PHILADELPHIA -- Bryce Huff was the invisible man for the Eagles.
After signing a three-year, $51.1 million contract a year ago, the edge rusher/linebacker was invisible on the field. He played in only 12 games and only started in six, tallying just 285 snaps (compared to 622 by Josh Sweat, for example).
And even when Huff was on the field, he was invisible, turning out to be a one-dimensional pass rusher who produced just 2½ sacks and 23 pressures.
He was invisible in Super Bowl LIX -- a healthy scratch -- and invisible in voluntary OTAs, where he was a no-show this past week.
Now, the Eagles are trading him to the San Francisco 49ers for mid-round/Day 3 draft picks, according to multiple reports. The deal, which will be finalized after June 1, was first reported by ESPN.
Huff will be reunited with defensive coordinator Robert Saleh, who was his head coach with the Jets in 2023, when he had a career year with 10 sacks and 67 pressures. That production didn't travel to Philadelphia.
For the Eagles, the move saves them $7.95 million in much-needed cap space. They would have owed Huff $16.95 million in guaranteed money this season, but now they only owe $9.05 million, with the 49ers picking up the rest of the tab plus his 2026-27 salary.
Huff, who just turned 27, reportedly restructured his deal to help facilitate the trade.
The Eagles' savings on Huff will come in addition to other money being freed up in the "post-June 1 designation," which allows teams to break up and defer dead cap hits to future years (which wouldn't be the case before June 1). The release of cornerbacks Darius Slay ($4.32 million) and James Bradberry ($2.1 million) will net the Birds $6.42 million, and they already had $19.2 million in cap space.
By unloading Slay, Bradberry and Huff, the Eagles cap rises to move than $32 million, which could come in handy in future trades and free-agent signings. (Typically, teams like to keep around $10 million in cap space for a rainy day, so when they were at $19.2 million, it only left $9.2 million of wiggle room.)
The Huff move also adds to the Eagles wealth of draft picks. They were already projected to have a stockpile of 12 selections, including 11 in the first five rounds.
The Jets signed Huff in 2020 as an undrafted free agent out of Memphis. He had 7½ sacks over his first three NFL seasons before his big year in 2023.
San Francisco needed another pass rusher opposite Nick Bosa after cutting Leonard Floyd earlier this offseason. They drafted Mykel Williams out of Georgia 11th overall in April, but were still thin at the position. Yetur Gross-Matos is the only other edge rusher on the 49ers' roster with any real experience.