{"id":788886,"date":"2026-07-28T07:45:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T07:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/788886\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T07:45:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T07:45:31","slug":"breaking-bucs-nt-vita-vea-requests-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/788886\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Bucs NT Vita Vea Requests Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"

Major breaking news has come about on Monday night as ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter is reporting that Bucs nose tackle Vita Vea is requesting a trade. This comes just one day before veterans report for training camp on Tuesday, with the first practice taking place on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Source: Vita Vea has requested a trade from the Bucs.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) July 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Vea was in attendance for Bucs mandatory mini-camp back in June, but did not participate. It was considered a \u201chold in\u201d as he was seeking a new contract,<\/a> but did not want to get fined for his absence. Vea was in good spirits then as he could be seen smiling and chopping it up with teammates, but clearly the tune has changed with training camp set to start but no new contract to go with it.<\/p>\n

Vita Vea Requests Trade From Bucs As Other DTs Get Paid<\/p>\n

Vea is on the last year of his contract, where he is set to make around $17.75 million. He is the 19th highest paid interior defensive lineman in the league, which clearly he is more valuable than that. Vea has been crucial to the Bucs\u2019 success over the years, winning a Super Bowl with the team as one of the most dominant defensive linemen in the league.<\/p>\n

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Bucs DT Vita Vea \u2013 Photo by: Cliff Welch\/PR<\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t help Tampa Bay either that Titans defensive tackle Jeffrey Simmons inked a three-year, $105.8 million deal in June while the Packers signed Devonte Wyatt to a three-year, $57 million deal last week. Other players are getting paid while Vea enters a season of uncertainty.<\/p>\n

Proving Vea\u2019s importance even more last season, Vea had to pick up the slack with Calijah Kancey getting injured in Week 2 and not returning until Week 18. He posted 34 tackles, 4.5 sacks, seven tackles for loss and 13 quarterback hits while playing in all 17 games. And he did it all at the age of 30.<\/p>\n

The age is where the problem comes in. Vea will be 32 in early February, just a week before the Super Bowl. As great as Vea has been for Tampa Bay through the years, it\u2019s tough to commit long term to a player at that age playing a position that demands a lot physically. It\u2019s a big risk for the Buccaneers to give that type of money to a player who could see a rapid decline as his age goes up.<\/p>\n

From Vea\u2019s perspective, he has more than earned the big pay day to be near the top of the highest paid defensive tackles<\/a> in the league. It\u2019s likely the last time he\u2019ll get as lucrative of a contract as he\u2019s looking for, and he needs to make it happen if he can.<\/p>\n

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Bucs DT Vita Vea and Falcons QB Michael Penix Jr. \u2013 Photo by: Cliff Welch\/PR<\/p>\n

The last time the Bucs dealt with a trade request, it came from starting inside linebacker Devin White, who was also going into a contract year. The team denied this request and White later regretted asking for a trade in the first place. He finished out the season in Tampa Bay but then left in free agency.<\/p>\n

This is a different situation with Vea. He is more established and is vitally important to what Tampa Bay does defensively, especially with stopping the run.<\/p>\n

Report: Vea Would Like To Go To The West Coast<\/p>\n

According to Ted Nguyen of The Athletic, Vea would like to head somewhere in California or for the Las Vegas Raiders. Vea grew up in California and played college football at the University Of Washington, so he has primarily been on the west coast besides coming to Tampa.<\/p>\n

Raiders general manager John Spytek was formerly the assistant general manger of the Bucs, so he has a great relationship with Jason Licht and could be interested in Vea considering he knows him well.<\/p>\n

Fox Sports\u2019 Greg Auman has since posted a report<\/a> that conflicts with Nguyen\u2019s, saying Vea\u2019s agent said his client has not made any specific requests as far as where he would want to go. Rather, the request is simply for a trade if he\u2019s not getting an extension beyond this season.<\/p>\n

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Bucs DTs Vita Vea and Calijah Kancey \u2013 Photo by: Jeffrey Jones\/PR<\/p>\n

If no deal can get done with Vita Vea, it would be a colossal loss to the Bucs defensive line. Calijah Kancey is also very important to this team, but he has an injury history. A\u2019Shawn Robinson is a veteran quick fix, as is Rakeem Nunez-Roches. Tampa Bay does have youth along the line as well with Elijah Roberts going into his second year and DeMonte Capehart being drafted this season.<\/p>\n

In a season that is about to begin with moving on from other legends like Mike Evans and Lavonte David, it could be Vea who is next to leave the organization. We\u2019ll see how it all plays out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Major breaking news has come about on Monday night as ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter is reporting that Bucs nose…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":788887,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-788886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788886","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=788886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/788887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}