Buccaneers have ‘no plans’ to trade Vita Vea, GM Jason Licht says

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers reach not perception to trade Vita Vea, regardless of the defensive shape out’s maximum fresh request, common manager Jason Licht informed reporters Thursday.

Information broke ultimate week that Vea requested for a trade after contract extension talks with Tampa Bay had stalled. Vea, a two-time Official Bowler, is throughout the final season of a four-One year, $71 million contract extension he signed in 2022.

“I don’t have any plans of buying and selling Vita,” Licht said at Thursday’s training camp. “We look after Vita. We’ve been engaged together with his agent. I don’t know the way it’s going to finish, however we’ve been engaged together with his agent.”

Vea attended, however did not rob part in, the Bucs’ a in reality mighty minicamp ultimate month. The 31-One year-ragged has not participated in training camp, however Licht said it’s precautionary this doable that of Vea has a minor inspire injury.

Vea has spent his entire NFL occupation with the Buccaneers, who drafted him throughout the first spherical in 2018. He’s appeared in 112 traditional-season video video games (107 starts) and 8 playoff video video games. After successful 4 consecutive NFC South titles, the Buccaneers fell moral fast of yet another ultimate season after finishing 8-9, dropping the tiebreaker to the Carolina Panthers.

This offseason, Licht made relatively plenty of competitive defensive upgrades by means of drafting edge Rueben Bain Jr. and linebacker Josiah Trotter. He moreover signed relatively plenty of veterans, together with linebacker Alex Anzalone, defensive shape out A’Shawn Robinson and defensive lineman Rakeem Nunez-Roches. Vea is made up our minds to be at the coronary middle of that remodeled unit.

However Vea isn’t one of the vital perfect Bucs participant abominable together with his contract exertion, as quarterback Baker Mayfield said ultimate week that he felt “disrespected” and “undervalued” in the course of extension talks with the group this offseason.

Mayfield, 31, said he living the reduce-off date for an extension to salvage performed forward of training camp began. He added that the group made him presents, however he wanted to be compensated take care of a franchise quarterback.

When requested Thursday if the group perspectives Mayfield as such, Licht said, “We deem he is. We look after Baker. Our emotions for Baker haven’t modified.”

Mayfield will play out the final One year of the three-One year, $100 million deal he signed in 2024. The Buccaneers may neatly make use of the franchise stamp on Mayfield in 2027, however Licht said they could neatly slightly not and proceed operating against a prolonged-term extension.

Mayfield has a 27-24 checklist because the Bucs’ QB and led them to the playoffs as NFC South champions in 2023 and 2024, two seasons by which he moreover earned Official Bowl nods. He had a down One year in 2025 whilst taking part in by means of accidents, and Tampa Bay out of place 5 of its final six video video games.