TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht said Thursday that the team has «no intention» of trading Pro Bowl inside linebacker Devin White despite White requesting that the team trade him.
Licht said he fully expects White to remain on their roster in 2023. «We all have all the respect in the world for Devin,» Licht said. «He's done some great things for us and we look forward to more from him in the future.… If he has the type of year we think he's capable of, we can hopefully put this to rest and everybody's happy. »This isn't something I'm holding against Devin.
I still feel he's a tremendous person. I would never say he's not the type of teammate we want because of this." A source told ESPN this week that White is «fed up,» with a second source saying White's frustrations stem from negotiations on a contract extension.
White is currently slated to play under the fifth-year option, which would bump his salary from $9,527,760 in 2022 to $11,706,000 in 2023.