Eddy Piñeiro exclusive: 49ers kicker shares journey to finding home with Faithful

49ers Talk: A San Francisco 49ers Podcast

NBC Sports Bay Area

Nfl, Football, Matt Maiocco, San Francisco 49ers, Sports

4.6 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Eddy Piñeiro leads the NFL in made field goals without a miss through Week 7, but the 49ers kicker's journey to San Francisco has been anything but perfect. Jennifer Lee Chan sits down with Piñeiro, who shares why he chose to play for the 49ers after Jake Moody's release and how close he came to signing elsewhere. Piñeiro discusses how he brings a jolt to the 49ers' locker room, his fast-growing bond with George Kittle and why football was second to his first love in sport, soccer. Also, Matt Maiocco and Jennifer review the midweek list of 49ers injuries and who might start in Week 8 vs. the Houston Texans.

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0:20.0	The 49ers' two most impactful off-season pickups might be Mack Jones and Robert Sala.
0:25.6	The backup quarterback and the defensive coordinator have played instrumental roles in the 49ers 5 and 2 record
0:31.6	as a inner week 8 of the NFL season on Sunday at the Houston Texans.
0:36.6	And with Brock Purdy's status still murky, and a defense that will be calling on its depth
0:41.7	to an even greater degree, Jones and Sala's work is certainly not finished.
0:47.0	On this episode of 49ers talk, Jennifer Lee Chan and I will talk about what's ahead for
0:51.6	both Jones and Sala this season and maybe even in the future.
0:56.1	And if those two were the 49ers top offseason pickups, their best in-season edition has been
1:01.7	kicker Eddie Penaero. Jennifer sat down with the six-year pro who was perfect on his 17
1:07.5	field goal attempts this season. It's the most consecutive field goals to begin
1:11.6	a 49ers career in franchise history. We'll have all that and much more on this episode of 49ers
1:17.5	talk coming at you right now. Welcome to another episode of 49ers talk on NBC Sports Bay Area.com.
1:26.6	Introducing your hosts, Matt Mayoko and Jennifer Lee Chan.
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1:47.6	It's week eight. It is. This season is going really fast, isn't it? It is. It's, there's been so
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