After five years with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, linebacker Devin White signed a one-year deal with the Philadelphia Eagles in free agency this offseason.
Speaking to the media Tuesday, White asserted that his new team is better than his old team.
“It’s an opportunity to show why I was drafted Top 5, why I helped a team win the Super Bowl,” White said during his introductory press conference. “Just to prove that I do what I do. I don’t lack any confidence as far as being on a one-year deal. I don’t shy away from it. I think it was the best thing that happened. Last year wasn’t who you were, that’s never been Devin White on tape. Now you get an opportunity on a bigger stage, it’s a bigger platform here, it’s a better all-around team built right here, right now to do great things. And I want to be a part of that.”
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I’m not sure if White remembers or not, but the Eagles’ 2023 season was ended by a 32-9 blowout loss in the playoffs to…the Bucs.
Maybe he’s just that confident in the coaching changes and roster moves the Eagles have made in the offseason, but it’s definitely an intriguing take to say that Philly is a better all-around team right now than the team that bounced them from the playoffs with authority just a couple of months ago.
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