NFL Reports:Devin White announced his departure and too many more reasons…
spokesman Brian McCarthy confirmed that the league is investigating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ decision to not downgrade linebacker Devin White from a “questionable” designation to “out” ahead of Sunday’s win over the Green Bay Packers.
“We will review the matter with the club,” McCarthy told Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio in an email.
Head coach Todd Bowles raised eyebrows, given the possibility of injury reporting violations, with comments he made on Monday about White’s absence from Sunday’s game.
“Devin told me Friday he couldn’t play, or Saturday or Friday he couldn’t play,” he told reporters. “So K.J. [Britt] started.”
Bowles tried to clear up the matter later in the week.
“I’m gonna say this one time,” he told reporters Wednesday when asked about White’s injury situation. “He was medically cleared to play. Then he indicated that he didn’t feel right, and informed me that he couldn’t play. He couldn’t go. We had ongoing conversations until Sunday morning. I decided to deactivate him. When he got to the stadium he found out he was inactive.”
