Jake Moody the only kicker on the 49ers roster

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00:00Another thing that I found kind of funny about today on Twitter is that after Kyle Shanahan was like,

00:09yeah, we're not doing anything with the kickers.

00:12Like, we like Jake Moody.

00:13And then all the Niner reporters go on all the shows, and they're like, yeah, no, they're keeping Jake Moody.

00:20And then cut down day comes, and every Niner reporter's like, oh, that kicker just got released.

00:26That kicker just got released.

00:28It's almost like we're being teased.

00:30They're like, you want that kicker?

00:31Do you want that kicker?

00:32I'm like, yes, I want all the kickers.

00:34But they're not going to make a move on it yet, even though there were some interesting names that were put out on the street.

00:42And I'm looking over your shoulder right now, and I see a piece of paper that's got a bunch of red chicken scratches on it.

00:48That's actually good penmanship.

00:50I've come a long way.

00:51Again, I'm looking at it from far.

00:52And so, to me, it looks like chicken scratches, but it appears to be some sort of a kicking compilation sensation.

01:00Yeah, it's all the kickers that got cut today.

01:04And there's a total of seven kickers who did not survive cut down day.

01:10And so, you know, I was thinking, would you rather have Jake Moody or the kickers on this list?

01:16And so, when you start to run down, there's a guy named Lucas, sorry, Lucas, Lucas Havrasek.

01:22He was cut today.

01:24Brayden Narvison, he was actually kicked in the league.

01:28Jude, sorry, Jude, Jude McAdamney.

01:32Why are you going to be doing that to my guy?

01:33Jude McAdamney attempted one field goal and one extra point for the New York Giants.

01:38He was a Gaelic football player from across the pond.

01:42Charlie Smith, or Smythe, was cut.

01:44Now, here's some names you've actually heard of.

01:47Chad Ryland.

01:48Okay, yep.

01:49He's a guy who's kicked.

01:50Anders Carlson, cut by Green Bay.

01:53Right, well.

01:54A little bit of an off year last year.

01:55And the year before that.

01:56Don't forget his miscues in the divisional round at Levi's Stadium that left the door open for the 49ers rally in that game.

02:03And the one name that is the sexiest of all is Dustin Hopkins, who.

02:08Cleveland.

02:08Yes, he's made 84% for his career, 10-year career.

02:12P.A.T.'s, he's at 93.6.

02:15Really solid.

02:15But last year he was 18 for 27.

02:18So, do you want to go from a struggling Jake Moody to a 34-year-old guy on the struggle bus?

02:25Not really.

02:26Because Cleveland is going with a guy who's made as many field goals in his career as he has vowels in his name.

02:32Okay.

02:33Who's that?

02:34Zero is the answer.

02:35Andre Sussmit.

02:36Andre Sussmit.

02:37He has no vowels.

02:39Sussmit.

02:39Well, but why?

02:40The Y is technically a Y.

02:41A Y.

02:41Sometimes Y.

02:42A-E-I-O-U.

02:44And sometimes Y.

02:46And the Y only is a vowel if it follows an S-Z-M.

02:51Sussmit.

02:51Yeah, Sussmit.

02:52So, the Browns have chosen Sussmit.

02:53Sussmit.

02:54Sussmit.

02:54Sussmit over Dustin Hopkins.

02:56Dude, you just made a noise.

02:57That wasn't a name.

02:59Now kicking Andre Sussmit.

03:01So, of all these guys who are free, and I know that Greg Joseph is still out there.

03:06Ooh, the white whale.

03:07You'd rather have Moody at this point than any of these no-names.

03:10Well, I actually agree with you except for the one no-name that you left out.

03:14I got my eyes on somebody, Dibs.

03:15You left him completely off of your list.

03:17Uh, not Sussmit?

03:19Not Sussmit.

03:19No, this guy has actually multiple vowels in his last name.

03:23Oh.

03:23He has a young man named Lenny Krieg.

03:26Lenny Krieg.

03:28Um, and the Falcons just waived.

03:31No, I'll tell you.

03:32The Falcons just waived him today because they've got Young Way Koo.

03:36But this is somebody that they are interested in keeping on the practice squad.

03:41They're hoping he makes his way through waivers.

03:44Apparently, there is something called the International Player Pathway.

03:47Have you heard of this before?

03:48No, but I do know that he's German.

03:50Okay, yeah, he's German.

03:51Exactly.

03:52And the International Player Pathway brought him to the Falcons.

03:56They loved what he did in camp.

03:58They put him out there in a preseason game.

04:00And Dibs, he hit one from 57.

04:02Wow.

04:02He nailed one from...

04:03Sounds like Jake Moody.

04:04So he hit one from 57.

04:07They like him.

04:08He had a great camp.

04:09I'd almost rather that.

04:12Like, I know you're not going to do that now.

04:15Especially with someone that you haven't had eyes on in this specific camp.

04:20Especially when he's really struggled with accuracy with the Stuttgart surge.

04:24He did?

04:25Yeah.

04:25He struggled in Stuttgart.

04:26He did?

04:2819 of 26 on field goal attempts in Stuttgart.

04:31Well...

04:31And that's a kicker-friendly league.

04:33No, the weather's crazy over there.

04:34I don't even know.

04:35Like, you're reading AI right now.

04:3711 of 16.

04:38AI is never wrong when it comes to German kickers.

04:40I mean, anyway, point B, I'm not talking specifically about this guy.

04:45I'm talking more about someone like him.

04:47Like, to me, if there is an exciting young leg somewhere, kind of unproven, that's what

04:55I'd be looking for if I'm the 49ers to probably practice squad somebody.

04:59So that somebody's right there in the building if this thing goes awry.

05:04Because we've seen it before.

05:05And that's why I think so many people have an issue with the whole third-round draft pick

05:09thing.

05:09There are really good kickers in this league who've come from nothing.

05:14They came out of nowhere.

05:16And they can kick 55-yarders with regularity, and people just found them as undrafted and

05:22on the street.

05:23That's Brandon Aubrey.

05:24Aubrey in Dallas, the latest example.

05:26So, I don't know.

05:27I guess my issue with the kicker thing is not even so much where Jake Moody's at right

05:32now, as much as the 49ers do not appear to have an open mind.

05:37I think their mind is very open.

05:40Maybe it is.

05:41And I get it.

05:42They don't want to say publicly, yeah, dude is on his last leg.

05:46Pun intended.

05:46But when you come out of that last preseason game and immediately start talking about,

05:52well, we're going to see what Jake does into the season.

05:54Not like week one into the season.

05:57It makes people uncomfortable.

05:59And it makes people think that you're trying to legitimize your pick from a couple of years

06:04ago.

06:04There is that.

06:05And I do think that that is the case with a lot of different positions.

06:09It's not only that way with the kicker.

06:12And you can look at other guys who they held on to and they tried to make it work.

06:16And eventually, you've got to cut ties with them.

06:18And the kicker is an interesting one because it's a necessary evil.

06:22And Jake Moody has a big leg.

06:25He's a guy who has hit from beyond 50.

06:27What, he hit 250 plus in the Super Bowl just a couple of years ago.

06:31So, he hasn't been patently all bad.

06:34So, I think he's earned the right to go out there and regain the job and maintain the job.

06:40And if not, it's not a who's who out there.

06:43Chad Ryland actually has had decent numbers through a couple of years.

06:46So, there are other options, sort of.

06:49But you're going to give Jake Moody the first right of refusal to make mistakes.

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