Atlanta has an honest-to-goodness fight on its hand for the first time in years. The last time the Atlanta Falcons had an honest-to-goodness summer kicker
Younghoe Koo knew that after his season was cut short in 2024 due to a hip injury and struggled a bit kicking the football, he could have some competition within the Falcons camp during the offseason.
Younghoe Koo is the Falcons' returning kicker, but he is not the favorite for the job. The team signed German kicker Lenny Krieg to a three-year, $2.975 million contract, an indication they plan on him competing to be the kicker in 2025.
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FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- Lenny Krieg often didn't know his holder. The placement of the football's he kicked weren't ideal. He made all 14 of his field goals anyways.
The 2024 season was a mess in a lot of ways for the Falcons, particularly at the quarterback position. However, the kicking game, which had been a strength for a number of years, also cost Atlanta 3-4 games, .
There’s one major competition and an otherwise mostly settled picture for Falcons special teams. With the 2025 NFL Draft over, it’s a fine time to revisit the Atlanta Falcons roster.
Younghoe Koo has been a key part of the Atlanta Falcons since 2019, known as one of the most accurate kickers in NFL history. He even made the Pro Bowl in 2020.
Atlanta Falcons head coach Raheem Morris is far from a special teams guru -- just ask him. "Only thing I can measure when you're talking about (a) kicker is whether it goes in or it misses," Morris said April 1 at the NFL league meetings.
German-born kicker Lenny Krieg impressed scouts at the NFL Combine and the International Player Pathway Program. At the NFL Combine, Krieg made all 14 field goals he attempted, ranging from 35 to 55 yards in length.
The Atlanta Falcons have added competition for kicker Younghoe Koo -- and they dipped into the international market to do so. Atlanta signed German-born kicker Lenny Krieg to a three-year contract with a signing bonus and a base-salary guarantee, NFL Network insider Mike Garafolo reported Thursday.
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Some rumors have been swirling that Atlanta Falcons kicker Younghoe Koo may be cut from the team to save around $3 million in cap space. Falcons GM Terry Fontenot said after the season that he will bring in competition at all positions, including kicker.
Atlanta Falcons kicker Younghoe Koo had an uncharacteristically subpar 2024 season, one that has, at least more than years past, brought up a conversation surrounding his future.
The Atlanta Falcons have been one of the NFL's best field goal-kicking teams over the past decade. Dating back to 2015, Atlanta has made the second most field goals in the NFL with 306 and boasts an 86.3% made field goal rate, the fourth-best mark in the league.
The team’s general manager faced pointed questions about his job and roster in an end of year press conference. Terry Fontenot had to know his end of year press conference would be a less than pleasant affair.
The NFL released its Pro Bowl rosters and alternates on Thursday, and the Atlanta Falcons will be represented by offensive lineman Chris Lindstrom and special teams ace KhaDarel Hodge.
The Atlanta Falcons placed Younghoe Koo on injured reserve Wednesday and signed fellow kicker Riley Patterson to the active roster off the Cleveland Browns' practice squad.
Although he is one of the NFL’s highest-paid specialists, Koo has made just 73.5 percent of his kicks this season.
Atlanta Falcons kicker Younghoe Koo made a career-long 58-yard field goal earlier this season — but he didn’t get a chance to try kicks from shorter distances Monday night.
Atlanta Falcons head coach Raheem Morris said he still trusts Younghoe Koo amid a rough patch. Koo's slump continued when he missed a 35-yard field goal early in Sunday's 17-13 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers.
Hero to zero. In the Atlanta Falcons' first meeting with the New Orleans Saints -- a 26-24 Atlanta victory on Sept. 29 -- Falcons kicker Younghoe Koo earned NFC Special Teams Player of the Week after going 4-of-4 on field goals, including a career-long 58-yarder game-winner in the closing seconds.
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Los Angeles Chargers fans probably remember kicker Younghoe Koo quite well. And they probably saw him shining bright on “Thursday Night Football” with
Younghoe Koo might be the best kicker in Falcons history. Following his career-long 58-yard, game-winning field goal against the Saints, it might be time to start a conversation that Koo is better than Matt Bryant.
Younghoe Koo kicked a career-long 58-yard field goal with two seconds left as the Atlanta Falcons beat the visiting New Orleans Saints 26-24 on Sunday.
The New Orleans Saints may have looked like Super Bowl contenders through the first two weeks of the season, but poor game management by head coach Dennis Allen has made the promising start to the season go south.
In total, there were six missed field goals in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter or overtime that would have either been tying kicks or game-winning kicks.
Field goals in the final seconds of regulation had a big moment in Week 3, and we aren't just talking about Justin Tucker's record-setting 66-yard kick for the Ravens.
Koo had an interesting request after discovering his car had been stolen.
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