"Piñeiro suffered a grade 1 hamstring strain in his right (kicking) leg in Sunday's win against the Arizona Cardinals. Coach Kyle Shanahan said Monday that Piñeiro would be "week to week" and the Niners would work out multiple kickers over the past 48 hours. In addition to Gay, the 49ers also had kickers Anders Carlson, John Parker Romo, Tanner Brown and Cade York in for tryouts before signing Gay."
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Eddy Piñeiro suffered a grade 1 hamstring strain in his right (kicking) leg in the 49ers' win against the Arizona Cardinals and will be evaluated week to week. The San Francisco 49ers signed kicker Matt Gay to the practice squad to evaluate Piñeiro without changing the 53-man roster. The team worked out multiple kickers before signing Gay. Gay was released by the Washington Commanders after struggles, going 13-of-19 on field goals in 10 games with Washington. Gay made 84% of his 212 career field-goal attempts. Washington replaced Gay with Jake Moody, whom the 49ers released in Week 2.
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