Overview
- Hours after Monday night's 37-34 overtime loss to the Buffalo Bills, the Rams released Harrison Mevis following a 48-yard try that was tipped and blocked by Gregory Rousseau.
- Los Angeles signed veteran Blake Grupe off the New York Jets' practice squad to take over kicking duties, and Grupe arrives with roughly an 81.9% career field-goal percentage and strong extra-point accuracy.
- Coach Sean McVay publicly faulted the kicking unit, saying the kicking game 'cost us the game tonight,' and said the team will review the kicking unit as Grupe prepares to step in.
- Mevis had started 2026 just 5-for-9 on field goals after a strong 2025 (18-of-19 including playoffs), illustrating how rapidly teams move on at the position after costly misses.
- The change is the latest fix to a longer special-teams problem for the Rams that has included blocked kicks, prior kicker turnover and an offseason coordinator change, and it places immediate pressure on the unit to improve before the next game.