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#Bears GM Ryan Poles, on trading for Jeffery Simmons, says that going back to 2018, every Super Bowl champion has had a high-level DT—and believes that’s vital for a team that wants to win it all.
(Fletcher Cox, Aaron Donald, Chris Jones, Vita Vea, Jalen Carter, Leonard Williams, etc.)
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- 4d Buccaneers Team Site Defensive Mentality, Michael Penix Jr. and Bijan Robinson Breakdown | Bucs Blitz
- 4d Erik Lambert (X) #Bears GM Ryan Poles, on trading for Jeffery Simmons, says that going back to 2018, every Super Bowl champion has had a high-level DT—and believes that’s vital for a team that wants to win it all. (Fletcher Cox, Aaron Donald, Chris Jones, Vita Vea, Jalen Carter, Leonard Williams, etc.)
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Video: Bucs’ Vita Vea talks about what A’Shawn Robinson has added to Tampa Bay’s defensive front.
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- 5d Buccaneers Team Site Week Eight Defensive Focus: Limiting Explosive Plays by Bijan Robinson
- 5d Greg Auman (X) Video: Bucs’ Vita Vea talks about what A’Shawn Robinson has added to Tampa Bay’s defensive front.
- Tampa up 33-6 over Carolina with only 5 Baker completions at 5.4 YPA? One the crazier box scores I've ever seen. I hope Vita Vea has 2 TDs or something
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NFL Week 7 buzz: What we're hearing on QB situations, trade candidates and the wild NFC East
Will the Seahawks stick with Sam Darnold past this season? Could Vita Vea get trade interest? What's next for the NFC East teams? And could the Colts make more changes?
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- Oct 21 Rotoworld Football (Bluesky) Graziano: Vita Vea could be trade candidate
- Oct 21 NFL Daily News (Bluesky) Potential sleeper trade deadline candidates, per Dan Graziano and Jeremy Fowler: OL Wyatt Teller DT Vita Vea EDGE Shemar Stewart CB Riq Woolen CB Alontae Taylor S Jessie Bates III
- Oct 21 ESPN NFL News NFL Week 7 buzz: What we're hearing on QB situations, trade candidates and the wild NFC East
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@gregauman Hypothetically... if the Bucs decided to have a firesale and teams called asking about Vita Vea, Winfield Jr., and Godwin, how much dead cap would the Bucs be hit with?
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- Oct 20 Greg Auman (X) The way the Bucs restructure contracts for cap relief isn't conducive to trading those players. Trading Godwin sheds about $15 million in salary this year, but there's like $16 million in dead cap. Bucs just paid Vea a $21 million bonus, so that would sting from a cash and cap perspective. Winfield has like $20 million in dead cap as well. · Quoting AsheNoKuroiAme: @gregauman Hypothetically... if the Bucs decided to have a firesale and teams called asking about Vita Vea, Winfield Jr., and Godwin, how much dead cap would the Bucs be hit with?
- Oct 20 Greg Auman (X) @gregauman Hypothetically... if the Bucs decided to have a firesale and teams called asking about Vita Vea, Winfield Jr., and Godwin, how much dead cap would the Bucs be hit with?
- Good results today for anyone hoping for a 49ers trade: 🏈 Tampa (Vita Vea, A’Shawn Robinson) lost and is 1-5 🏈 Chargers (Khalil Mack) lost and are 0-6 🏈 Colts (DeForest Buckner) lost to the Titans of all teams and are 2-4
- The #Steelers have had a lot of success running the ball with Jaylen Warren lately. But that unit might be facing its literal biggest test of the season in 347-pound Tampa nose tackle Vita Vea.
- Justin Jefferson on his ankle injury against the Bucs: "Like 4 or 5 people tackled me on that play. Big Vita Vea, 300 pounds, he kinda landed on my leg a little bit." "It feels good now. Hopefully, Sunday, being able to rock and roll."
- 49ers mailbag: Trade deadline targets (Vita Vea? Will Macdonald?), injury timelines and more
- Wow. Bucs defense forces a fumble inside the 5-yard line -- Vita Vea forces, Zyon McCollum recovers on a Kaleb Johnson fumble and Bucs take over at their 4.
- Blake Brandel did just enough to survive the Vita Vea assignment on the Addison touchdown
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Batted pass by the Bucs' Vita Vea and it ricochets to A'Shawn Robinson for an interception. Just the second takeaway of the season for the Bucs, who take over at the Vikings' 22.
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- Sep 27 Ben Goessling (Bluesky) Donovan Jackson put Vita Vea on the ground with his fourth-down block. My goodness.
- Sep 27 NFL Daily News (Bluesky) Vita Vea with the deflection and A'Shawn Robinson with the interception+1
- Sep 27 Will Ragatz (X) Kyler Murray's pass was batted at the line by Vita Vea and picked off by A'Shawn Robinson.
- Also, DE Viliami Fehoko (Vita Vea’s cousin who came aboard for the end of preseason) is back with the 49ers on the practice squad. They released corner Jakob Robinson
- Video: Bucs defensive linemen work with Marcus West. Vita Vea one-on-one with a tackle ring is a mismatch.
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Buccaneers training camp started with Vita Vea requesting a trade and Baker Mayfield publicly calling out the team after ending contract talks.
The regular season will begin with both Mayfield and Vea extended and satisfied. · Quoting Adam Schefter: ESPN sources: two-time Pro-Bowl selection Baker Mayfield and the Buccaneers reached agreement today on a three-year contract extension that will prevent the quarterback from becoming a free agent after this season, per me and @RapSheet. Mayfield had broken off talks as camp opened, but with the regular season kicking off this week, a deal has been revisited and now struck.
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- Sep 8 Albert Breer (X) Tampa’s now done deals for Tristan Wirfs, Zyon McCollum, Luke Goedeke, Vita Vea and Baker Mayfield over the last three summers—all between the start of camp and Week 1. (That camp deadline was never real.) · Quoting Albert Breer: The Buccaneers’ three-year, $165 million extension with QB Baker Mayfield gives the team his rights through the end of the decade. And $55 million per was always the sweet spot. Mayfield moved his family to Tampa a couple years back as a sign he was all-in. Now he really is.
- Sep 8 Greg Auman (X) Bucs have now worked out extensions with Vita Vea and Baker Mayfield, leaving a few key impending free agents in OLB Yaya Diaby, G Cody Mauch and K Chase McLaughlin.
- Sep 8 Adam Schefter (X) Buccaneers training camp started with Vita Vea requesting a trade and Baker Mayfield publicly calling out the team after ending contract talks. The regular season will begin with both Mayfield and Vea extended and satisfied. · Quoting Adam Schefter: ESPN sources: two-time Pro-Bowl selection Baker Mayfield and the Buccaneers reached agreement today on a three-year contract extension that will prevent the quarterback from becoming a free agent after this season, per me and @RapSheet. Mayfield had broken off talks as camp opened, but with the regular season kicking off this week, a deal has been revisited and now struck.
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Alex Anzalone, Chris Godwin Among Bucs' Captains for 2026
Tampa Bay players voted for their team captains on Monday morning and chose QB Baker Mayfield, T Tristan Wirfs, WR Chris Godwin, NT Vita Vea, LB Alex Anzalone and S Antoine Winfield Jr.
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- Sep 7 Greg Auman (X) Bucs announce their 2026 captains: Mayfield, Wirfs, Godwin on offense; Vea, Anzalone, Winfield on defense. · Quoting Scott Smith: Buccaneer players voted for their team captains on Monday morning and selected QB Baker Mayfield, T Tristan Wirfs, WR Chris Godwin, NT Vita Vea, LB Alex Anzalone and S Antoine Winfield Jr.
- Sep 7 Rick Stroud (X) Bucs captains have been selected: QB Baker Mayfield, T Tristan Wirfs, WR Chris Godwin, NT Vita Vea, LB Alex Anzalone and S Antoine Winfield Jr.+1
- Sep 7 Greg Auman (X) Buccaneer players voted for their team captains on Monday morning and selected QB Baker Mayfield, T Tristan Wirfs, WR Chris Godwin, NT Vita Vea, LB Alex Anzalone and S Antoine Winfield Jr.
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@gregauman this’ll take some getting used to. kinda like when Vita Vea got his hair cut
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- Sep 2 Greg Auman (X) The gold standard for Bucs and hair still might be Nigel Harris and Tiquan Underwood. Anzalone has a chance to join the conversation. Again, I probably shouldn't be seen as an authority on these things. · Quoting Nate (Go Bucs!): @gregauman this’ll take some getting used to. kinda like when Vita Vea got his hair cut
- Sep 2 Greg Auman (X) @gregauman this’ll take some getting used to. kinda like when Vita Vea got his hair cut
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Bucs newly re-signed defensive tackle Vita Vea: “They say home is where the heart is. I feel like my heart is in Tampa.” He said he never wanted to be traded. That was just the business side of things. He said he wants to be a Buc his whole career.
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- Aug 20 Buccaneers Team Site Vita Vea: "My Heart Is in Tampa"+2
- Aug 20 Buccaneers Team Site Benjamin Morrison Details Character Fortification and Vita Vea's Mentorship
- Aug 20 Jenna Laine (Bluesky) Vita Vea was asked what went wrong last season, and while not asked specifically about coach Todd Bowles, he turned it into one of the strongest defenses a player’s given of him, saying, “I even told Bowles the day he retires is the day I retire.”
- Aug 20 Buccaneers Team Site A Big Deal: Bucs, Vita Vea Agree to Contract Extension
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Chargers' Vita Vea pipe dream comes to a predictable end with contract update
The Los Angeles Chargers defense is set, but Vita Vea would've been a nice addition.
- We’re now at the three week mark of the Vita Vea contract hold in. GM Jason Licht already said the Bucs have no plans to trade him but there’s been no movement either. Todd Bowles said today, “I’m never comfortable playing without him”