Overview
- Harrison Mevis was released hours after a 37-34 overtime loss in which he missed a 50-yard attempt and had a 48-yard, game-winning try blocked by Gregory Rousseau.
- Mevis had converted just five of nine field-goal attempts this season, a 55.6% rate that ranked last in the NFL through five games.
- Los Angeles signed Blake Grupe off the New York Jets' practice squad to take over kicking duties, a transaction confirmed by multiple NFL media outlets and team reporting.
- Grupe enters with a reported career field-goal rate near 81.9% and very high extra-point accuracy but has a mixed record and is coming off a small-sample hot stretch with the Colts in 2025.
- The change continues a multi-year pattern of turnover at the Rams' kicker spot since 2022 and will be tested quickly because late-game kicks carry immediate, season-level consequences for the team.