SANTA CLARA — The 2024 NFL season has been a challenging campaign for the 49ers, and that includes second-year kicker Jake Moody.
Moody has made 23 of his 30 field goal attempts or a 76.7 percent success rate, which is a significant drop from his 84 percent conversion rate in 2023 after completing 21 of 25 of his attempts as a rookie.
Coach Kyle Shanahan still has confidence in his kicker but understands the misses are concerning.
“I still feel the same about him, that I believe he is going to be our guy,” Shanahan said on Thursday. “Everyone has got to perform and do things like that and I think he has had a tough year. I think before his high ankle sprain, I think he was like, missed one, I think he was 12 of 13 before that.”
Moody suffered a high ankle sprain in Week 5 while trying to make a …