Overview
- Vita Vea formally requested a trade, his agent Collin Roberts confirmed late Monday after contract-extension talks with the Buccaneers stalled.
- Vea is expected to report for the start of training camp but his level of practice participation is uncertain and he staged a hold-in at mandatory minicamp.
- He enters the final year of a four-year extension worth roughly $71–73 million and carries a 2026 base salary in the roughly $17–22 million range with limited guaranteed money.
- Tampa Bay can reject the request and keep Vea for 2026, continue negotiating an extension, or field trade offers while also managing other roster and cap priorities such as Baker Mayfield.
- Media reporting names several plausible suitors, especially California teams and the Las Vegas Raiders, and Vea has expressed a preference for a West Coast destination though any trade will hinge on cap space, draft cost and a suitor’s willingness to offer a new contract.