Austin

MacGinnis

Matt Gay (shoulder) was limited headed into Week 14. It looks like MacGinnis will get the start against the Patriots. MacGinnis made all ten of his field goal attempts for the XFL’s Dallas Renegades this year before being signed to LA’s practice squad. He’s only an option in two-kicker formats.

While the Rams blasted Twilight Zone music as Sloman kicked, the seventh round selection missed three of his eight field goal attempts. He was the only one of the three kickers to make his 53-yard try. Sloman was off target in the team’s first scrimmage too. When a team drafts a kicker, he usually makes the roster. But Sloman could very well lose out to either Lirim Hajrullahu or Austin MacGinnis.

MacGinnis, 25 next month, drilled all 10 of his field goals with the Renegades before the league collapsed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Previously, MacGinnis was with the AAF’s Memphis Express last spring before that league went bankrupt. MacGinnis has never kicked in the NFL. He will compete with Lirim Hajrullahu to replace Greg Zuerlein in L.A. after Zuerlein signed with the Cowboys. Hajrullahu was also signed Monday out of the CFL. The Rams may not be done at kicker.