{"id":357851,"date":"2025-09-10T21:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T21:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/357851\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T21:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T21:44:10","slug":"kyle-shanahan-keeps-it-blunt-on-cutting-jake-moody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/357851\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Shanahan keeps it blunt on cutting Jake Moody"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite the 17-13 victory over the Seattle Seahawks, head coach Kyle Shanahan<\/a> confirmed that the San Francisco 49ers would move forward without their kicker<\/a> after a performance that once again raised concerns.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cJake’s got a chance to have a hell of a future. He’s that talented. But when it gets to that point, you can see it affecting him from a mental [standpoint]. So, you have no choice,\u201d Shanahan said, according to David Lombardi X post.<\/p>\n

The 49ers\u2019 decision came after Moody pushed a 27-yard attempt off the upright and had a 36-yard kick blocked. While he did connect on a 32-yard field goal that tied the game late, Shanahan admitted the margin for error had disappeared.<\/p>\n

\u201cWasn’t that much of a decision,\u201d Shanahan said when addressing the move<\/a> to cut Moody. His remarks reflected the growing pressure surrounding the kicker since the team invested a third-round pick in him during the 2023 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n

Moody\u2019s issues weren\u2019t limited to Week 1. He had already faced criticism during the 2024 season, when he missed 11 kicks. The inconsistency left San Francisco with a glaring special teams concern heading into 2025. Despite Shanahan\u2019s initial support after Sunday\u2019s win, he conceded that the mistakes had been costly.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWe missed one which was a big miss, especially we were inside the 10\u2026 Then the next one [Julian] Love made a hell of a move. \u2026 We got to clean up that protection. That\u2019s everyone there. That one wasn\u2019t Jake; that\u2019s just the whole operation. But yeah, we\u2019ve got to do better,\u201d Shanahan explained.<\/p>\n

By Tuesday, the team had already turned the page. The 49ers officially signed Eddy Pineiro to a one-year contract. The veteran kicker arrives with an 88.1 percent career field-goal rate and most recently played for the Carolina Panthers, where he converted 22 of 26 attempts in 2024. His addition provides immediate stability for a team that needed a quick answer before its Week 2 matchup against the New Orleans Saints.<\/a><\/p>\n

The 49ers\u2019 decision to cut Moody highlights how swiftly San Francisco acted to address its concern at the position. Although the team managed to escape with a divisional victory to start the season, Shanahan made it clear that consistency on special teams could not be compromised. The move closes the book on Moody\u2019s turbulent tenure and opens a new chapter with Pineiro stepping into one of the NFL\u2019s most scrutinized jobs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite the 17-13 victory over the Seattle Seahawks, head coach Kyle Shanahan confirmed that the San Francisco 49ers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2076],"tags":[7,7370,2812,896,55,2572,2571,6,397,252],"class_list":{"0":"post-357851","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-orleans-saints","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-jake-moody","10":"tag-kyle-shanahan","11":"tag-new-orleans","12":"tag-new-orleans-saints","13":"tag-neworleans","14":"tag-neworleanssaints","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-saints","17":"tag-san-francisco-49ers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115182191949926011","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}