Rams Cut Darrell Henderson, Sign Long Snapper Before Giants Trip

The Los Angeles Rams have made a change to their special teams unit ahead of their trip to face the New York Giants.

The Los Angeles Rams have been searching for an answer for their kicking woes over the last few weeks, with their current kicker Lucas Havrisik, struggling with consistency. 

Havrisik, who was signed midseason to replace the struggling Brett Maher, has made 15 of 20 field goals but is just two of six from 40-49 yards, including three straight misses while going two of three from 50-plus.

That said, Rams head coach Sean McVay still has faith in his kicker, and instead has been looking at the process as a whole, rather than just placing the blame on Havrisik alone.

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“When you look at the whole operation, it's snap, hold and kick and when you haven’t had Alex Ward, that makes a big difference - he's done a really good job,” McVay said. “So, all those things go hand in hand. I know the kicker is the one everybody wants to pin it on.

With that in mind, the Rams made a change to that operation, signing long snapper Alex Matheson to the practice squad in order to create some competition at the position. 

Rams 'Not Interested' in Kicker Change as Havrisik Struggles

The Rams made room for Matheson on the roster by releasing running back Darrell Henderson from the practice squad. 

Henderson has 46 carries for 112 yards and two scores for the Rams this season, and has been on and off of the practice squad over the last few weeks.