Gould roots for 49ers despite ‘fractured’ front-office relationships originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
Veteran kicker Robbie Gould wanted to remain with the 49ers following the 2022 NFL season, but San Francisco’s front office went in a different direction, opting to move on and draft Jake Moody.
More than a year later, Gould addressed negotiations with the 49ers while also admitting he’s still rooting for his former teammates to win a Super Bowl.
“Could I have gone back to San Francisco? Probably not,” Gould told NBC Sports Bay Area’s Matt Maiocco last week at the 2024 American Century Championship celebrity gold tournament at the Edgewood Resort in Lake Tahoe. “I think the relationship there from the executives to me was definitely fractured. Not in a poor way, I just think negotiations and how those things operated, they take a toll on your relationships.
“I’ll be forever thankful for what they did for my family, very thankful for the York family for what they did for six years, giving me an opportunity to have success and play in NFC Championships and Super Bowls.”
Gould spent his first nine NFL seasons with the Chicago Bears and one season with the New York Giants before joining the 49ers in 2017.
The now-41-year-old made 161 of his 184 regular-season field-goal attempts and 221 of 230 extra-point attempts while with the 49ers.
In nine 49ers playoff games, Gould was a perfect 21-of-21 on field-goal attempts and 19-of-19 on extra-point attempts.
Despite those numbers, the 49ers decided to go with the younger option, selecting Moody in the third round of the 2023 NFL Draft, signaling that Gould’s time in San Francisco was done.
“It was a fun run, and it still is for those guys,” Gould told Maiocco. “Obviously my teammates, I want them to win. They deserve it. The 49ers Faithful, they are some of the most dedicated, crazy, over-the-top fans. I mean, we played in a NFC Championship [Game] in LA and we took over the whole stadium, to the point where, Week 17,…
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Publish date : 2024-07-15 19:25:24
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