The Los Angeles Rams announced they have cut K Brett Maher.
The veteran missed two field goals and an extra point in a seven-point loss to the Steelers in Week 7, and has had other struggles this season.
Adam Schefter reports the Rams plan to replace Maher with Browns K Lucas Havrisik, who will be signed away from Cleveland’s practice squad.
Maher, 33, originally signed on with the Jets as an undrafted free agent of Nebraska back in 2013. He lasted just a few months in New York before he was waived and later signed by the Cowboys during the preseason.
From there, Maher spent three years in the CFL before a brief stint with the Browns during the 2017 offseason. He later signed on with the Cowboys in 2018.
Maher played for the Jets, Washington and Texans before joining the Cardinals late in 2020. Arizona brought him back on a futures contract but waived him. He was then on and off of the Saints’ roster in 2021 before they waived him as well.
Maher returned to Dallas during training camp in 2022 and earned a spot on the active roster after a short stint on the practice squad to begin the season. The Broncos signed him to a contract last month only to release him last month.
He joined the Rams soon after.
In 2023, Maher appeared in seven games for the Rams and converted 17 of 23 field goal attempts (73.9 percent) to go along with 12 of 13 extra point tries.
Havrisik, 24, kicked for five years at Arizona before going undrafted in the 2022 NFL Draft. He caught on with the Colts practice squad early in the regular season but was cut after less than a week.
The Colts brought Havrisik back on a futures contract for the 2023 season but waived him coming out of the preseason. He signed with the Browns practice squad.
He has yet to appear in an NFL game.
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