From @triplethepugg on X/Twitter
Any chance a certain German kicker gets a chance in Germany?
I live in two areas of thought about this question, and they conflict with each other.
Lenny Krieg is on this roster and has been for a while. You have a kicker who just missed an extra point. You're going to Germany. You are playing a seven-win team. Why not just run him out there and see what happens? Do you have anything to lose at this point?
My other thought, however, is that he is not ready. And the evidence and decision-making to this point — I feel — backs this up.
Krieg was on this roster throughout the preseason. He did not do enough to beat Younghoe Koo out of the job. When Koo struggled and his time with the Falcons neared its end, the Falcons did not look to Krieg. They looked to the streets. They brought in kickers time and time again, over and over. They signed two — Parker Romo and Ben Sauls. If Krieg was ready to take on the mantel of starting NFL kicker, wouldn't he have been given the opportunity by now, considering the rollercoaster of kicking woes the team has had since the start of the season? Genuinely, that's the question I have. Because, to me, that signals a lack of confidence. You have him on the team, but you don't trust him as much as you do kickers you've worked out from time to time. That doesn't bode well.
Morris was asked about the kicking situation Monday. This is what he had to say:
"We have to look at that, and we have started that process already. We've worked out a bunch of different people. So, we've been able to bring people in and figure out what it is going to be this week.
"At the end of the day, you have to make that kick. Those pressure situations aren't built on practice fields. They are built in games. They are built in that environment."
The Falcons reportedly released Romo on Tuesday, and signed kicker Zane Gonzalez after a Tuesday workout at the team's facility, according to a report from NFL Network's Mike Garafolo.
As Terrin Waack reported, Gonzalez joins the Falcons with six years of playing experience. He has made 96 of his 120 field-goal attempts. That's good for an 80% career success rate. His career-long stands at 57 yards from 2021.