The Washington Commanders made a major special teams change on Monday. The organization released veteran kicker Matt Gay following a difficult performance in Madrid.

Gay's release came after he missed two field goals in Sunday's 16-13 overtime loss to the Dolphins. One miss was a potential 56-yard game-winner as regulation expired.

Washington is replacing the veteran with Jake Moody , signing the 25-year-old kicker directly off the Chicago Bears' practice squad.

In a post shared by the NFL Network's Tom Pelissero on X (formerly known as Twitter), he confirmed the Monday morning roster shuffle.

“The Commanders have signed kicker Jake Moody off of the Bears practice squad, per source. Another new kicker for Washington, which cut Matt Gay today.”

The decision to sign Moody is fill

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