Things did not go according to plan for Bryce Huff in 2024. The high-priced free agent addition was present for only year with the Eagles, spending time in and out of the lineup before being among the team’s healthy scratches for the Super Bowl. 
In all, Huff managed just 2.5 sacks in 12 games as an Eagle. Despite having two years left on his $17MM-per-year contract, it came as little surprise when a trade was worked out to send him to the 49ers. The 27-year-old will reunite with Robert Saleh as a result of the swap, something he anticipated last summer.
“If I’m being 100% honest with you, I wanted a trade like fairly early on,” Huff said during an appearance on The SFNiners podcast (video link). “And just ’cause of how things went in Philly, I knew pretty early on it wasn’t a fit.
“There’s a plethora of things that went down. I don’t wanna get into specifics. Being in the league for five years, I kinda knew what it felt like to be in a good situation… I kind of knew where it was headed fairly early on into the season, probably even training camp if I’m being honest.”
Scheme fit was seen as a potential issue for Huff in Philadelphia, although he handled a similar workload with his second career team as he did during his final year with the Jets. Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio noted the wrist injury which required surgery and led to missed time as a key factor in Huff’s underwhelming production. He predicted a return to form will take place in San Francisco, where Huff will again work with Saleh (who took his former 49ers DC gig after the two were together during his Jets head coaching stint).
In San Francisco, Huff will be used as a third-down specialist, a role he thrived in with New York. The former UDFA will look to earn snaps as part of a rotation including Nick Bosa, Yetur Gross-Matos and first-round rookie Mykel Williams. If things play out as team and player hope, the 49ers’ decision to take on the remainder of Huff’s pact will prove to be an effective one and a repeat of his situation from last summer will be avoided.
“Plethora of issues”…on the best defense in the league and Super Bowl champions, no thanks to you.
Maybe look in the mirror, Bryce.
A great team can still be a bad fit.
This is certainly true but if you watch his tape for the first 5 games, saying he is “giving 0 effort” is actually doing him a favor. It got so bad that other teams wouldn’t even bother using a lineman on him. Back up tight ends were making him look like he was in highschool, and that has absolutely nothing to do with scheme. This dude has no mental fortitude if you ask me.
Well, a team whose defensive coordinator coached him for four years thought he was worth bringing in. As a Jets fan, I thought it was too much money to give a guy who’s really only a designated pass rusher, but he was a very good player for the Jets. I’d be surprised if that’s just gone.
I’m not disagreeing with that either. It was definitely too much money and it was a big swing and miss for Howie, but I could see why he went for it. It was just disappointing to see such a lack of effort in the early parts of the season. He actually did come close to kind of turning it around and then got hurt, but that first 5-6 games before he got hurt he genuinely looked like he would struggle in a highschool game. It was so awful I was actually worried maybe he had some serious personal issues no one knew about.
Bryce: “Fans in Philly will drink Duff beer but have no interest in Huff beer so I had no choice but to leave town”.
It was a bad signing/fit but he certainly didn’t help his own cause.
So glad he’s gone. Give that ring back.
Kirby Smart deserves it more than he does
Bryce left in a HUFF !!
Checked out as soon as the bonus check cleared. Why admit that is wasnt working out FROM TRAINING CAMP?