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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Jake Moody K | WAS

    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.

  • 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.

  • Ryan Coe K | TB

    Ryan Coe: Let go by Tampa Bay

    Coe was waived by the Buccaneers on Tuesday, per the NFL's official transaction log.

    Coe signed with Tampa Bay as an undrafted free agent in May, giving the team an additional kicker at training camp alongside presumed starter Chase McLaughlin. Coe is now available to be claimed by the rest of the league while on waivers, but if no one bites, he could return to the Buccaneers as a member of the team's practice squad.

  • Jonathan Kim K | CHI

    Jonathan Kim: Waived by Chicago

    The Bears waived Kim on Tuesday, Courtney Cronin of ESPN.com reports.

    Undrafted out of Michigan State earlier this year, Kim signed with the Bears in April. He made both of his extra-point attempts in this past Sunday's preseason opener against the Dolphins, but Cairo Santos appears to have kept his job as the team's kicker.

  • Panthers' Matthew Wright: Competing for job

    Wright and Ryan Fitzgerald are in a close competition for Carolina's kicking job, according to Alex Zietlow of The Charlotte Observer.

    Fitzgerald is an undrafted rookie, while Wright has kicked for six different NFL teams in the regular season, converting 55 of 63 field-goal attempts (87.3 percent) and 41 of 43 PATs (95.3 percent) in 29 games. Panthers coach Dave Canales said Monday that he doesn't have any clarity on the competition, because both kickers have been impressive this summer and made strong cases for the job.

  • Packers' Brandon McManus: Perfect in preseason opener

    McMamus made a 46-yard field goal and the lone extra point he attempted in Saturday's 30-10 exhibition loss to the Jets.

    The Packers gave McManus only a couple chances to score, but he converted both opportunities. Although two other kickers are part of Green Bay's training camp roster, McManus shined last season and signed a three-year extension with the Packers in March, so he is locked in as the team's placekicker.

  • Buccaneers' Chase McLaughlin: True on three kicks Saturday

    McLaughlin connected on field-goal attempts of 45 and 23 yards and also converted his one extra-point try in the Buccaneers' 29-7 preseason win over the Titans on Saturday night.

    The veteran kicker already looked in midseason form during his first taste of game action since the wild-card loss to the Commanders in January. McLaughlin tied a career high with 32 made field goals and posted a career-best 93.8 percent conversion rate on field-goal attempts across 17 regular-season games in 2024, and he once again projects for plenty of scoring opportunities in the coming season while attached to the team's Baker Mayfield-led offense.

  • Jake Bates K | DET

    Lions' Jake Bates: Nails only FGA versus ATL

    Bates made his only field-goal attempt while going 2-for-2 on extra-point tries in Friday's 17-10 preseason win over the Falcons.

    Bates was able to connect on a 57-yard field-goal try in the third quarter, notching his first make of the preseason. The kicker has now opened the preseason exactly where he left off last season, making Friday's field goal while combining to go 3-for-3 on PATs over two games so far in the preseason.

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