What attendance looked like for Tampa Bay on Day 1 of OTAs
OTAs are voluntary workouts, but Bucs veterans not here today: Shaq Barrett (injured), Mike Evans, Carlton Davis, Jamel Dean, Devin White, Lavonte David, Vita Vea, Ryan Jensen. On other end, Winfield, Godwin, Mayfield among the bigger names here.
— Greg Auman (@gregauman) May 23, 2023
The “O” in OTAs doesn’t stand for optional (“organized,” if you were curious), but that aspect of it is often well known when its time to hold them every offseason. As such, there were some Tampa Bay Buccaneers players that didn’t show up when Day 1 of OTAs came around on Tuesday.
Here are some notable players that did not attend:
EDGE Shaq Barrett
WR Mike Evans
WR Russell Gage
CB Carlton Davis
CB Jamel Dean
LB Devin White
NT Vita Vea
C Ryan Jensen
There are a few reasons why some players skip OTAs. Some are injured, like Barrett and Gage, and others have their own workout routines that they like to do on their own time at this point during the offseason. Some veterans have been known to take it off, and others hold out of all team activities due to contract disputes — it’s too early to say whether or not this is the case for White, but that will become clearer when mandatory minicamp comes around.
Players that were there include S Antoine Winfield Jr., WR Chris Godwin, TE Cade Otton, QB Baker Mayfield, QB Kyle Trask and RB Rachaad White, among others. It is possible that some of the players on the list that did not attend could show up on different days as OTAs continue throughout the next few weeks, so it will be interesting to see if that happens further down the line.
