It was about 12 hours after his group blew quite a few alternatives in an additional time loss to the San Francisco 49ers, and Rams coach Sean McVay was nonetheless kicking himself.
And lamenting his group’s troubled kicking recreation.
“That has been a killer for us,” McVay mentioned Friday throughout a videoconference with reporters, “and it’s value us two video games.”
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Gary Klein breaks down what went flawed for the Rams of their 26-23 additional time loss to the San Francisco 49ers at SoFi Stadium on Thursday.
The Rams are 3-2, with defeats by the defending Tremendous Bowl-champion Philadelphia Eagles and the 49ers due partly to woeful execution on field-goal and extra-point makes an attempt.
The Eagles beat the Rams by blocking two field-goal makes an attempt within the fourth quarter, together with a possible successful kick that they returned for a landing on the ultimate play.
On Thursday night time, Rams kicker Joshua Karty missed an extended field-goal try, and the 49ers blocked an extra-point attempt. That’s 4 factors misplaced in a 26-23 defeat. Karty, who has been masterful at dropping hard-to-handle knuckleball kickoffs into the touchdown zone, additionally misplaced a kick that gave the 49ers the ball on the 40-yard line.
Karty, nevertheless, doesn’t seem like McVay’s most urgent kick-related concern.
The kicking unit as an entire has performed a significant position in each defeats, which additionally featured poor execution by the Rams at instances in different areas.
“I can’t keep in mind feeling far more disgusted waking up after a tricky loss, than I’ve after the 2 that we’ve had,” McVay mentioned.
So how do the Rams repair their kicking issues?
“Oh man,” McVay mentioned. “I want it was only one factor however once you watch the safety — we’ve bought to repair it. And it’s not one factor particularly.
“There’s completely different areas and spots and those that haven’t executed the best way that we’re able to.”
After the Rams defeated the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, McVay thought the Rams had addressed their points.
“Clearly, I used to be not proper on that,” McVay mentioned, “so we’ve bought to repair it. We’ve bought to return to work.”
The Rams are off for the weekend, and they’re going to return on Monday to start preparations for a recreation in opposition to the Baltimore Ravens in Baltimore. After that recreation, the Rams will stay in Baltimore to organize for his or her subsequent recreation in opposition to the Jacksonville Jaguars in London.
“We’re a pair execution performs away from being a 5-0 group,” McVay mentioned. “However the actuality is we’re 3-2.”
McVay sounded assured that the Rams would rebound from the loss to the 49ers.
“That is going to provoke us,” he mentioned. “I promise you that.”
And so forth.
McVay continued to lament his remaining play name in opposition to the 49ers, which didn’t give quarterback Matthew Stafford an opportunity to make a play. Stafford had moved the Rams into place to win the sport, however on fourth and one on the 49ers’ 11-yard line, McVay known as a working play. The 49ers stopped Kyren Williams for no acquire, ending the sport. “I do know it wasn’t one of the best choice to take the ball out his palms in crunch time on that fourth down,” McVay mentioned. … Rookie tight finish Terrance Ferguson, a second-round draft choose, caught his first cross for a 21-yard acquire. “We’ve bought to have the ability to determine a strategy to get him going,” McVay mentioned, including, “he’s going to be a very good participant for us.” … McVay indicated the Rams may make strikes to enhance the cornerback group. “We’re going to look into these issues,” he mentioned.
