PRESS CONFERENCE | Sean McVay talks about the Rams' starting kicker vs. 49ers, Joshua Karty's Week 10 practice performance & injury updates

Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay talks about newly signed kicker Harrison Mevis starting on Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers, assessing kicker Joshua Karty's performance this week at practice, and injury updates ahead of their Week 10 rivalry matchup.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
As far as injuries are concerned, you know, we're in
good shape. We'll have some of the veterans give them
the rest days like they've been accustomed to with Tyler Higbee,
Byron Young, Alerc. Those guys will be good. Uh. Puka
is going to be a full participant, as will Darius
jay Witt. You know his back was sore. He'll be
limited today, questionable for the game, but do expect him
to be able to make it. So should be in

(00:20):
good shape. We're excited about it. Finish up the week
the right way. MEVUS will mevs will be the kicker. Yes,
what led you to make you know? Really, there's there's
a lot of layers to it. Gary, I still do
have a lot of confidence in Josh Carty. You know,
he's he's not going anywhere. But based on just some

(00:40):
of the things that we tried to evaluate throughout the
course of the week, those guys both did a really
good job. I was really pleased and really impressed and
proud of how Josh handled himself this week. I think
he's got a really bright future. I think he's done
a lot of really good things for us. But all
the things that went into it in terms of just ultimately,
in its simplest form, who do I think gives us
the best chance to have successful outcomes, particularly in that

(01:03):
operation with the given factors on Sunday against the Niners.
So if Josh, like you say, it's still not going anywhere, Yeah, well,
this's just be a continuous evaluation for Yeah, you know what,
you know, when we sat down and talked to Josh,
there's really, you know, three possible scenarios. We'll we sit
down on Monday and we'll say we're going to continue
to go with MeVis and he'll work and continue to
get better on his own, We'll go back to him,

(01:25):
or will continuously have this competition. So what I can't
predict is the future. But I do think that this
is going to be the best thing for this game.
But feel like we've got two good kickers on our team.
What about the long snapper? Jake will be the long
snapper this week? Yep, concerned. It all about a guy
who's never kicked in an NFL game kicking in his

(01:46):
first one in a Rams forty nine ers. Yeah, you
know what, I think. I think he's handled himself. Well,
he's he's kicked in a lot of big games. You
go back to his career at Missouri, and you know,
there's always those factors that come into it. But I
think at the end of the day, you have to
have the clarity and the courage to be able to
make the decisions that you think are best. And this
is what we think is the best way to be

(02:06):
able to move forward. And I think our team has
handled the preparation the right way. But you know, this
is this is something we're continuously trying to be able
to get, you know, our hands wrapped around. We've obviously
talked about this, probably more than anything that I've ever
had to talk about since I've been the head coach
of the Rams. But there's a lot of things that
go into it. I think what you do appreciate is
that this is the greatest team sport there is. There's

(02:28):
eleven guys that affect an influence what you're trying to
be able to get done, and then the opposing team
is trying to, you know, affect you in the other
way of not allowing you to be able to execute
it the clip that you're trying to But both Jake,
you know, obviously we have familiarity, we know Jake, and
again I can't say enough about how Alex and how
Josh have handled this. And you know what I'm not
going to do is pigeon on myself into anything that's

(02:49):
other than this week. And I think we always talk
about being totally and completely present, taking things one day
at a time, controlling what we can and let's not
get too far out of ourselves. Let's have a good Friday,
good Saturday, and then ready to go. But those guys,
I expect them to do well as it relates to
Jake and MeVis and their roles on Sunday against an
excellent opponent