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A trade request filed the day before training camp is either leverage or a genuine rupture.
For the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Vita Vea's demand to be moved suggests it may be both: the two-time Pro Bowl nose tackle has told the organization he wants out, a league source confirmed, and his grievance centers on ranking 19th among interior defensive linemen in pay.
What the defense actually loses The case for Vea's frustration sits entirely in the run-defense numbers.
Since taking over as a full-time starter in 2019, he has anchored a unit that ranked first in the NFL in rushing yards allowed per game at 94.1 and first in yards allowed per carry at 4.0.
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