October 15, 2026, 5:55 p.m. PT
The Los Angeles Rams suffered their third loss of the season by losing to the Buffalo Bills in overtime on Monday night. The narrative of the game centered on kicker Harrison Mevis’ two missed kicks. His first field goal attempt was a total failure of 50 yards in regulation. His second kick was blocked by Bills outside linebacker Greg Rousseau in overtime.
However, protection is not entirely responsible for the blocking. The flight of the ball didn’t look sharp, coming out low and to the left.
During his radio interview with ESPN Los Angeles, head coach Sean McVay was asked about the play and whether the miss was poor protection or a bad kick.
McVay said the kick probably wouldn’t have been good even if Rousseau hadn’t gotten his hands on it.
“(Rousseau) swung the C zone and we played a little too low, and that’s where he came in,” he said. “But unfortunately the trajectory of the kick was already way off, and so being able to block that, the kick was not aligned with what would have been considered good, and we have to be better with the protection. We have to constantly execute in that phase, and it’s the greatest team sport there is. But it was only a C swim. He swam the C gap. We were a little low with our protection level, and that’s where he came in in there, but the trajectory of that kick didn’t work it looks good from the start.”
It makes sense that the Rams felt they needed to part ways with Mevis. Even with the special teams failures, there was no excuse for his poor form this season. It was his third and fourth misses in five games this season. After being cut this week, Mevis finishes his career with the Rams without ever missing an extra point or a kick in the playoffs, but he did miss five field goals.
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