Buccaneers’ Devin White confusingly ruled out for Week 15 with non-injury related issue…
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have a massive Week 15 contest with the Green Bay Packers on their schedule for Sunday afternoon, and the game could go a long way towards determining whether or not they end up in the playoffs this year. The Bucs may not be doing themselves any favors, though, as they have surprisingly ruled star linebacker Devin White out for this game as a healthy scratch.
White has been having another solid season for Tampa Bay (69 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 INT, 3 PD, 3 TFL, 6 QB Hits) despite entering the season looking for a new contract. White hasn’t played in the Bucs past two games thanks to a foot injury, but he practiced all week, and it was made clear that his absence for this game against the Packers was not due to any sort of injury.
“Per source I’m told Bucs LB Devin White will be inactive today. It is not injury related, as White was able to practice this week.”
White requested a trade this past offseason, but considering how he played the first 11 games of the season without any sort of issue, it seemed like the two sides had put their differences behind them. Yet given the nature of White’s absence, it looks like those problems have bubbled back to the surface, making his future with the team very cloudy for the time being.