“No Hard Feelings Over There. Love The Coaches.”
March 18th, 2022
Departed Bucs safety Jordan Whitehead
Former Bucs bone-crushing safety Jordan Whitehead is now a member of the New York Jets, and he met the local media there yesterday.
Whitehead was very firm on the Zoom call; he got no offer from Tampa Bay to re-sign with the team.
But Whitehead also said he’s all good when it comes to the Bucs.
“Business is business. No hard feelings over there. Love the coaches,” Whitehead said. “I had a lot of great coaches that taught me a lot over there. Great organization. Great guys. Great players. I’m excited for this journey.”
Why the Jets?
Whitehead didn’t mention his two-year, $15 million contract. But he did say he trusted head coach Robert Saleh and said Saleh made me feel wanted. Whitehead added that Saleh told him what he wanted to hear — that he’ll be used in a very versatile manner, including blitzing and coverage.
Interestingly, Whitehead said he wants to be a Tom Brady presence. He said losing his first two years in Tampa was an experience followed by seeing how Brady could change a team, and change other players to better a team.
“It takes one guy, it takes one mindset to change a whole season,” Whitehead said. “That’s what I want to be, just one of those pieces to change things around.”
Whitehead added that seeing how well and hard the Jets played against the Bucs in January let him know the team is on the right track.
March 18th, 2022 at 12:08 pm
Wish him well, (but not to well) he was a warrior for this team.
March 18th, 2022 at 12:09 pm
“It takes one guy, it takes one mindset to change a whole season,” Whitehead said. “That’s what I want to be, just one of those pieces to change things around.”
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I love the guy. He’s going to be ‘the change’, not just wait on someone else.
He learned that from Brady, Suh and JPP.
March 18th, 2022 at 12:18 pm
Yep. That one comment will make him a favorite in the eyes of Jet fans.
March 18th, 2022 at 12:18 pm
We are used to seeing players leave the Bucs and excel with other teams….we are not used to seeing players excel with the Bucs and leave for another team…
This wasn’t Whitehead’s choice……wish him the very best…he was a great 4th round pick…..we can’t keep them all.
Next year we will have SMB, Dean & Edwards up……we’ll probably lose one of them.
March 18th, 2022 at 12:22 pm
Please Joe, when showing a pic of Whitehead, or other Bucs, maybe a Uni that is not a 2014 -19 uniform. lol It is a nasty eye sore, thank God those Unis are in the waste basket of history.
J Whitehead is a Good guy and player, hope he does well. He is set for life now, and good for him.
GO BUCS!!!!
March 18th, 2022 at 12:30 pm
Wish him well where ever he goes. Thank you for what you gave for our team while you were here.
March 18th, 2022 at 12:31 pm
I wish you well man….you did great for us. I dont know what happened. Perplexed!
March 18th, 2022 at 12:36 pm
Living in the tri-state area ive been reassuring my Jets fans friends theyve got one of our best defenders for the cheap. Totally forgot Whitehead is ONLY 24yo so as long as he stays healthy and keps adding to his game, skies the limit. Best of luck to Jordan, until we’ve got to play him
March 18th, 2022 at 12:50 pm
Whitehead was a tremendous upgrade from Conte- he brought a hard nosed toughness to secondary and he will be missed
March 18th, 2022 at 12:54 pm
Wish we could have kept him. I’d rather have him than the Pats/Giants dude.
March 18th, 2022 at 12:56 pm
Bucs certainly had a ding dong moment losing this guy. Hard hitting clutch safety’s are hard to come by imo.
Water under the bridge now….
March 18th, 2022 at 1:02 pm
Crazy the Bucs didn’t even offer him a contract.
March 18th, 2022 at 1:14 pm
He only signed for 3Mil n change over 2 yrs.
That’s nothing for a young stud safety.
I keep asking WHY WAS NO OFFER MADE TO JW???
March 18th, 2022 at 1:15 pm
*13M
March 18th, 2022 at 1:40 pm
^ His injury history and couldnt afford him i guess….mightve rubbed someone high up the wrong way.
March 18th, 2022 at 1:42 pm
Reminds me of when we lost that young safety to Seattle who was always pretty good
March 18th, 2022 at 1:48 pm
Dean, Jason Licht will be calling you soon to explain himself.
March 18th, 2022 at 2:05 pm
Reminded me of Bob Sanders, a top safety in the league if healthy…
March 18th, 2022 at 2:47 pm
Plus the fact that his uncle played for the Jets for many years prolly had something to do with it.
March 18th, 2022 at 2:50 pm
I said uncle ..I meant cousin
March 18th, 2022 at 3:22 pm
Jets played well against the Bucs and Zack Wilson made some NFL throws, so maybe JW is on to something.
March 18th, 2022 at 3:47 pm
Yeah mindset and all that, but it helps to lift a team to victory when you are the best who has ever played the game (Brady).
Trent Dilfer had a great attitude too, but……
March 18th, 2022 at 5:02 pm
Who is this guy again? Can you say Logan Ryan. See ya.
March 18th, 2022 at 7:39 pm
@coburn bradley macdougal
March 18th, 2022 at 8:25 pm
Really gunna miss him, but he’ll change the jets, and Mike should get a bunch of interceptions
March 18th, 2022 at 9:06 pm
Well that changes everything. We didn’t make him an offer?? Ok, whitehead, we like u in TB again.
March 18th, 2022 at 11:43 pm
They made him feel wanted. And the bucs didn’t even make an offer. Why not offer him something? Maybe he would have taken less to stay in Tampa, like others have done.
March 19th, 2022 at 12:06 am
Best of luck. One if the Joes said something might have been bubbling under the surface. Perhaps there us a reason he was not tendered an offer. Strange.
March 19th, 2022 at 1:15 am
Wish him well!
Where are all the couch potatoes who said Bowels and BA suck?
Kind of contradicts their tremendously insightful vast knowledge when an ex player of the team, who didn’t even get an offer, says how much he “loves the coaches over there”
March 19th, 2022 at 6:53 pm
David – once again you took the words out of my mouth. Agree 💯.. LISTNFRMAFAR is one of those fakeass fans that said BA sucks and he was on this site a few days before Brady made his announcement to return , he was never going to retire in the first place, but LISTNFRMAFAR wanted BA to “Free Brady and let him play for the 49ers ” and “He hates BA and doesn’t want to play for the Bucs so free him” !! Douchebag !! Go Bucs