It was about 12 hours after his staff blew quite a few alternatives in an time beyond regulation loss to the San Francisco 49ers, and Rams coach Sean McVay was nonetheless kicking himself.
And lamenting his staff’s troubled kicking recreation.
“That has been a killer for us,” McVay mentioned Friday throughout a videoconference with reporters, “and it’s cost us two games.”
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Gary Klein breaks down what went incorrect for the Rams of their 26-23 time beyond regulation loss to the San Francisco 49ers at SoFi Stadium on Thursday.
The Rams are 3-2, with defeats by the defending Tremendous Bowl-champion Philadelphia Eagles and the 49ers due partially to woeful execution on field-goal and extra-point makes an attempt.
The Eagles beat the Rams by blocking two field-goal makes an attempt within the fourth quarter, together with a possible successful kick that they returned for a landing on the ultimate play.
On Thursday evening, Rams kicker Joshua Karty missed an extended area purpose try, and the 49ers blocked an extra-point strive. That’s 4 factors misplaced in a 26-23 defeat. Karty, who has been masterful at dropping hard-to-handle knuckleball kickoffs into the touchdown zone, additionally misplaced a kick that gave the 49ers the ball on the 40-yard line.
Karty, nonetheless, doesn’t look like McVay’s most urgent kick-related concern.
The kicking unit as a complete has performed a significant position in each defeats, which additionally featured poor execution by the Rams at instances in different areas.
“I can’t remember feeling much more disgusted waking up after a tough loss, then I have after the two that we’ve had,” McVay mentioned.
So how do the Rams repair their kicking issues?
“Oh man,” McVay mentioned. “I wish it was just one thing but when you watch the protection — we’ve got to fix it. And it’s not one thing in particular.
“There’s different locations and spots and people that have not executed the way that we’re capable of.”
After the Rams defeated the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, McVay thought the Rams had addressed their points.
“Clearly, I was not right on that,” McVay mentioned, “so we’ve got to fix it. We’ve got to go back to work.”
The Rams are off for the weekend, and they’re going to return on Monday to start preparations for a recreation towards the Baltimore Ravens in Baltimore. After that recreation, the Rams will stay in Baltimore to arrange for his or her subsequent recreation towards the Jacksonville Jaguars in London.
“We’re a couple execution plays away from being a 5-0 team,” McVay mentioned. “But the reality is we’re 3-2.”
McVay sounded assured that the Rams would rebound from the loss to the 49ers.
“This is going to galvanize us,” he mentioned. “I promise you that.”
And many others.
McVay continued to lament his closing play name towards the 49ers, which didn’t give quarterback Matthew Stafford an opportunity to make a play. Stafford had moved the Rams into place to win the sport, however on fourth-and-one on the 49ers’ 11-yard line, McVay referred to as a operating play. The 49ers stopped Kyren Williams for no achieve, ending the sport. “I know it wasn’t the best decision to take the ball out his hands in crunch time on that fourth down,” McVay mentioned. … Rookie tight finish Terrance Ferguson, a second-round draft decide, caught his first move for a 21-yard achieve. “We’ve got to be able to figure out a way to get him going,” McVay mentioned, including, “he’s going to be a really good player for us.” … McVay indicated the Rams would possibly make strikes to enhance the cornerback group. “We’re going to look into those things,” he mentioned.
