A promotion from within was indeed the result for the special team's coordinator role this offseason. After former coordinator Mike Ekeler elected to take a similar position at Southern California, head coach Matt Rhule was left without one of the most well-liked members of his staff.
Here are three decisions the Rams have to make before the start of the regular season.
The Los Angeles Rams appear primed to make a run at the postseason again this season. After making a late push in 2023 and advancing to the NFC wildcard round where they lost to the Detroit Lions, the Rams have worked on improving their roster and team this offseason.
How many of the NFL players to record at least 80 first downs as a receiver in a single season can you name in five minutes?
The Los Angeles Rams currently have Tanner Brown on the roster listed as place kicker on the depth chart. That was the case last season as well until the Rams released him in favor of Brett Maher.
A few trades have rearranged the NFL's backup quarterback ranks, but the dust has mostly settled. From a mix of recent first-round disappointments, aging vets, and young project types, here is how the league's QB2 ranks look for the 2026 season.
The Los Angeles Rams have treated their special teams like an afterthought over the last two years. As a result, they had a special teams DVOA of -9.2, one of the worst grades in the history of the metric.
The Los Angeles Rams made commendable improvements on both offense and defense to land a spot in the Wild Card Playoff Round, but special teams proved
Brett Maher is kicking in the postseason for the second consecutive season. Last year, things didn't go so well for him on extra point attempts.
The Los Angeles Rams' kicking situation this season has come full circle. It started out with Brett Maher kicking the first seven games, but a poor performance against the Pittsburgh Steelers cost him his job as the team moved on to rookie Lucas Havrisik.
Maher was re-signed by LA after Lucas Havrisik was released on January 1 The Los Angeles Rams moved quickly to re-sign kicker Brett Maher after releasing Lucas Havrisik on January 1.
NFL stars can't play forever, and retirement is coming sooner than later for some of the league's top players. These 25 players could call it quits following the 2026 season.
Although the Los Angeles Rams made the playoffs, the team knew it needed to make a change on special teams. Special teams has been by far and away the weakest part of the roster, particularly the kicking as the Rams have left points on the board.
The Los Angeles Rams announced a series of roster moves ahead of their regular-season finale against the San Francisco 49ers in Week 18. The team signed kicker Brett Maher and wide receiver Tyler Johnson to the active roster, and also added quarterback Dresser Winn to the practice squad.
The Los Angeles Rams announced they signed K Brett Maher and signed WR Tyler Johnson from the practice squad to the active roster. Johnson, 24, was a four-year starter at Minnesota and was named first-team All-Big Ten before being selected by the Buccaneers in the fifth round of the 2020 NFL Draft.
The Los Angeles Rams have turned on the page on their 3-6 start, winning six of their last seven games ... but are revisiting at least one chapter of their early-season struggles.
The Los Angeles Rams (9-7) are re-signing veteran kicker Brett Maher, head coach Sean McVay announced Monday. Maher, 34, kicked in seven games earlier this season for Los Angeles before releasing him in late October.
The Los Angeles Rams released Brett Maher on Tuesday, continuing the veteran kicker's wild ride throughout the NFL.
Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton said Wednesday that he's not concerned about his new kicker's past struggles in the playoffs.
In the NFC Wild Card round versus the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he had one of the worst kicking performances ever.
Even with $16 million added to next year’s salary cap, the Dallas Cowboys are already $7,055,002 over the 2023 number. Clearly, some things will need to be shuffled around.
Stop us if you've heard this one before: Dallas kicker Brett Maher missed an extra point.
Ahead of Sunday's NFC Divisional Round playoff between the Cowboys and 49ers, the two sides were involved in a little brouhaha.
As Ian Rapoport of NFL Network pointed out, the Cowboys did not activate practice squad kicker Tristan Vizcaino on Saturday.
Dak Prescott yelled "go for f**king two!" immediately after Brett Maher missed his third extra point Monday night against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Football fans (and even players) like to rip on kickers because they only have one job, but that job is not easy. Maher had a bad game, but he is not a bad kicker. The Cowboys are smart to stick with him.
Despite a dominant 31-14 victory over Tampa Bay on Monday, Dallas kicker Brett Maher missed four extra-point attempts, an NFL record.
The Dallas Cowboys handily defeated the host Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-14 in their NFC wild-card game on Monday night. It was an all-around dominant effort from the Cowboys, with the exception of kicker Brett Maher, but both quarterback Dak Prescott and head coach Mike McCarthy seem to have his back going into the next round of the playoffs.
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