Niners Nation
Your daily San Francisco 49ers news for Tuesday, January 3rd, 2025
49ers rookie LB Nick Martin brings powerful personality to weakside spot (paywall)
Martin’s mother, Tosha, describes her youngest son as “joyful.” He was always upbeat, always curious, always joking. Older brother Chauncey goes with “goofy.”
“He’d come hang around my friends and he’d cut jokes,” Chauncey said. “But they were jokes I’d already heard. That’s my little brother, and I’d be like, ‘Stop being annoying.’ But to my friends, he was hilarious. And I’d say, ‘Bro, don’t laugh at him. Don’t egg him on.’”
Breer: Bryce Huff could be the 49ers’ next big reclamation success
“Arden Key, Samson Ebukam, Kerry Hyder Jr., and Leonard Floyd are among the guys that the Niners scooped up at a cut rate, got short, solid runs from and extended their careers, and earning power, on the back end,” Breer wrote. “Yetur Gross-Matos, a former Panthers second-round pick, joined that group last year, on a cheap, two-year deal. And now Huff is in, too, at the price of a mid-round pick and less than half of his $17 million number for 2025. If it works, then the Niners hold what amounts to a $17.1 million option for 2026.”
“I feel like it’s all scheme,” Graham said. “I’ve seen different guys flourish in different systems, and then you see them get in another system, it’s different. And what they asked of him this year, it just wasn’t a great marriage, I would say, because I know Huff can rush. I see him doing all that, but sometimes it’s just different with the type of scheme and what people ask of you, and what they want you to be able to do.”
