Bryce Huff spent 12 games in Philadelphia and apparently decided that’s enough time to know exactly who to blame. The pass rusher, now retired, pointed his finger at defensive coordinator Vic Fangio for his short and largely uneventful tenure with the Eagles.
Huff thinks Fangio misused him. And he’s not quiet about it either. But Jimmy Kempski of PhillyVoice isn’t letting the former Eagle off that easy.
“I certainly agree that Huff was not used in a way that accentuated his very limited skill set. Of course, Vic Fangio wasn’t going to change up his scheme for this one-dimensional player, nor should he have,” Kempski wrote. “It was merely a rare bad signing that offseason by Howie Roseman, and Fangio was right to identify Huff as a flawed player.”
Then he went further. “But Huff wasn’t just a bad player for the Eagles. His effort sucked too, so much so that we wrote that he was ‘unplayable’ after like two games.”
The Eagles signed Huff to a three-year deal in 2024 hoping he’d be a difference-maker off the edge. Instead injuries limited his impact. He wasn’t even active when they beat the Chiefs in the Super Bowl. That had to sting. And from there the relationship just went sideways fast. Philadelphia traded him to the 49ers before the 2025 season.
By the numbers, it was ugly
In those 12 games with the Eagles? Huff put up 13 tackles, four quarterback hits and 2.5 sacks. That’s it. For a guy who got a multi-year deal, that’s brutal production. He played one season in San Francisco, then retired at age 27. His six-year career ended with 108 tackles, 62 quarterback hits and 24 sacks total.
So he technically has a Super Bowl ring from the Eagles run. But nobody in Philly is framing that as some kind of legacy moment. It’s more of a what if that never materialized.
The real issue here isn’t scheme. Kempski’s point is that Huff came in with a limited toolbox and expected Fangio to build around it. That’s not how it works, especially not for a defensive coordinator with Fangio’s track record. He runs his system. You fit into it or you don’t.
Huff didn’t. And rather than own that, he’s out here blaming the guy who didn’t give him custom pass-rush packages. It’s a bad look for someone who was literally unplayable after two games, according to the reporter who watched him every week.
Maybe Huff should ask himself why a coach known for getting production out of role players couldn’t find a way to use him. The answer might not be the one he wants to hear.
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