Bryce Huff has been an absolute dud. 0 sacks, 0 pressures, 0 tackles for loss. Possibly he ought to have picked a distinct jersey quantity.
Brian Baldinger not too long ago identified that the Eagles are misusing him by having him be a rise up edge rusher, and he’s not fallacious to suppose that. 9 of his 10 sacks final yr with the Jets got here from his hand within the floor as a correct defensive finish, and the Eagles are asking him to be a rise up linebacker.
Let’s go decabox with Huff pre-snap 10 of his sacks final yr, leaving out one which got here towards a rush up offense as a result of 11 makes a bizarre graphic.
The largest takeaway isn’t that his sacks got here from him in a 3 level stance. It’s that they virtually solely got here with him in a 3 level stance out of the broad 9.
Let’s dig slightly deeper. Final yr Huff had 10 sacks, 9 solo and a pair of halves. 6 of his 11 sack performs got here with a distance of 10+ yards. 4 got here on third and 6+. 9 got here within the second half. Put Bryce Huff in a passing state of affairs, put him towards a tiring offensive line, and, crucially, on a protection the place he isn’t the lead cross rusher (he didn’t begin a recreation since 2021) and possibly he can produce. Or possibly not. In 37 video games previous to final season, he had simply 7.5 sacks.
Merely placing Huff in a 3 level stance, and placing him within the broad 9 doesn’t magically unlock him. In opposition to the Bucs, Huff was in a 3 level stance on 6 of his 33 snaps. This was one of the best rep:
That’s fairly good! The remainder had been like this:
Yuck. Huff is wanting like simply one other one yr double digit sack marvel like Kyler Fackrell (10.5 sacks in 2018, 13.5 in 70 different video games), or Romeo Okwara (10 sacks in 2020, 15 in 76 different video games), or Josh Uche (11.5 sacks in 2022, 8 in 40 different video games).
For cap causes Huff can’t be minimize or traded till 2026 so the Eagles are caught with this. Within the quick time period, Vic Fangio has however one choice to attempt to get manufacturing out of Huff, to play him on passing downs. 16 of Huff’s 33 snaps towards the Bucs had been on 1st down, although towards the Bucs each down is a passing down, they handed on two thirds of their performs towards the Eagles.
Bryce Huff is the 14th highest paid edge rusher by totally assured cash. It’s previous time to start out enjoying prefer it.
