Falcons kicker Younghoe Koo's job may be in danger to a German soccer player

The Atlanta Falcons have a kicker competition.

Younghoe Koo is the incumbent, for a long time one of the NFL's most reliable kickers, but coming off a season in which he missed nine field goals.

In the other corner is Lenny Krieg, a German who played a lot of soccer growing up.

"After several seasons as one of the most consistent kickers in the league, including a Pro Bowl selection in 2020, Younghoe Koo missed nine field goals last season and ended the campaign on injured reserve due to a hip injury," ESPN's Marc Raimondi writes. "The Falcons signed German-born kicker Lenny Krieg this offseason to compete with Koo for the starting role. Krieg, who turns 23 in August, impressed at the combine as a part of the league's International Player Pathway Program. He was the only kicker to make all 14 field-goal attempts without a miss."

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There is video footage of Krieg making a 73-yard field goal in a practice.

Koo is due to make $4.25 million this season, the fourth-highest for a kicker in the league. That could be another reason he's a cut candidate.

Krieg is ready for the battle.

"There’s 32 jobs in the league, and my job is to just perform to my level and improve every day," Krieg told Fox Sports. "And whatever happens, happens. I try to control what I can control, and whatever is out of my control is just something that’s going to happen." 

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