Posted December 29, 2025

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Tampa, FL – December 29, 2025 – The Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ heartbreaking 24-27 overtime loss to the Miami Dolphins on Sunday didn’t just sting on the field—it tore open old wounds off it, as former Bucs linebacker Devin White hopped on social media to revel in the defeat and stir the pot around the explosive sideline clash between running back Bucky Irving and offensive tackle Tristan Wirfs.

White, who donned the pewter and red from 2019 to 2023 before a messy exit to the Philadelphia Eagles, ridiculed the Bucs’ late-game meltdown and pinned it on lingering locker-room toxicity. “Seen this movie before,” he posted on X. “Star lineman gets the glory, RB takes the heat, and the sidelines turn into a battlefield. Wirfs calls the blocks—Irving was just the latest scapegoat in that run-game fiasco.”

The tweet blew up within minutes of the Dolphins’ game-winning field goal, with Bucs fans dubbing White a “backstabbing traitor” for “piling on while we’re bleeding.” His jab cut deep, echoing his own turbulent final seasons in Tampa—plagued by benchings, trade demands, and whispers of attitude issues that soured his once-promising Super Bowl-winning tenure.

White’s barb landed like a blindside hit because it synced perfectly with the fresh drama from that heated second-quarter sideline blowup. The linebacker, now thriving in Philly, hyped a Dolphins defensive stop as “karma for poor protection,” alluding to Irving’s visible frustration after a stuffed run where he gestured wildly at Wirfs and the o-line for their blocking blunders.

Bucs Nation erupted in online rage. A post racking up 40,000 likes scorched: “White was a flash in the pan, not a franchise pillar. Now he’s laughing at our pain like he ever owned up in Raymond James. Turncoat.” Yet, some fans quietly agreed, citing the Bucs’ offense looking fractured since White’s departure—especially after that botched block that screamed miscommunication.

Mike Evans, seething after the loss dropped Tampa to 8-8, didn’t hold back when grilled on White’s shade in the postgame locker room. “You can miss a hole, you can fumble a handoff—but don’t ever badmouth from afar,” Evans snapped. “If you can’t lift us up or battle through the grind, then stay silent. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers aren’t just a team—we’re family on the front lines. Players come and go, but our fight doesn’t. Every snap here is about chasing wins, not chasing clout.”

Teammates quickly rallied around their veteran receiver. Tristan Wirfs reposted Evans’ retort with: “WR1 – unstoppable.”

As the Bucs nursed their wounds from the divisional defeat, this new feud has amplified talk about Tampa’s fading unity—and revived memories of White’s own stormy, short-fused chapter in pewter.

In the end, the ex-linebacker might’ve enjoyed his dose of schadenfreude, but Evans’ comeback drove home the point: The Bay still rallies behind its own—not its outcasts.