Hours before Sunday’s Los Angeles Rams’ 42-26 win over the San Francisco 49ers, 77-year-old Terry Bradshaw shared his confidence in the Rams and their ability to succeed this season, though he did express one area of concern. Interestingly, the team had already addressed that concern by then.
Coming out of a segment in which Erin Andrews interviewed Los Angeles quarterback Matthew Stafford, Bradshaw explained why he was putting his faith in the NFC West squad to make a Super Bowl run.
“I would bet one of my world champion stallions on Matthew Safford being in the Super Bowl. He is absolutely playing crazy football this year,” Bradshaw said. “Puka Nacua got a bruised chest, but he’s back. Could have played last week. They’re young at defensive tackle, nine sacks. They are playing so good. Sean McVay has got them playing at a high level. I don’t see them sluffing off whatsoever.
“If I’m worried about anything with the Rams, it’s Joshua Karty. Their field goal kicker. He is not the guy I want kicking a winning field goal for me. He has missed too many.”
Bradshaw would surely be pleased to know that the Rams were actually one step ahead of him. The franchise signed Harrison Mevis to the practice squad this past week and named him the starting kicker on Friday, effectively benching Karty.
Whether no one informed Bradshaw or he simply didn’t realize the change, nobody on the Fox NFL Sunday panel corrected him. In fact, Michael Strahan followed Bradshaw’s mistaken train of thought with a factual error of his own.
“They lost earlier to the 49ers by a field goal,” Strahan said. “Couldn’t convert the field goal in overtime.”
While Karty did perform poorly in the Rams’ 26-23 overtime loss to San Francisco in Week 5—going 1-for-2 on field goals and 2-for-3 on extra points—the primary reason for the loss was failing to convert a crucial 4th-and-1 run.
As for Harrison Mevis, he had a solid day on Sunday, going 6-for-6 on extra point attempts. He still needs to prove himself on field goal attempts, but it appears the Rams will move forward with him as their kicker.
Regarding the Fox NFL Sunday crew, perhaps it’s best they keep moving forward as well.
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