ATLANTA — The Atlanta Falcons have ruled kicker Younghoe Koo out of Sunday night's matchup with the Minnesota Vikings, the team announced Saturday afternoon.

The organization listed Koo's reason for downgrade as not being injury related. He did not travel with the team to Minnesota.

The team simultaneously elevated new kicker Parker Romo to the game day roster via a standard practice squad elevation. Romo was signed by the team earlier this week after Atlanta worked out a group of kickers following Koo's missed 44-yard field goal in the final seconds of the Falcons' Week 1 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers .

This news comes after head coach Raheem Morris was asked about Koo's status as the starting kicker all week following the missed field goal last Sunday coupled with Koo putting u

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