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Will the 49ers Release Kicker Jake Moody Next?

So far this offseason, the 49ers have gotten rid of practically everyone on special teams except for the one player they really need to cut: Kicker Jake Moody.
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Dec 30, 2024; Santa Clara, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers place kicker Jake Moody (4) sits on the bench after missing a field goal during the fourth quarter against the Detroit Lions at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images
Dec 30, 2024; Santa Clara, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers place kicker Jake Moody (4) sits on the bench after missing a field goal during the fourth quarter against the Detroit Lions at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images | Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images

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So far this offseason, the 49ers have gotten rid of practically everyone on special teams except for the one player they really need to cut: Kicker Jake Moody.

The punter is gone. The freaking long snapper is gone. And yet, the kicker who missed almost 30 percent of his field goal attempts last season remains on the roster. But he might not last long with the 49ers according to CBS Sports.

"The 49ers recently signed Greg Joseph to compete with Jake Moody for the kicking job," writes CBS Sports' John Breech. "If Joseph wins the battle, that means Moody will be gone and the 49ers will have turned over three key special teams positions in a single offseason."

So the 49ers most likely will give Moody a chance to compete for the job. That means he probably won't get released before the preseason ends. But if he struggles in the preseason and Joseph kicks well, Moody will be a goner.

The main reason Moody is still on the roster is that the 49ers spent a third-round pick on him in 2023. That's a huge investment in a kicker, an investment I'm confident the 49ers won't make again any time soon. Moody has been a disaster and a head case. He missed a crucial extra point in the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl which allowed the Chiefs to force overtime with a field goal of their own.

The 49ers seem scared to cut Moody. Joseph needs to kick just well enough to help them overcome their fears.

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Grant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis. In 2012, Inside the 49ers won Sports Blog of the Year from the Peninsula Press Club. In 2020, Cohn joined FanNation and began writing All49ers. In addition, he created a YouTube channel which has become the go-to place on YouTube to consume 49ers content. Cohn's channel typically generates roughly 3.5 million viewers per month, while the 49ers' official YouTube channel generates roughly 1.5 million viewers per month. Cohn live streams almost every day and posts videos hourly during the football season. Cohn is committed to asking the questions that 49ers fans want answered, and providing the most honest and interactive coverage in the country. His loyalty is to the reader and the viewer, not the team or any player or coach. Cohn is a new-age multimedia journalist with an old-school mentality, because his father is Lowell Cohn, the legendary sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1979 to 1993. The two have a live podcast every Tuesday. Grant Cohn grew up in Oakland and studied English Literature at UCLA from 2006 to 2010. He currently lives in Oakland with his wife.

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