The injury Greg Zuerlein sustained during warmups Sunday will keep him out for “at least” a few weeks, Sean McVay said (via ESPN.com’s Lindsey Thiry, on Twitter).
Los Angeles made a quick move to address this by bringing in Sam Ficken, just as it did when Zuerlein went down late last season. However, the Rams are not ready to place Zuerlein on IR. Such a move would shelve the Pro Bowl specialist for at least eight weeks, so the team certainly appears to believe the seventh-year kicker won’t be out that long.
Zuerlein suffered a groin injury prior to the Rams’ 34-0 win over the Cardinals. The Rams attempted three two-point conversions, converting each, and saw punter Johnny Hekker make an extra point and a 20-yard field goal. Ficken will supply a more proven place-kicking leg while Zuerlein rehabs.
A back injury resulted in Zuerlein heading to IR last season, sidelining the kicker for Los Angeles’ playoff game. Ficken made 2 of 3 field goal attempts and 4 of 5 extra points during his regular-season Rams replacement action last year.