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Koo (groin) didn't participate in Thursday's practice, Will McFadden of the Falcons' official site reports.

The Falcons haven't officially ruled Koo out for Monday's game against the Packers, but the kicker appears set to miss time after suffering a right groin strain during the team's Week 3 loss to the Bears. In anticipation of Koo's absence, the Falcons added another kicker to their practice squad Thursday in Elliott Fry. He'll presumably be elevated to the 53-man roster in the coming days and should make his NFL debut Week 4.

Santos is expected to remain the Bears' kicker for Sunday's game against the Colts, Jeff Dickerson of ESPN.com reports.

After Eddy Pineiro (groin) was placed on injured reserve shortly before the season opener, Santos has kicked in each of the Bears' first three games, converting on four of six field-goal tries and eight of eight extra-point attempts. Though Pineiro will be eligible to return from IR this week, coach Matt Nagy suggested Wednesday that the 25-year-old is unlikely to be ready to kick by Sunday. Santos is thus on track to retain the kicking job for a fourth straight game, but he could surrender the gig to Pineiro as soon as Week 5.

Coach Matt Nagy doesn't think Pineiro (groin) will be ready to play against the Colts in Week 4, Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune reports.

Chicago would need to remove Pineiro from IR before he can play, and Cairo Santos will continue to fill in as long as Pineiro remains sidelined. The Bears have a short week before facing the Buccaneers on Thursday in Week 5, so Pineiro will be hard-pressed to heal up in time for that one.

Washington released Maher from the practice squad Wednesday, Sam Fortier of The Washington Post reports.

Maher spent most of September on Washington's practice squad, but he'll now need to search for a reserve role with another club. He appeared in 29 games with the Cowboys from 2018 to 2019.

Tucker went 2-for-2 on field goals and converted both of his extra-point tries Monday against the Chiefs.

The star kicker connected on field goals of 26 and 42 yards, and now Tucker has made a field goal of at least 40 yards in each game thus far this season. Tucker is 7-for-7 on field goals and 10-for-10 on extra points on the year. Baltimore visits Washington in Week 4.

Butker missed his only field goal attempt as well as one of his four extra-point tries in Monday night's 34-20 win over the Ravens.

Butker followed his Week 2 heroics with an unusually poor performance. He not only went wide left on his first PAT attempt, but also missed the same way on a 42-yard field goal prior to halftime. Through three games, Butker has now misfired on a pair of extra points, with Monday's inaccurate attempt contributing toward a season-low of four points total.

Bass made all five of his extra-point tries but didn't attempt a field goal in Sunday's 35-32 win over the Rams.

Bass did all that was required of him on a day Buffalo scored all five of its touchdowns from inside the five-yard line. Such efficiency restricted Bass's potential production, but he nonetheless went a second straight week without a miss following his two misfires in Week 1. He's also been excellent on kickoffs, with 83.3 percent of them resulting in touchbacks.

Tucker made both of his field-goal attempts and both of his extra-point tries in Monday night's 34-20 loss to the Chiefs.

Tucker converted from 26 and 42 yards on his field goals, which, along with his couple extra-point makes, kept him perfect on the season. Through three games, Tucker sports 31 points, notching at least eight in every game thus far.

Gonzalez made his only field-goal attempt but missed one of his three extra-point tries in Sunday's 26-23 loss to the Lions.

Gonzalez converted from 54 yards on his lone field goal but kicked wide right on his second PAT attempt, giving him a couple misses from that distance through just three games this season. Although Gonzalez sports a respectable 23 points to date, he'll want to cut out his simple mistakes and stop costing his team easy points going forward.

Badgley knocked home both his field goal and extra-point attempt in Sunday's 21-16 loss to the Panthers.

Badgley was robbed of an additional extra-point attempt when the Chargers were forced to go for a two-point conversation late in the game. The third-year kicker has missed just one attempt all season, and has missed just two attempts from inside the 40 throughout his entire career, although the Chargers' offense has struggled at times to put him within his ideal range.