“No question,” Jake Moody will be the 49ers’ kicker in Week 2.
At least that’s what coach Kyle Shanahan told reporters during his press conference following San Francisco’s 17-13 Week 1 victory over the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday at Lumen Field.
Shanahan and the 49ers, who brought in veteran Greg Joseph for the team’s training camp to compete with the 2023 third-round draft pick, have once again decided Moody’s their guy.
Moody went 1-for-3 on field goals on the day and 2-for-2 on extra points in San Francisco’s season-opening win.
With the first half winding down, Moody doinked a 27-yard attempt off the goal post which resulted in the score remaining a 7-7 tie.
In the third quarter, Moody had his second field goal attempt of the game blocked, which kept the Seahawks’ 10-7 advantage intact before making his third attempt of the game in the fourth quarter to even the scoring at 10 apiece.
Shanahan told reporters he was disappointed in not just Moody, but his entire special teams unit and explained why during his press conference.
“Obviously, I was disappointed that we missed two field goals,” Shanahan said. “We missed one which was a big miss, especially we were inside the 10. I want to say it was a 27-yarder. Then the next one [Julian] Love made a hell of a move. … We got to clean up that protection. That’s everyone there. That one wasn’t Jake, that’s just the whole operation. But yeah, we’ve got to do better.”
The 49ers escaped their Week 1 battle with a nail-biting victory despite the kicking struggles, but Moody — who has gone just 12-for-23 in field goal attempts dating back to Week 10 of 2024 — will have to improve for the questions about whether or not San Francisco should make a kicking change to stop anytime soon.
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