{"id":72229,"date":"2025-07-30T00:56:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T00:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=72229"},"modified":"2025-07-30T00:56:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T00:56:43","slug":"49ers-rookie-defensive-lineman-gets-dominant-take-from-bryce-huff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=72229","title":{"rendered":"49ers rookie defensive lineman gets &#8216;dominant&#8217; take from Bryce Huff"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>The San Francisco 49ers are currently taking part in training camp as they gear up for the 2025-26 NFL season. The 49ers shelled out a massive contract to quarterback Brock Purdy this offseason and are hoping to bounce back from a 2024-25 season in which they missed the playoffs altogether coming off of their Super Bowl appearance the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>The 49ers&#8217; defense took a big step back in 2024-25, thanks in part due to injuries and in part due to overall regression in play up and down the roster.<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco attempted to help remedy this problem over the spring by drafting defensive tackle CJ West in the fourth round this April.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, 49ers defensive end Bryce Huff had a blunt message about West&#8217;s performance thus far at training camp.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cC.J. is dominant,\u201d said Huff, per Vic Tafur of Vic Tafur of The Athletic on X, formerly Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Barrow of The Athletic also noted on X that there was \u201ca feisty, physical practice today with rookie CJ West in the middle of things. He got into a brief shoving match with center Matt Hennessy during team drills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 49ers could certainly use someone with an edge after their traditionally dominant defensive line was bullied at times during the 2024-25 season.<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco is returning many of its pieces last year and will hope for better injury luck this year as they look to make another climb up the NFC ranks.<\/p>\n<p>The 49ers still have arguably one of the most talented rosters on paper in the NFL, along with a quarterback in Purdy who has proven himself to be much better than the \u201cMr. Irrelevant\u201d label that his draft status bestowed upon him.<\/p>\n<p>If the 49ers can get some contribution from their rookie class, including CJ West along the defensive line, it could help them become true contenders once again in a crowded NFC race.<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco is slated to begin its 2025 season on September 7 on the road vs the Seattle Seahawks. The team&#8217;s preseason will begin at home against the Denver Broncos on August 9.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Jackson Stone is a sports journalist for ClutchPoints with expertise in covering the NBA, NFL, and CAA Football. The Mercer University senior from Atlanta is on track to graduate with a BA in communications, and he has bylines at FanSided and USA Today Sports&#8217; Georgia athletics website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Francisco 49ers rookie defensive tackle CJ West has been raising eyebrows so far at the team&#8217;s training camp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":72230,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2121,9,2221,12],"class_list":["post-72229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-bryce-huff","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-training-camp","tag-san-francisco-49ers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>49ers rookie defensive lineman gets &#039;dominant&#039; take from Bryce Huff - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=72229\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"49ers rookie defensive lineman gets &#039;dominant&#039; 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