Tyler Loop’s memorable first NFL road game had the perfect ending. After drilling five field goals in the Ravens’ 31-13 win over the Dallas Cowboys in the second preseason game, Loop was officially named Baltimore’s next kicker and heir to Justin Tucker. It’s no surprise considering the rookie is the only kicker on Baltimore’s roster. But it’s also no surprise …
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My least favorite part of fantasy football is when a kicker misses a field goal and a million fantasy managers call for the end of the kicker position in our grand little game. They demand the abolition of kickers in fantasy football, yet they have nothing to say when a tight end drops a gimme touchdown pass or a quarterback …
Read More »Cam Little was weeks off from history, not yards, when he closed the first half of the Jacksonville Jaguars’ preseason opener with a kick the NFL has never seen. On the final play of the second quarter, the Jaguars kicker drilled a 70-yard field goal to cut the Pittsburgh Steelers’ lead to 14-9. He was immediately mobbed by teammates before …
Read More »It’s not just George Kittle. 49ers kicker Jake Moody could be affected by NFL’s new PEDs ban San Francisco Chronicle Get a whiff of this: NFL players can use own salts ESPN NFL bans smelling salts: What are they, and why were they banned now? Yahoo Sports 49ers star George Kittle praises Iowa alum Caitlin Clark Fox News NFL reveals reasons why smelling salts …
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers’ summer kicking competition was billed as one that would push, sharpen and strengthen Jake Moody, and it had everyone — from Kyle Shanahan to Nick Bosa to the media — suddenly paying attention to special teams drills. And now, after nine training camp practices, it appears to be over. The team released …
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Projected Starter This will be the first training camp that the Ravens will have a kicking competition since Justin Tucker beat out veteran Billy Cundiff ahead of the 2012 Super Bowl season. The Ravens used one of their 11 draft picks in April to select Loop with the hope of having him be the kicker for years to come. He …
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