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UtahRam wrote: ↑November 4th, 2025, 2:39 pm When the kick gets blocked it's pretty much the failure of the O-line. The shanks are on the kicker, possibly the holder and rarely the snapper.

Disagree Here. What I've noticed is Karty's not always getting kicks up high enough, quick enough and at times looks lethargic going thru his kicking sequence. Now some of that could be attested to what's been mentioned here but some also has to be on Karty himself. He's no victim!
We see the Rams ARE trying to fix this bringing Jake back and some competition in for Karty. Hopefully it's remedied before it cost us more!

AntiGoof wrote: ↑November 5th, 2025, 6:03 am The 4 guys need to go: the Long snapper, Evans, Karty and the mediocre ST coordinator. Start from scratch.

Evans?

So....new kicker and snapper on the team now....I see a storm a brewing

I don’t know if Jake McQuaide will ever play. He’s 37 and might be more of a coach covering for Blackburn’s deficiencies. He’s a smart 37-yr-old with a degree in aerospace and aeronautical engineering. Or maybe he’ll play.

But it’s so cool that he was teammates with James Laurinaitis at Ohio State in 2006, and he was a St. Louis Ram in 2011.

bigklein wrote: ↑November 6th, 2025, 8:20 pm I don’t know if Jake McQuaide will ever play. He’s 37 and might be more of a coach covering for Blackburn’s deficiencies. He’s a smart 37-yr-old with a degree in aerospace aeronautical engineering. Or maybe he’ll play.

But it’s so cool that he was teammates with James Laurinaitis at Ohio State in 2006, and he was a St. Louis Ram in 2011.

The dude was the Rams Long Snapper for 10 freaking years! And a 2 time Pro Bowler..Like the both of us have mentioned earlier he's probably going to be more of a coach and mentor to Alex..will he actually play in a game?..is he still in NFL shape?.who knows but I do think he can help work out some kinks in our Long Snappers game. Welcome back home..Go Jake..Go Rams!

Just heard that Jake will be handling the Long Snapper duties Sunday against the 49ers..so McVay is definitely trying to improve our kicking game..Go Rams!

https://www.therams.com/news/harrison-m ... t%20future.