kicker
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After the Los Angeles Rams’ field-goal unit cost them a win against the Buffalo Bills last week, they gave their kicker the boot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
New kicker Blake Grupe, signed this week after the Rams released struggling Harrison Mevis, kicked a 44-yard field goal in the first quarter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
The 2-3 Rams, who opened the season as Super Bowl favorites, released kicker Harrison Mevis after last Monday’s overtime loss to the Buffalo Bills and signed Grupe from the New York Jets practice squad.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
If Eagles kicker Jake Elliott had blasted a kick for a touchback, the Jaguars would have had almost no time—with no timeouts—to make something happen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Here's the kicker, though: Morgenstern’s Florinese version came before Baum wrote The Wizard of Oz, so in spite of the fact that he was the originator, he comes out just the other way around.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
“We’re all in this together,” Grupe said of kickers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
With the departure of Harrison Mevis, the Rams will have used six field goal kickers in five seasons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
He made a game-winning field goal as a sophomore on varsity when the other kickers were unavailable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
The average pay for a starting specialist—a positional grouping comprising mostly kickers and punters—in a Power Four football conference this season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
I walked around the karate kickers and the gangstas and pushed open a heavy wooden door.
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
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