NFL Player News
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Nick Folk K | NYJ
Jets' Nick Folk: Makes lone kick Friday
Folk made his only field-goal attempt in Friday's 19-17 preseason loss to the Eagles.
Folk connected on a 41-yard field-goal attempt to end the first half. Meanwhile, Harrison Mevis missed a 55-yard attempt in the third quarter. Folk was already viewed as the favorite to win the Jets' kicking job after making 50 of 52 field-goal attempts over the previous two seasons with the Titans, and that standing was likely solidified Friday.
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Caden Davis K | BUF
Caden Davis: Let go by Buffalo
The Bills waived Davis on Wednesday.
Davis caught on with the Bills in early August to give the team depth at kicker while Tyler Bass was sidelined due to a pelvic injury. Bass is targeting his return for Saturday's preseason finale against Tampa Bay, so Davis' services are no longer required by Buffalo. Davis should get another opportunity from a team in need of a kicker as the regular season approaches.
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Nick Folk K | NYJ
Jets' Nick Folk: Connects on two short FGs
Folk made both of his field-goal attempts in Saturday's 31-12 preseason loss to the Giants.
Folk connected on his first two field-goal attempts of the preseason after Harrison Mevis went 3-for-3 in the preseason opener against the Packers. Most questions about the 40-year-old Folk's ability are tied to power rather than accuracy, so it's no surprise he had no trouble making field goals of 38 and 31 yards Saturday. Folk remains the favorite over Mevis in the Jets' kicking competition.
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Dustin Hopkins K | CLE
Browns' Dustin Hopkins: Takes care of business Saturday
Hopkins converted his lone field-goal attempt in Saturday's preseason win over the Eagles.
Hopkins booted a 46-yarder in the second quarter and has made both of his FGAs in the first two preseason games. He's also made 2-of-3 extra-point kicks, although the miss came on a bad snap. Hopkins is looking to rebound from a down year in 2024, when he made just 67 percent of his field-goal attempts and 85 percent of extra-point tries. That performance prompted the Browns to bring in Andre Szmyt, who converted two field goals and an extra point Saturday, to push Hopkins during training camp.
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Andre Szmyt K | CLE
Browns' Andre Szmyt: Makes three kicks Saturday
Szmyt converted both of his field-goal attempts and an extra-point kick in Saturday's 22-13 preseason win over Philadelphia.
Szmyt showed off his leg with a 49-yarder in the second quarter and later was successful on a 33-yarder. He's in camp along with Dustin Hopkins, who nailed a 46-yarder earlier in the game. Hopkins is expected to open the regular season as Cleveland's placekicker, but he's coming off a 2024 season in which he made just 18-of-27 field-goal attempts. Hence, the decision to bring in Szmyt as competition.
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Maddux Trujillo K | IND
Colts' Maddux Trujillo: Doesn't kick Saturday
Spencer Shrader took all the kicks in Saturday's preseason game, which likely means he's won the starting job, the Indianapolis Star reports. Trujillo is expected to get all kicking opportunities in the final preseason game.
Shrader has been seen as ahead in the kicking competition throughout training camp. Trujillo likely will be making his case for a job with another team in next week's game.
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Spencer Shrader K | IND
Colts' Spencer Shrader: Likely clinched placekicking job
Shrader took all the kicks in Saturday's preseason game, which likely means he's won the starting job, the Indianapolis Star reports. He made all four field-goal attempts, including a 56-yarder, and converted his lone extra-point attempt.
Maddux Trujillo is expected to get all kicking opportunities in the final preseason game. Shrader has been seen as ahead in the kicking competition throughout training camp.
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Tyler Loop K | BAL
Ravens' Tyler Loop: Named kicker for 2025
Coach John Harbaugh said after Saturday's 31-13 preseason victory at Dallas that Loop is the Ravens' kicker for the 2025 campaign, Clifton Brown of the team's official site reports.
Baltimore used a sixth-round pick on Loop in this year's draft, seemingly with the intent to replace long-time kicker Justin Tucker, who was released not long after and eventually suspended 10 games. Loop was vying with undrafted rookie John Hoyland during the offseason program and the early stages of training camp, but the latter was waived on Aug. 2, leaving Loop as the sole kicker on the Ravens' roster since then. Loop has responded by connecting on six of eight field-goal attempts through two preseason contests and now is locked in as the team's placekicker moving forward.
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Jake Moody K | SF
49ers' Jake Moody: Makes five fields goals Saturday
Moody went 5-for-6 on field-goal attempts and 1-for-1 in extra-point tries during a 22-19 preseason win against the Raiders on Saturday.
San Francisco implied a vote of confidence in Moody by releasing his main competition for the team's kicking job in veteran Greg Joseph in early August, and Moody made that decision look wise with his performance Saturday. The Michigan product's first two conversions were relatively easy -- they came from 30 and 26 yards, respectively -- but he showed a big leg in the fourth quarter, when he was successful from 50, 44 and 59 yards. Moody did miss one attempt from 53 yards out, but that shouldn't put a damper on what may have been a big boost to his confidence after he struggled last year, converting just 24 of 34 field-goal tries.
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Tyler Bass K | BUF
Bills' Tyler Bass: Targeting preseason finale
Bills head coach Sean McDermott said Friday that Bass (pelvis) is "moving in the right direction" and hopes he'll be available for the team's preseason finale against Tampa Bay on Sat., Aug. 23, Katherine Fitzgerald of The Buffalo News reports.
Bass will practice in a limited capacity Friday, Maddy Glab of the Bills' official site reports, but he'll sit out Sunday's preseason matchup against the Bears as Buffalo continues to take a cautious approach to his recovery. Caden Davis will continue to handle first-team kicker duties for the Bills until Bass is fully cleared.