{"id":147775,"date":"2026-01-24T11:24:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T11:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/147775\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T11:24:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T11:24:20","slug":"rams-know-theres-no-room-for-error-on-special-teams-vs-seahawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/147775\/","title":{"rendered":"Rams know there’s no room for error on special teams vs. Seahawks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Harrison Mevis<\/a> has made all but one kick since joining the Rams in November.<\/p>\n

The lone miss?<\/p>\n

A 48-yard field-goal attempt against the Seattle Seahawks in a Week 16 game<\/a> at Lumen Field in Seattle. The Rams lost 38-37<\/a> in overtime.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just pushed it,\u201d Mevis said this week.<\/p>\n

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Gary Klein breaks down what to watch for Sunday when the Rams face the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC championship game.<\/p>\n

Mevis and Rams return to Lumen Field on Sunday for the NFC championship game against the Seahawks.<\/p>\n

The Rams are coming off a 20-17 divisional-round victory over the Chicago Bears<\/a>, a game they won with a 42-yard field goal by Mevis in overtime.<\/p>\n

The Rams and the Seahawks played twice this season and both games were decided by two points or fewer.<\/p>\n

In Week 11, the Rams escaped with a 21-19 victory at SoFi Stadium<\/a> when a 61-yard field-goal attempt by Seahawks kicker Jason Myers<\/a> fell short.<\/p>\n

Five weeks later against the Rams, Seahawks receiver Rashid Shaheed<\/a> returned a punt 58 yards for a touchdown that helped spark his team\u2019s overtime victory.<\/p>\n

Last week against the San Francisco 49ers, Shaheed returned the opening kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown to start the Seahawks on their way to a 41-6 divisional-round victory<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sunday\u2019s game marks the fourth time the Rams will see Shaheed this season. Playing for the New Orleans Saints on Nov. 2<\/a>, he caught five passes and returned two kicks against the Rams<\/a>. Two days later, the Seahawks traded for the Pro Bowl selection.<\/p>\n

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Seattle\u2019s Rashid Shaheed (22) celebrates with teammate Cooper Kupp after scoring on a 58-yard punt return against the Rams on Dec. 18.<\/p>\n

(Steph Chambers \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there\u2019s one person, two people that aren\u2019t executing to the best of their abilities, he\u2019s going to find that crease,\u201d Rams veteran linebacker Troy Reeder said. \u201cAnd they have a unit as a whole that does a really good job of getting him started in his returns. … You just want to contain this guy, and not let him make a play that could change the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Myers has made 43 of 50 field-goal attempts and 53 extra points. Punter Michael Dixon averaged 42.2 net yards per punt, and has had no kicks blocked.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re as good as it gets, collectively, on [special] teams,\u201d Rams coach Sean McVay<\/a> said this week.<\/p>\n

Rams\u2019 special teams have been a work in progress.<\/p>\n

Joshua Karty opened the season as the kicker, but after three losses were determined in part by kicking miscues, the Rams signed Mevis to replace Karty and veteran snapper Jake McQuaide to replace Alex Ward.<\/p>\n

After the loss to the Seahawks, McVay fired special teams coordinator Chase Blackburn<\/a> and elevated Ben Kotwica to interim coordinator.<\/p>\n

Mevis has made 16 of 17 field-goal attempts \u2014 including two against the Bears \u2014 and 45 extra points.<\/p>\n

Punter Ethan Evans averaged 38 net yards per punt during the regular season. The Carolina Panthers blocked a punt in the Rams\u2019 wild-card victory.<\/p>\n

In that game, Reeder recovered a muffed punt. And coverage teams did not give up a breakaway play against the Bears.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like we found some consistency,\u201d Reeder said, \u201cand it\u2019s happened at a good time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now the Rams go back to Lumen Field, one of the NFL\u2019s loudest environments.<\/p>\n

Mevis, who played in the United Football League before signing with the Rams, said that will be no problem.<\/p>\n

Crowd noise, he said, makes his job easier.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the UFL, you kind of hear singular noises, like you could hear guys cheering,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen you\u2019re in a loud environment, you really can\u2019t hear one person or hear anything jump out at you, it\u2019s just the overall noise in a sense, but I love those environments.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love being there.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Harrison Mevis has made all but one kick since joining the Rams in November. The lone miss? A…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[27623,423,27622,48,52,51,47,50,49,54023,12391,1417,43923,11706,10947,11599,278,73395,73394,430,1539],"class_list":["post-147775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-field-goal-attempt","tag-game","tag-harrison-mevis","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-lumen-field","tag-overtime","tag-point","tag-punt","tag-ram","tag-rams","tag-seahawks","tag-season","tag-shaheed","tag-special-team","tag-week","tag-yard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}