{"id":799399,"date":"2026-03-08T00:51:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T00:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/799399\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T00:51:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T00:51:42","slug":"49ers-sign-kicker-eddy-pineiro-to-a-4-year-17m-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/799399\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers sign kicker Eddy Pineiro to a 4-year, $17M contract"},"content":{"rendered":"

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) \u2014 The San Francisco 49ers<\/a> agreed to a four-year, $17 million contract with kicker Eddy Pineiro<\/a> to keep him off the free agent market next week.<\/p>\n

Agent Drew Rosenhaus said Saturday that the two sides reached agreement on the deal that includes $10 million guaranteed. Pineiro was set to become an unrestricted free agent on Wednesday and was free to start negotiating with other teams on Monday.<\/p>\n

ESPN first reported the contract that ranks 13th highest in average annual value for a kicker.<\/p>\n

The 49ers signed the 30-year-old Pineiro after Week 1 last season and he immediately solidified a spot that had been inconsistent for San Francisco ever since the team spent a third-round pick on Jake Moody in 2023.<\/p>\n

Pineiro made 28 of 29 field goals with his only miss coming from 64 yards at the end of the first half in a Week 16 win at Indianapolis. Pineiro led the NFL<\/a> by making 96.6% of his field-goal attempts, including six made tries from at least 50 yards. Pineiro also made all three field-goal tries in the playoffs, including a 56-yarder in a divisional round loss to Seattle.<\/p>\n

The seven total makes from at least 50 yards tied a franchise record set by David Akers in 2011.<\/p>\n

Pineiro had previously played five seasons in the NFL with Chicago, the New York Jets<\/a> and Carolina before signing with San Francisco last September. His career mark of 89.7% made field goals ranks second all time among kickers with at least 100 attempts, behind only Cameron Dicker’s<\/a> 93.5% for the Los Angeles Chargers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pineiro has been less reliable on extra points with his four misses last season tying for the second most in the NFL. His career mark of 91.5% on extra points ranks 42nd out of 48 kickers with at least 100 attempts since the current distance was set in 2015.<\/p>\n

The 49ers had previously signed 40-year-old long snapper Jon Weeks<\/a> to a one-year contract for 2026 and are still trying to work out a deal with punter Thomas Morstead<\/a> to bring him back at age 40 and keep their entire kicking battery intact.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP NFL: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nfl<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) \u2014 The San Francisco 49ers agreed to a four-year, $17 million contract with kicker…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2064],"tags":[10726,241,10124,7,13385,1014,262,2444,2443,122,6,252,6845],"class_list":["post-799399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-los-angeles-chargers","tag-cameron-dicker","tag-chargers","tag-eddy-pineiro","tag-football","tag-jon-weeks","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-chargers","tag-losangeles","tag-losangeleschargers","tag-national-football-league","tag-nfl","tag-san-francisco-49ers","tag-thomas-morstead"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116190818543521960","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799399","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=799399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799399\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}