vea will not succeed in pushing around Team Glazer and Jason Licht into a market-value contract this summer.<\/p>\n
So how much is Vea willing to dig in? And is Licht willing to keep an unhappy player who is getting rustier by the day? Rapoport said \u201cthis one\u2019s not quite over yet.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the trade market for Vea seems vibrant, with multiple teams ready to deal.<\/p>\n
Joe has maintained a Vea trade could be a very smart move, though there\u2019s no way Licht would trade Vea until he sees his other defensive tackles emerge from the preseason healthy.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NFL Network: Bucs Haven\u2019t Talked Contract Extension With Vita Vea August 19th, 2026 Bucs GM Jason Licht. Vita…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":860989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,127296,127295,593,85,1247],"class_list":["post-860988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bucs-message-boards","tag-bucs-news","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=860988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/860989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=860988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=860988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=860988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}