{"id":372220,"date":"2026-10-13T19:24:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T19:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/372220\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T19:24:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T19:24:35","slug":"la-rams-replace-kicker-harrison-mevis-with-jets-practice-squad-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/372220\/","title":{"rendered":"LA Rams replace kicker Harrison Mevis with Jets practice squad player"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Los Angeles Rams are making a change at kicker.<\/p>\n

NFL insider Ian Rapaport reported<\/a> that the Rams are moving on from kicker Harrison Mevis <\/a>on Tuesday. This comes one day after Mevis missed two critical field goals in the Rams\u2019 37-34 overtime loss to the Buffalo Bills on Monday Night Football.<\/p>\n

The \u2018thiccer kicker,\u2019 as he has been nicknamed going back to his day at the University of Missouri, is now looking for a new job.<\/p>\n

Harrison Mevis #92 of the Los Angeles Rams prepares to line up a field goal attempt against the Buffalo Bills during overtime of a game at SoFi Stadium on Monday, October 12, 2026, in Inglewood, California. Getty Images<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old missed a 50-year field goal attempt<\/a> in the first quarter, then had a 48-yard field goal blocked in overtime that would have won the game.<\/p>\n

Mevis has been brutal through five games this season, as his 55.6% field goal percentage is dead last in the league.<\/p>\n

Head coach Sean McVay hinted that changes were necessary<\/a> after the Rams\u2019 persistent special teams struggles cost them another win, and Mevis is the first domino to fall. <\/p>\n

Rapoport also added that the Rams signed kicker Blake Grupe off the New York Jets\u2019 practice squad, so they wasted no time finding a replacement for Mevis.<\/p>\n

Grupe is a 27-year-old kicker who spent 11 games with the New Orleans Saints and five games with the New York Jets in 2025. <\/p>\n

He went 18 for 26 on field goals (69.2%) with New Orleans before going a perfect 11 for 11 with the Colts last season. He also nailed a 60-yard kick for the Colts at one point. <\/p>\n

Special teams has been a prolonged problem for the Rams. <\/p>\n

Los Angeles Rams placekicker Harrison Mevis (92) reacts after missing a field goal during overtime of an NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., Monday, Oct. 12, 2026. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Blake Grupe #19 of the New Orleans Saints kicks a game-winning field goal during a preseason game against the Kansas City Chiefs at Caesars Superdome on Sunday, August 13, 2023, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Since the start of 2025, the Rams have accumulated an eye-popping minus-84.3 special teams EPA. The next-worst team, the New Orleans Saints, sits at minus-65.1.<\/p>\n

Monday was the latest example of an elite offensive game going to waste.<\/p>\n

In the heartbreaker, Los Angeles became the first team<\/a> in NFL history to amass 400+ total yards of offense, gain 30 or more first downs, score at least five touchdowns, convert on better than 50% of its third downs without a turnover, and lose the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Rams are making a change at kicker. NFL insider Ian Rapaport reported that the Rams…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372221,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[838,9,11,10,22,319],"class_list":["post-372220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-los-angeles-rams","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}