The curious case of Devin White took another turn away from the path most expected when the linebacker signed a one-year contract with the Eagles on March 18, just days after the free-agent market opened for business.
White was ruled out of Sunday’s game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for a personal matter. Returning to Tampa, which drafted him fifth overall in 2019, is certainly not the homecoming he envisioned when he agreed to come to Philadelphia.
Perhaps nothing should surprise anymore with the 26-year-old White. So, it wouldn’t surprise if the Eagles decided to release him during the team’s bye week coming out of Tampa, to give him a shot at latching on elsewhere and open a spot on the 53-man roster…