LANDOVER, MD – After a sleepless night and a frigid shower, Jake Moody was mobbed by virtual strangers for doing a job he didn’t know he’d have until the day before.
Such is the life of an NFL kicker.
Moody’s 38-yard field goal – though the Maryland mist and at the final gun – defeated the Washington Commanders 25-24 in his Chicago Bears debut Monday night.
“(I)t feels amazing, obviously,” said Moody, a third-round pick out of Michigan two years ago by the San Francisco 49ers, who waived him last month after he failed to find a consistent groove with them.
“Hitting a game winner is always a good time. Doing it for a new team, my first game – it’s huge. … So, glad to be a part of a team like this, and we're going to keep moving forward.”
