Devin

White

No surprises here as these are the same inactives as in Week 3. The Lions look to improve to 3-1 against the 1-2 Panthers on the road on Sunday Night Football.

The seven-year veteran spent five seasons with the Buccaneers before quick, one-year stops in Houston and Las Vegas. White set a career high with 174 tackles in 2025 after missing most of the 2024 season with injury, giving the Lions a veteran interior presence to move around with Jack Campbell. The financials of the contract were not immediately made available, although it appears to be a team-friendly, prove-it-style deal.

White had a strange season in 2024, first signing with the Eagles in the offseason and eventually being released in-season after playing zero snaps. He was then signed by the Texans, for whom he appeared in seven games. White spent the five prior seasons playing for the team that drafted him: the Buccaneers. His signing with the Raiders reunites White with GM John Spytek, who served as the Buccaneers’ director of player personnel when White was drafted. White totaled 16 tackles and four quarterback pressures last year.

White was released by the Eagles in early October after missing time with an ankle issue and leaving the team for “personal reasons.” A former star defender for the Bucs, White latches on with a Texans defense graded by PFF as the NFL’s 13th best unit. White last season had 83 tackles over 13 games with Tampa.

White had been working through an ankle injury early in the season, but had taken to listing him on the report under “personal reasons” the last few weeks. White is only 26, and in theory should be able to find a job somewhere in the league if he’s healthy and able. He notched 83 tackles in 13 starts for the Bucs in 2023.

The quietly productive defensive tackle was added to the injury report this week after practicing with a clean bill of health in Week 1. His consecutive limited participant designations are a positive sign for his Monday night availability. CB Isaiah Rodgers (hand) and LB Devin White (ankle) continued practicing in full. Backup LT Fred Johnson (thumb)

White won’t make the flight to Brazil for the team’s Friday night matchup against Green Bay. A former first round pick, White in March was signed to a one-year deal worth up to $7.5 million.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports the deal is worth “up to” $7.5 million. A Buc for the entirety of his five-year rookie deal, White arrives as an every-down player at a major position of need in Philly. White has never really lived up to his first-round billing, and remains a maddening liability against the run. The Eagles will hope he responds well to defensive master Vic Fangio.

Per NFL Network’s Stacey Dales, White’s absence is not injury-related. Though nothing else on the absence is known at this time, it seems like White could remain away from the team beyond Week 15. That would leave a banged-up defense down another starter as Tampa Bay makes its run at the NFC South title.

Linebacker Devin White is questionable. With injuries mounting throughout their defense, the Bucs won’t be an overwhelmingly difficult matchup for Jordan Love and company. Love has some high-end QB2 juice for Week 15 while Jayden Reed and Romeo Doubs are both on the WR3 radar.