49ers trade for Eagles defensive end Huff

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- The San Francisco 49ers' antiaircraft enactment renovation continues arsenic they are moving to finalize a commercialized with the Philadelphia Eagles for borderline rusher Bryce Huff, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter connected Friday.

The trade, which is expected to beryllium finalized adjacent week aft the calendar turns to June, includes a restructured declaration for Huff, sources told Schefter. Huff was slated to marque $16.75 cardinal successful afloat guaranteed wealth successful 2025, but the Eagles volition instrumentality connected $9.05 cardinal successful salary, leaving the Niners to grip the remaining $7.95 million. San Francisco is expected to nonstop a middle-round draught prime to the Eagles for Huff.

Upon landing successful San Francisco, Huff volition beryllium reunited with antiaircraft coordinator Robert Saleh, who was Huff's manager with the New York Jets for 3 seasons. There, Huff had his champion NFL play successful 2023, posting a career-high 10 sacks and 68 pressures connected 312 pass-rush snaps. That 21.8% unit complaint was the champion successful the NFL, according to NFL Next Gen Stats.

That breakout play resulted successful Huff landing 1 of the biggest escaped cause deals of 2024 erstwhile helium signed a three-year, $51 cardinal woody with the Eagles. But Huff ne'er got his footing successful Philadelphia, finishing past play with 13 tackles and 2.5 sacks successful 12 games with conscionable six starts.

With the 49ers, Huff is joining a squad that has undergone an extended antiaircraft makeover successful the offseason, particularly connected the antiaircraft line. Star antiaircraft extremity Nick Bosa is the lone surefire starter returning aft the squad released antiaircraft tackles Javon Hargrave and Maliek Collins and antiaircraft extremity Leonard Floyd.

San Francisco restocked the enactment mostly done the draft, spending the 11th prime connected antiaircraft extremity Mykel Williams and second- and fourth-round choices connected tackles Alfred Collins and CJ West, respectively.

Huff provides not lone acquisition connected the borderline other Bosa but besides could let the squad to determination Williams astir the enactment successful sub packages aft Williams played astir 36% of his snaps wrong during the 2024 assemblage season.