Tristan Wirfs is reportedly skipping Buccaneers OTAs until he gets a new contract.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers spent all offseason bringing back key players, but perhaps the most important piece of the offense still needs a new deal.
A long-term deal for Tristan Wirfs is an inevitability, but the Pro Bowl tackle is officially turning some screws to try and get something done sooner rather than later. On the heels of Antoine Winfield Jr., Mike Evans, and Baker Mayfield all getting new deals, Wirfs is officially holding out and drawing a line in the sand with the Bucs.
According to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, Wirfs is not expected to report to OTAs until he gets a new contract. It sounds harsher than it is, as Wirfs is simply trying to avoid an injury at camp before he lands the lucrative new deal everyone expects him to get.
This isn’t as unexpected a development as it might get advertised as, especially when it comes to the Bucs potentially losing Wirfs. Much like what happened with Baker, Evans, and Winfield, the Buccaneers are simply not going to lose Wirfs unless something goes horribly wrong along the way.
Simply put, there are more ways this goes well for Tampa Bay than it doesn’t.
