49ers bring in competition for Jake Moody

San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan said the team would bring in a veteran kicker after the NFL Draft to compete with Jake Moody. According to his agent, Brett Tessler, the 49ers are signing 8-year veteran Greg Joseph to a one-year deal.

Joseph, 30, spent time with the New York Giants last season and bounced around on a couple of teams during the latter half of the season. Special teams coordinator Brant Boyer knows what Joseph is capable of, as one of those teams was the New York Jets.

In 2024, Joseph made all 11 of his extra-point attempts and went 16-for-20 on his field goals, but he was only 5-for-8 from 40-49 yards and 1-for-2 from 50+ yards.

Joseph made 80 percent of his field goal attempts in 2023 with the Minnesota Vikings. However, he was 3-for-6 from 40-40 yards and 4-for-7 from 50+ yards. Joseph missed two of his 38 extra-point attempts.

And if we go back one previous season, where Joseph was also with the Vikings, his percentage drops to 78 on 33 attempts. That year, Joseph made seven of his eight attempts from 40-49 yards, missed six of his ten attempts from 50+ yards, and missed six of his 46 extra point attempts.

Unsurprisingly, the competition on the market isn’t top-tier at this point in the offseason. We’ll see if this ends up being an actual competition or if Moody is pushed at all, but we have our answer as to who the other kicker is to compete with Moody.