Sports · NFL kicker changeFalcons sign Jake Moody: Reported Nick Folk exit follows five field-goal missesAired November 10, 2026 at 8:19 PM UTCWatchTranscript0:00Falcon signed Jake Moody reported Nick Folk exit follows five field goal misses.0:07Nick Folk missed five of his eighteen field goal attempts.0:10Atlanta is reportedly replacing him with Jake Moody from Baltimore's practice squad.0:14But it would also leave the Ravens needing another kicker while Tyler Loop is0:17injured.0:18What does Moody bring to Atlanta?0:19And what would his departure mean for Baltimore?0:22Moody made a fifty-three yard field goal and his only extra point attempt against0:26Jacksonville on Thursday, November5.0:28Baltimore lost that game thirty-three to ten.0:30The Ravens had elevated Moody from their practice squad to handle the kicking job.0:34Five days later, Atlanta moved to bring him onto its active roster and release Folk.0:39The proposed switch follows missed field goals in each of Folk's last two games.0:43Folk has made thirteen of eighteen field goals this season.0:45That's a seventy, two point two two percent conversion rate, and his longest0:49successful kick is fifty, one yards.0:51Atlanta would be changing kickers after a five missed stretch across his season.0:55Across nine games, Folk has also made seventeen of eighteen extra points.0:59His difficulties therefore extend beyond the too recent field goal misses.1:03Those results give Atlanta a concrete reason to reconsider the position, but they1:07can't tell the team how Moody will perform.1:09Moody made nineteen of twenty three field goals last season, along with fifteen of1:13sixteen extra points.1:14Those are his combined two thousand and twenty five totals across three teams.1:18He spent that year with San Francisco, Chicago, and Washington.1:22His latest Baltimore appearance adds one successful game to that history.1:25A single fifty-three yard make is Atlanta a recent example of his distance, but1:29little basis for predicting his consistency over the rest of the season.1:33Moody's move would change two teams' kicking arrangements at once.1:36Atlanta would hand him Folk's job.1:38Baltimore would lose the practice, squad replacement it had just used successfully,1:42with its regular kicker still unavailable.1:44Loop's injury had already forced Baltimore to adjust before Moody's Jacksonville1:48appearance.1:48His absence now makes the possible departure more consequential for the Ravens.1:52Loop had a right grow in injury on November second when injured reserve was being1:56considered.1:57By November tenth, he was on injured reserve.1:59His absence is expected to last at least a few more weeks, extending Baltimore's2:03need for a replacement.2:04Atlanta would get a kicker coming off a successful outing, with a longer record2:08spread across several teams.2:09Baltimore would have another immediate opening to fill.2:12The signing and release still await official confirmation, and Baltimore's next2:16replacement hasn't been identified.2:17If Moody leaves, the Ravens need another kicker before Loop returns.Story timelineHeyDex
