{"id":84942,"date":"2025-08-28T22:03:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T22:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84942"},"modified":"2025-08-28T22:03:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T22:03:24","slug":"49ers-gm-john-lynch-sends-strong-message-on-kicker-jake-moody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84942","title":{"rendered":"49ers GM John Lynch Sends Strong Message on Kicker Jake Moody"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2230503976_31f8f7.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2230503976_31f8f7.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2230503976_31f8f7.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2230503976_31f8f7.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"49ers GM John Lynch Sends Strong Message on Kicker Jake Moody\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>Candice Ward\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Jake Moody&#8217;s solid preseason included a game-winning 59-yard field goal against the Raiders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jake Moody is still the San Francisco 49ers kicker, much to the dismay of Niners fans everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, president and general manager John Lynch addressed the competition between Moody and veteran Greg Joseph and what went into the decision to keep the much-maligned third-year kicker.<\/p>\n<p>Moody had a stellar rookie season, making 21 of 25 field goals and leading the league in made extra points (60). But he\u00a0regressed to just 70.6 percent on field goals in his second season \u2014 keeping in line with San Francisco\u2019s highly forgettable regression season where it went 6-11 after making the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, Moody outperformed Joseph in camp and went 5 for 6 on extra points and 6 of 7 on field goals during San Francisco\u2019s three preseason games. That included his 5 for 6 outing against the Las Vegas Raiders that was capped by a 59-yard game-winner on the final play of the Niners\u2019 22-19 win.<\/p>\n<h2>What Did John Lynch Say About Jake Moody\u2019s Preseason?<\/h2>\n<p>Despite the missed extra point, which came in San Francisco\u2019s preseason-closing 30-23 win over the Los Angeles Chargers, Moody was strong according to Lynch, who was surprised to read so much criticism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJake had a really good preseason,\u201d Lynch said. \u201cI found it interesting that, after having a hell of a game in Las Vegas, a lot of people still have questions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moody was still 14 for 14 on field goals inside of 40 yards last season and made all but one of his 46 kicks from inside that mark in 2024 \u2014 his only missed extra point came in Week 17 against the Detroit Lions.<\/p>\n<p>But Moody, who missed three games with a high ankle sprain, never seemed to be right after the injury. He went 11 for 20 from Week 10 on and arguably cost San Francisco a win in Week 17 against the Lions by missing two field goals and an extra point in its 40-34 loss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI guess when you have a season like he did last year, those things are going to be there until you kind of put that away,\u201d Lynch said. \u201cWe got a lot of belief in him, and understand that last year was rough, but that happens in guy\u2019s careers.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>What Did John Lynch Say About The 49ers\u2019 Kicking Competition?<\/h2>\n<p>To cynics, it may have seemed like the 49ers\u2019 kicking competition was a farce, since Joseph only lasted until Aug. 4 before he was released.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, Lynch pushed back against that assessment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it was an excellent competition between him and Joseph,\u201d Lynch said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t want that competition to end, but anyone who says it wasn\u2019t a competition, I don\u2019t really agree.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Moody won the job based on both his preseason and the fact Lynch drafted him with the 99th pick of the 2023 NFL Draft. Yet, for him to keep the job, Moody will need to be great like he was in his rookie season, according to Lynch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur confidence and belief in him is what we see out here,\u201d Lynch said. \u201cBut everything is earned in this league in each and every game, each and every year, and Jake understands that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pat Pickens is an experienced sports writer and media personality who has written for outlets like NHL.com, the Associated Press, the New York Times and USA Today. He covers the NFL, NBA, NHL and NBA as a breaking news contributor at Heavy. More about Pat Pickens<\/p>\n<h2>More Heavy on 49ers<\/h2>\n<p>Loading more stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 49ers stuck with Jake Moody as their kicker despite his struggles in 2024, and GM John Lynch reiterated his belief in Moody after his solid preseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":84943,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>49ers GM John Lynch Sends Strong Message on Kicker Jake Moody - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84942\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"49ers GM John Lynch Sends Strong Message on Kicker Jake Moody - 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