The Los Angeles Rams have signed kicker Tanner Brown to their apply squad after Joshua Karty suffered an damage within the staff’s Week 2 blowout loss to the Arizona Cardinals.
Brown and Karty had been in competitors for the beginning kicker job for a lot of the offseason. However in mid-August, the Rams waived Brown and gave the job to Karty. Brown went unsigned via the beginning of the season with each staff solidified of their depth chart.
Karty was chosen by the Rams within the sixth spherical of the 2024 NFL Draft, which means they had been all the time prone to begin the participant they used a decide on. He had confirmed them proper up to now, going 3-for-3 on each discipline targets and additional factors. His profession lengthy as of now’s 41 yards.
Brown, in the meantime, has nonetheless by no means kicked in an NFL sport after being an undrafted free agent. He was signed by the Rams and waived in August. And though he’s now on the apply squad, head coach Sean McVay nonetheless sees it as unlikely that he’ll be used, as Karty may very well be accessible for Week 3.
“Somewhat delicate groin [injury] the place we’ll type of maintain him out for the following couple of days, however he must be good for the sport.”
The extraordinarily short-handed Rams face the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday afternoon and given their struggles offensively, they will actually use a dependable kicker to assist them keep within the sport.
Quickly rising checklist of Rams anticipated to overlook time
Joshua Karty’s damage being minor prevents the Rams from having an virtually comically lengthy damage checklist. By way of two weeks, the Rams have already misplaced a good portion of their starters on offense.
On protection, John Johnson III is the one main participant that has been injured and is anticipated to overlook time exterior of Darious Williams. However the offense has seen Joe Noteboom, Steve Avila, Jonah Jackson, Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua for giant parts of the season. Avila, Nacua and Noteboom are already on IR, with Kupp and Jackson anticipated to overlook a minimum of a couple of week.
