Los Angeles Rams kicker Joshua Karty has been named the NFC Particular Groups participant of the month for December and January, the crew introduced Thursday morning.
The Rams had an unimaginable remaining month of the season, and Karty performed an enormous function in that. L.A. went 5-1, with their solely loss coming to the Seattle Seahawks in Week 18 when the crew rested a majority of their starters.
Karty went 13-for-13 on subject targets within the six video games and 11-for-13 on additional factors. Of his 13 made subject targets, three had been above 50 yards. He accounted for 50 of the crew’s 134 factors. His unimaginable month contributed to what was a historic rookie season for the Rams’ kicker.
He handed Frank Corral in 1978 for probably the most factors ever by a Rams kicker of their rookie season. He scored 119 factors on the yr in comparison with Corral’s 118. He tied that very same season by Corral in most subject targets made. He made 29 subject targets, with 13 coming within the remaining month.
Much more impressively, Karty’s 119 factors completed only one level behind Eric Dickerson for probably the most factors by any rookie in Rams franchise historical past.
In Week 18 towards the Seahawks, Karty turned the second participant in Rams franchise historical past to hit two subject targets of 55+ yards in the identical sport. Greg Zuerlein achieved that feat in Week 4 of the 2012 NFL season in St. Louis.
Lastly, Karty recorded a career-long 58-yard subject purpose in that Week 18 loss to the Seahawks. That ties the second-longest made subject purpose by a rookie this season. It’s additionally the second-longest made subject purpose by a Rams rookie behind Zuerlein’s 60-yard subject purpose, which he did twice in 2012.
One of the crucial vital issues for a crew getting into the playoffs is having a kicker they really feel they’ll belief. And the Rams undoubtedly have that in Karty after a powerful finish to the season.
NFL transferring Rams-Vkings postseason sport to Arizona
The NFL introduced that the Wild Card playoff sport between the Rams and Minnesota Vikings has been moved to State Farm Stadium in Arizona, house of the Cardinals, on Monday night time.
The league made this determination out of abundance of warning as wildfires proceed to destroy elements of Southern California. With the change being made now, the Rams can go to Arizona and get the apply they have to be prepared for Monday night time’s sport towards Minnesota. Whereas L.A. is probably going dropping homefield benefit, the NFL made the choice they thought was greatest for all events.
