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49ers Pulled Off NFL's 10th-Best Trade of the Offseason per CBS

The 49ers weren't particularly active during free agency, but they did pull off an underrated trade.
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Jun 11, 2025; Santa Clara, CA, USA; San Francisco 49ers defensive end Bryce Huff (47) speaks to the media following a team OTA at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: D. Ross Cameron-Imagn Images
Jun 11, 2025; Santa Clara, CA, USA; San Francisco 49ers defensive end Bryce Huff (47) speaks to the media following a team OTA at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: D. Ross Cameron-Imagn Images | D. Ross Cameron-Imagn Images

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The 49ers weren't particularly active during free agency, but they did pull off an underrated trade.

They acquired edge rusher Bryce Huff from the Philadelphia Eagles for a 2026 conditional fifth-round pick. What's more, the Eagles are paying more of Huff's salary than the 49ers are this season.

That's because the Eagles signed Huff to a three-year, $51.1 million contract last year only to find out quickly that he doesn't fit defensive coordinator Vic Fangio's system, so they had to get rid of him and his contract.

Fortunately for the 49ers, Huff played for Robert Saleh on the New York Jets and had success in Saleh's system. That's why CBS Sports says acquiring Huff was the NFL's 10th-best trade of the offseason.

"Huff was a disaster with the Eagles last season, not even being active for their Super Bowl LIX victory over the Chiefs," writes CBS Sports' Jeff Kerr. "The Eagles moved on from Huff during minicamp, sending him to San Francisco and reuniting him with defensive coordinator Robert Saleh -- in a defense where he had one of the highest pass-rushing rates in the league as a pass-rushing specialist.

"Huff's role in San Francisco will be determined, but it wouldn't be surprising to see him thrive at getting to the quarterback once again."

The 49ers don't need Huff to sack the quarterback -- they need him to win one-on-one matchups against offensive tackles so he can create pressure, which will force quarterbacks to hold the ball and move. This will give Nick Bosa more opportunities to sack the quarterback.

At least, that's the idea.

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Grant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis. In 2012, Inside the 49ers won Sports Blog of the Year from the Peninsula Press Club. In 2020, Cohn joined FanNation and began writing All49ers. In addition, he created a YouTube channel which has become the go-to place on YouTube to consume 49ers content. Cohn's channel typically generates roughly 3.5 million viewers per month, while the 49ers' official YouTube channel generates roughly 1.5 million viewers per month. Cohn live streams almost every day and posts videos hourly during the football season. Cohn is committed to asking the questions that 49ers fans want answered, and providing the most honest and interactive coverage in the country. His loyalty is to the reader and the viewer, not the team or any player or coach. Cohn is a new-age multimedia journalist with an old-school mentality, because his father is Lowell Cohn, the legendary sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1979 to 1993. The two have a live podcast every Tuesday. Grant Cohn grew up in Oakland and studied English Literature at UCLA from 2006 to 2010. He currently lives in Oakland with his wife.

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