{"id":708742,"date":"2026-06-17T03:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T03:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/708742\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T03:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T03:25:08","slug":"report-vita-veas-non-participation-in-minicamp-is-contract-related","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/708742\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Vita Vea’s non-participation in minicamp is “contract-related”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Buccaneers defensive tackle Vita Vea is attending the team\u2019s mandatory minicamp, avoiding a $107,911 fine for missing all three days. He is not, however, participating.<\/p>\n

Mike Garafolo of NFL Media reports that Vea\u2019s absence from drills is \u201ccontract-related.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vea, 31, is entering the final year of a $71 million contract extension he signed in January 2022. He is scheduled to make $17 million in base salary in 2026.<\/p>\n

Vea\u2019s $17.75 million annual average ranks 19th among defensive tackles. <\/p>\n

Todd Bowles was asked about Vea\u2019s absence from drills, and the Bucs coach said Vea is healthy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t need to see him<\/a> right now,\u201d Bowles said, via joebucsfan.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Buccaneers defensive tackle Vita Vea is attending the team\u2019s mandatory minicamp, avoiding a $107,911 fine for missing all…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":708743,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-708742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=708742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}