Should the 49ers Keep or Cut Jake Moody?

The 49ers spent a third-round pick on kicker Jake Moody this past offseason. Should they cut him anyway?

A third-round pick is a large investment in a kicker, but it's not a large investment in general. And Moody was atrocious down the stretch this season. 

First, he missed two kicks in the season finale against the Rams -- in retrospect, that was a sign of things to come. Because in the playoffs, he missed one kick in all three games. And the final miss was an extra point attempt that got blocked in the Super Bowl.

Get him off the team.

Nothing about him gives the team confidence. He replaced a borderline Hall of Famer kicker in Robbie Gould who literally never missed a kick in the playoffs -- he was as reliable as they come in the postseason. As opposed to Moody, who is a headcase.

To be fair, Moody also made a 53-yard field goal and a 55-yard field goal in the Super Bowl -- he has a very strong leg. But the 49ers don't need an inconsistent kicker who can boot the ball a long way. They need someone who's reliable inside 45 yards. They need someone they can count on to make kicks under pressure in big games. That's not Moody.

A big reason the Chiefs won the Super Bowl is that their kicker, Harrison Butker, is extremely reliable. They trust him to make any kick in any situation.

The 49ers have to keep searching for the right kicker. Maybe they can Gould back.