{"id":354510,"date":"2026-07-28T02:50:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T02:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/354510\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T02:50:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T02:50:20","slug":"bucs-defensive-tackle-vita-vea-reportedly-seeking-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/354510\/","title":{"rendered":"Bucs defensive tackle Vita Vea reportedly seeking trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA \u2014 While rookies with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers reported to training camp Monday at the Advent Health training center, one of the team&#8217;s veterans is said to be seeking a trade.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/news\/2026\/07\/23\/tampa-bay-optimistic-as-training-camp-arrives-\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SEE ALSO:\u00a0With last season in the rearview mirror, Buccaneers are optimistic as training camp arrives<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Multiple sources, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/sports\/bucs\/2026\/07\/27\/vita-vea-contract-negotiations-nfl-training-camp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">including our partners with the Tampa Bay Times<\/a>, said Bucs defensive tackle Vita Vea and his agent have asked for a trade, wanting a new deal.<\/p>\n<p>The 2018 first round draft pick of the Bucs is scheduled to make nearly $18 million this season on his current contract.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old Vea, who has made two Pro Bowls and was on the team&#8217;s 2020 Super Bowl championship team, didn&#8217;t participate in the team&#8217;s earlier minicamp or organized team activities (OTAs).<\/p>\n<p>The Bucs&#8217; veterans are scheduled to report to camp on Tuesday. Vea is expected to be there..<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay&#8217;s first preseason game is on Aug. 14 against the New York Jets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA \u2014 While rookies with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers reported to training camp Monday at the Advent Health&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98131,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1242,1238,28,115,139,275,110,135,4547,137,136],"class_list":["post-354510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-app-professional-sports","tag-app-sports","tag-florida","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-spectrum-news-staff","tag-sports","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay-bucs","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}