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Vita Vea has only made the Pro Bowl once in his five years in the NFL, but his massive presence in the middle of the Bucs' defensive front cannot be fully appreciated. In their Super Bowl season, he fractured his ankle in Week 5, missed 14 weeks and made it back for the conference championship and the Super Bowl win against the Chiefs. He's more than just a run-stopper in the middle, leading the Bucs with 6.5 sacks last season, and he already has 1.5 sacks in the team's 2-0 start.
Tampa Bay did well to sign him to a four-year, $71 million extension when they did, so he's a bargain as the core of their defensive front and now under contract through the 2026 season.I witnessed firsthand the impact Vea had individually on the Buccaneers' defense in their Super Bowl season. Vea went down with a leg injury after Week 5 and was lost for the rest of the regular season. The Bucs' yards per carry allowed in the run game went up dramatically as a result.
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