The 49ers have agreed to sign kicker Joey Slye (Twitter link via NFL.com’s Tom Pelissero). The veteran kicker will fill in for Robbie Gould, who will miss some period of time with a groin injury. Gould will miss at least three games. The 49ers placed him on IR Tuesday, per NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport (on Twitter), and will move Slye into his roster spot.
The 49ers scratched their longtime kicker just before kickoff Sunday and were forced to use punter Mitch Wishnowsky in double duty. Wishnowsky missed an extra point and a field goal in San Francisco’s loss to Seattle and will give way to a more experienced kicker in Week 5.
Slye, 26, spent some time with the Texans this year, pinch-kicking for Ka’imi Fairbairn. He wound up completing four of his five field goals while going 7-for-8 on extra points. Previously to that, he was with the Panthers, succeeding Graham Gano as the starting kicker in 2019 and keeping the gig through 2020. He improved a bit during his second full season, connecting on 29 of his 36 field goal attempts and 33 of his 36 extra point tries.
His first game with the 49ers will come this week against the Cardinals. This will be Slye’s third team in 2021; Gould, 38, has been San Francisco’s kicker since 2017. He is attached to a four-year, $19MM contract that runs through next season.
I’ve never seen a team have so many injuries. It’s insane. I know other rams have injuries and some have a lot but none as bad as this team. It makes you wonder. Have they looked into why this is or something they just think it’s bad luck? I feel like there’s more to it. Like maybe guys are staying hydrated or stretching good enough before practice and games. Maybe it’s that these guys are just injury prone and I know some of them are but not all of them. It’s just crazy to me. I hope going forward Lynch really values signing, drafting and trading for guys who are more durable because it’s hard enough to win in this league when you’re healthy but it’s damn near impossible me to win when half your roster is on the sidelines hurt.
It’s because of shanahan, he’s an arrogant, stuck up, SOB.
Who tf pissed in your Cheerios? Disregarding the fact that your subjective opinion is stupid, it still doesn’t explain why players are getting hurt so much. Do better.
What does your hate for him have to do with the team injury. Doesn’t explain it.
He personally injured the players with his flat brim.
It’s because you root for the team.
This team should be great but we cant stay healthy at all lost rb , cb, qb and so many others it’s crazy how we are getting hit with injuries again this year , 4 games 6 starters hurt plus the back ups man I just hope its stops and we get healthy so we can see if we can be a good team
This team should be great but we cant stay healthy at all lost rb , cb, qb and so many others it’s crazy how we are getting hit with injuries again this year , 4 games 6 starters hurt plus the back ups man I just hope its stops and we get healthy so we can see if we can be a good team go 49ers
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