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Falcons kicker Koo suffered leg strain before the game

Falcons kicker Younghoe Koo misses a 40-yard field goal wide left that would have put the Falcons up 29-10 early in the fourth quarter against the Chicago Bears Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)

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Falcons kicker Younghoe Koo misses a 40-yard field goal wide left that would have put the Falcons up 29-10 early in the fourth quarter against the Chicago Bears Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)
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Sept 27, 2020

Falcons kicker Youngway Koo, who missed a field goal and an extra point in the 30-26 loss to the Bears Sunday, suffered a leg strain before the game.

With Koo hurt, the Falcons had punter Sterling Hofrichter handle the kickoffs. Koo had kicked off in both the Seattle and Dallas games.

Koo missed a 40-yard field goal wide left that would have put the Falcons up 29-10 early in the fourth quarter. He missed the first extra point wide left in the first quarter.

AJC correspondent Jason J. Butt contributed to this report.

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