The Rams are making a change at kicker.
Coach Sean McVay mentioned Friday that Harrison Mevis would substitute Joshua Karty for Sunday’s sport in opposition to the San Francisco 49ers at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.
Mevis and long-snapper Jake McQuaide had been signed to the observe squad this week due to kicking-game points that led to early-season losses in opposition to the Philadelphia Eagles and the 49ers and resurfaced in final Sunday’s victory over the New Orleans Saints.
Mevis and Karty competed throughout practices on Wednesday and Thursday.
“Finally, in its easiest kind, who do I feel offers us one of the best probability to have profitable outcomes, significantly in that operation with the given elements on Sunday,” McVay mentioned.
Mevis, 23, made 89 of 106 field-goal makes an attempt at Missouri, together with one from 61 yards. Within the United Soccer League this previous season, he made 20 of 21 field-goal makes an attempt.
McVay mentioned he nonetheless has “quite a lot of confidence” in Karty, a 2024 sixth-round draft decide in Karty, who has made 10 of 15 field-goal makes an attempt and 23 of 26 extra-point makes an attempt.
“He’s not going wherever,” McVay mentioned, noting that the scenario can be evaluated once more after Sunday’s sport.
