Falcons replace K Younghoe Koo with K Parker Romo for Week 2
Younghoe Koo is out, Parker Romo is in.
The Falcons have made their kicker switch for Week 2 official, as Koo was downgraded to out for the Week 2 matchup against the Vikings for non-injury related reasons — meaning he was benched. He did not travel to Minnesota with the club.
Romo has been elevated off the practice squad for Sunday night's game.
Koo missed a game-tying, 44-yard attempt wide right at the end of last week’s loss to the Buccaneers. He was already coming off a career-low 73.5 percent success rate on his field goal attempts in 2024.
Romo, 28, hit 11-of-12 field goals and 7-of-8 extra points in four games for Minnesota last season.
Additionally, the Falcons placed safety Jordan Fuller on injured reserve and signed wide receiver David Sills to the 53-man roster.
Cowboys agree to $96M contract extension with Pro Bowl G Tyler Smith that's the largest in NFL history for an interior lineman
Tyler Smith and the Cowboys have agreed to a lucrative long-term deal.
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The Dallas Cowboys have shored up a key piece of their offensive line for the long term.
Per NFL Network, the Cowboys and Pro Bowl left guard Tyler Smith have agreed to a four-year, $96 million extension to his rookie contract. The contract comes with $81.2 million in guaranteed money and makes Smith the highest-paid interior offensive lineman in the NFL.
The Cowboys selected Smith in the first round (No. 24) of the 2022 NFL Draft. A tackle at Tulsa, Smith was slated to play guard for the Cowboys when they drafted him, but he filled in for much of his rookie season at left tackle due to an injury to All-Pro Tyron Smith.
With Tyron healthy for most of 2023, Tyler Smith moved to the interior line for his second NFL season and has thrived as one of the game's best guards since. Smith was named second-team All-Pro in 2023 and was named to the Pro Bowl in 2024 for a second-straight season.
Smith is playing this season on the fourth year of his four-year, $13.4 million rookie contract. The Cowboys reportedly exercised the $21.2 million fifth-year option on his deal for 2026 prior to April's draft.
But now the Cowboys have the leader off their offensive line under contract for the foreseeable future on a lucrative contract that got done ahead of Sunday's Week 2 matchup against the New York Giants. Prior to Smith's extension, Chiefs Pro Bowler Trey Smith was the NFL's highest-paid guard with a four-year, $92 million contract he signed in July.
Cowboys and Tyler Smith agree to four-year contract extension
The Cowboys will be keeping guard Tyler Smith around for the long term.
Smith and the Cowboys have agreed to a four-year contract extension. According to multiple reports, the value of the deal is $96 million and makes Smith the NFL's highest-paid guard.
The 24-year-old Smith was the Cowboys' first-round pick in 2022 and is in the fourth year of his rookie contract. The Cowboys had picked up Smith's fifth-year option, so he was already locked up through 2026, but now they've ensured he'll stick around beyond that.
After Cowboys owner and General Manager Jerry Jones decided Micah Parsons wasn't worth the money he wanted and traded him to Green Bay, Jones has invested in keeping Smith around.