{"id":82858,"date":"2025-11-19T20:20:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T00:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/49ers-sign-matt-gay-reinforcement-for-pineiros-uncertainty\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T20:20:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T00:20:24","slug":"49ers-sign-matt-gay-reinforcement-for-pineiros-uncertainty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nfl\/49ers-sign-matt-gay-reinforcement-for-pineiros-uncertainty\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers sign Matt Gay: Reinforcement for Pi\u00f1eiro&#8217;s uncertainty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">49ers Secure Matt Gay as Interim Kicker<\/h2>\n\n\nThe San Francisco 49ers have made a crucial decision following the injury of Eddy Pi\u00f1eiro, their starting kicker. The team announced the signing of Matt Gay to the practice squad, providing a temporary solution while they assess Pi\u00f1eiro&#8217;s condition.\n\nPi\u00f1eiro suffered a Grade 1 hamstring injury in his right leg during the game against the Arizona Cardinals. Coach Kyle Shanahan indicated that Pi\u00f1eiro&#8217;s recovery would be &#8220;week to week&#8221;.\n\nBefore settling on Gay, the 49ers evaluated several kickers, including Anders Carlson, John Parker Romo, Tanner Brown, and Cade York.\n\nMatt Gay arrives at the team after being released by the Washington Commanders, where he had some difficulties, including missed field goal attempts. During his time with the Commanders, Gay made 13 of 19 field goal attempts and made all 22 extra points.\n\nGay has extensive experience in the NFL, having played in 100 games with teams like the Commanders, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Los Angeles Rams, and Indianapolis Colts. Throughout his career, he has converted 84% of his 212 field goal attempts.\n\nTo make room for Gay on the practice squad, the 49ers released wide receiver Russell Gage Jr.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>49ers Secure Matt Gay as Interim Kicker The San Francisco 49ers have made a crucial decision following the injury of Eddy Pi\u00f1eiro, their starting kicker. The team announced the signing of Matt Gay to the practice squad, providing a temporary solution while they assess Pi\u00f1eiro&#8217;s condition. Pi\u00f1eiro suffered a Grade 1 hamstring injury in his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[1330,290,62,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-82858","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-49ers","9":"tag-injury","10":"tag-kicker","11":"tag-matt-gay"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}