Kyle Shanahan still believes in Jake Moody. Moody missed three field goals this past Sunday during the 49ers' 23-20 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He nearly cost the 49ers the game.
Moody missed three field goals this past Sunday during the 49ers'over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He nearly cost the 49ers the game. But on the final play of the game, despite missing three field goals in a row, he made the game-winner. Which means technically, he was the hero.
"No one has a perfect game, ever, that I've seen," said 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan. "I mean kickers, I guess, can because you're just judged on your attempts. But I mean just most football players, there are so many highs and lows that go in a game. Sometimes it could be in front of everybody, which usually is a quarterback or a missed tackle, a corner getting beat on something, a receiver dropping a ball, a penalty. But all that stuff's going to happen.
Despite having the worst game of his life, Moody managed to find the confidence and focus to make the kick that mattered. Of course, if he keeps missing kicks, the 49ers will have no choice but to replace him. But for now, his story has a happy ending.Grant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis. In 2012, Inside the 49ers won Sports Blog of the Year from the Peninsula Press Club.
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