SANTA CLARA — Eddy Piñeiro and Jake Moody have never met, with Piñeiro walking in the doors of 4949 Marie P. DeBartolo Way not long after Moody was asked to leave.

“I’ve heard great things about him,” Piñeiro said in front of his locker on Wednesday after a large media scrum had dissipated. “It’s a hard business, and I just feel like a lot of teams don’t have a lot of patience. You’ve got to win now.”

The 49ers did win their opener, but ultimately determined that after Moody doinked a 27-yard field goal attempt off the upright and had two poor kickoffs, they had seen enough of the man they drafted in the third round (No. 99 overall) in the 2023 NFL Draft.

“You’ve got to make decisions in the best interests of the team, and ultimately Kyle (Shanahan) and I said let’s sleep on it after Su

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