The Rams’ kicking woes reached a breaking point on Monday Night Football, and Harrison Mevis paid the price.
Los Angeles dropped an overtime thriller to the Buffalo Bills in Week 5 and fell to 2-3 in a 2026 season that began with championship expectations. But the loss didn’t just sting in the standings. It exposed a special teams problem that has been hanging over the Rams for weeks, and Mevis was right in the middle of it after missing two field goals.
The second miss was the one that cut deepest. In overtime, Mevis had a blocked attempt that would have won the game for the Rams.
Instead, it helped set up the end of his run in Los Angeles. The team released him Tuesday afternoon.
Mevis arrived in the NFL with a strong college resume. The Indiana native played at Missouri from 2020 to 2023 and left as the program’s all-time leading scorer, making 86 total field goals and all 138 of his extra-point tries.
After going undrafted in 2024, he spent a season with the Birmingham Stallions before joining the Rams in 2025. He handled himself well in nine appearances last season, but 2026 has been a different story. Through five weeks, he has missed four of his nine field goal attempts, one of the roughest starts by any kicker in the league.
Now he’s back on the market and looking for another NFL team willing to give him a shot to get it turned around.
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