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Bryce Huff Not at OTAs and Hasn’t Participated in an Eagles Spring Workout
By Kyle Pagan
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Bryce Huff didn’t show up to the first day of OTAs and hasn’t been to a workout the entire spring, according to Jeff McLane at the Inky, as the Eagles figure out what to do with the defensive end:
Huff is still under contract and is owed $16.75 million in guaranteed money this season. Workouts are voluntary, but his absence suggests it was mutually agreed upon. The Eagles don’t want him getting injured in case they can still unload him after June 1 — when it would make more fiscal sense — and he certainly doesn’t want to be where he isn’t exactly wanted.
Can the Eagles trade him? Probably not with that price tag. Maybe they eat a large portion of his salary just to cut bait. Or they swap “your underperforming, overpaid free agent” for mine. Or maybe they suffer some injuries at edge rusher this spring and have no choice but to have him in uniform when training camp starts. But my guess is Roseman is eventually forced to waive one of his few bad moves from last offseason.
This is a no-brainer from the Eagles as Huff looks like he’ll be one and done here in Philadelphia. Can you believe the Eagles’ highest paid free agent only played 12 games, didn’t play in the Super Bowl, and the Eagles still won? That’s how insane Howie Roseman’s 2024 offseason was. How many teams can recover from their key free agent not living up to expectations? Not a lot.
If Huff is cut or traded that would leave Nolan Smith Jr. as the only returning top-four edge rusher from last year.
Other Eagles notes. Cooper DeJean lined up at outside corner in certain packages, according to Brooks Kubena at The Athletic (with ads):
Defensive coordinator Vic Fangio told Cooper DeJean, his starting nickel, that he’d spend OTAs experimenting with DeJean playing outside cornerback in base packages. Indeed, DeJean flipped between both positions during Wednesday’s workout. He spent a period each of individual drills with both the safeties and cornerbacks. He aligned at the slot during 7-on-7 drills in which the defense fielded its nickel packages, and he bumped to right cornerback in base looks.
There was a beautiful new addition to the practice bubble. In case the NFL forgot:
It’s OTAs and we’re already in “best shape of our life” season! Typically we hold off until a day or two into camp, but being world champions I guess everything heightens. I think Jordan Davis is in year three of “best shape of his life” territory:
This is how I stand at the buffet:
Kyle writes blog posts and does Man on the Street-style videos all around Philadelphia. He graduated from Temple University (a basketball school) in 2015. contact: k.pagan@sportradar.com