The Rams are expected to sign kicker Sam Ficken to fill in for Greg Zuerlein, who injured his groin during warmups on Sunday, tweets Mike Garafolo of NFL.com (Twitter link).
Ficken, 25, is quite familiar with Los Angeles, as he took over for an injured Zuerlein at the tail end of the 2017 regular season and into the playoffs. He converted two-of-three field goals and four-of-five extra points during in two regular season contests before making both field goal attempts during the Rams’ postseason loss. Ficken was with the Rams during the summer but was waived during final cutdowns.
Zuerlein, of course, is one of the NFL’s best kickers, and earned both first-team All-Pro and Pro Bowl honors in 2017. He ranked third last season with a 95% field goal conversion rate, and made six-of-seven attempts from 50+ yards. Per Garafolo, it’s currently unclear how long Zuerlein will be sidelined, but the Rams don’t intend to place him on injured reserve, tweets Ian Rapoport of NFL.com.
McVay seems to love this guy. Much rather see Dan Bailey but maybe his injury is really serious
Have a feeling Bailey is going to end up in Cleveland where the job will be his and not a fill in
I think Bailey wouldnt wanna sign with the Rams because when Zurlein gets healthy he would be gone
Bailey in Minnesota?
I was also thinking that and Seattle is another place that could use him. They have a good kicker but he I older and they might want to get younger with out having a production drop off.
As a Seahawks fan I agree 100%. We lost 3 games last year because of our field goal kicker and one so far already
Glad for Ficken. Don’t know him but we have friends in common. He has worked his behind off and just about nobody thought he would ever sniff an NFL job, but he made it.