On to a new chapter.
The irony here has been brewing, and in a way, it’s been funny to watch.
To be fair: Joe thinks Rachaad White got screwed this past season, much to the detriment of the Bucs’ offense.
Joe had never been a fan of White as a running back. At least his first two seasons, White was terrible at reading blocks. Terrible. It was like he had an awful, awful case of tunnel vision or he had zero peripheral vision.
Or just plain didn’t have vision.
But as a receiver out of the backfield, Joe thought White was electric. Even with two star receivers out this season, the Bucs really never utilized White in the pass game. Very strange.
Or maybe there was a reason for that?
White, it appears, has waved goodbye to Tampa Bay. He took to Instagram in the wake of the Bucs being eliminated Sunday and said goodbye to the area.
Uno out Thank yaw forever for da past 4years
White also scrubbed his Instagram account of any Bucs-related photos. Only evidence he ever played for the Bucs left on his Instagram page are two reels, one of his family at a Bucs game.
Also yesterday, White posted a video on his Twitter feed of a plane lifting off a runway. Man, this dude just couldn’t wait to get the hell out of town and away from the Bucs. Geez.
Last summer before training camp, White had a cryptic message on Instagram where he suggested this would be his final season in Tampa Bay.
Joe doesn’t know what happened. In his first two, maybe three years with the Bucs, White was a happy-go-lucky guy always ready to talk.
In fact, for such a meh running back, Joe thought it was unprecedented how often White would pop up on so many national shows, websites, podcasts, you name it. Whether it was appearances walking with Frank the Tank or appearing on Kay Adams’ cable show or spots on SiriusXM NFL Radio or any number of podcasts, White not only never said “No,” to an interview, he happily obliged.
Then the Bucs drafted Bucky Irving. Joe doesn’t think White liked this but instead of pouting, White took Bucky under his wing, helping Bucky get up to speed in the NFL.
It was a wonderful, unselfish, team-first, mature gesture by White. The two became very close.
Then… White not only disappeared on the field, he was nowhere to be found off it. White went from a guy who welcomed, if not sought out the spotlight, to a guy who tried to hide from it.
Joe can count on one hand with fingers left over how many times Joe saw White in the Bucs’ locker room during the week. Nor was White in the locker room yesterday as Bucs players cleaned out their lockers.
After games, White (and Bucky Irving, who has never been overly friendly or comfortable with the pen and mic club) pulled a DeSean Jackson/Swaggy Baker stunt and almost always busted out early after home games before the locker room was open.
(Joe recalls seeing White sticking around after Saturday’s win over Carolina, but that was the first time all year Joe didn’t see him bolt early after a home game.)
Joe’s experience over the years is that dudes who do that regularly are more often an issue than an asset.
Joe is guessing White soured on the Bucs after he learned he wouldn’t be a big part of the Bucs’ offense. That’s just a guess. But man, his outlook really did a 180 in about a year.
Joe hopes wherever White lands, that team uses him correctly. Joe could easily see White going back to his hometown of Kansas City. Andy Reid would know how to use him.
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— Rachaad White 1️⃣ (@Chaad_1) January 5, 2026