Rams' Matt Gay: Limed at Wednday's practice
Contents:
- RAMS' MATT GAY: LIMED AT WEDNDAY'S PRACTICE
- RAMS HAVEN'T LOST ANY NFINCE MATT GAY SPE RECENT WO
- TAKEAWAYS OM RAMS' PLAYOFF W OVER BUCNEERS: MATT GAY GIV OLD TEAM BOOT AGA
- RAMS JURY REPORT: GAY (SHOULR) QUTNABLE, AKERS GOOD TO GO VS. PATRTS
RAMS' MATT GAY: LIMED AT WEDNDAY'S PRACTICE
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Matt Gay has one of the strongt legs of any kicker the NFL. That’s exactly why everyone was shocked when Gay appeared to make a 47-yard field goal to put the Rams up 17 pots agast the Bucneers, only for that kick to fall woefully short. Nowadays, not even average kickers leave 47-yard field goals short, so was surprisg to see Gay’s attempt fail to reach the crossbar.
Buy Rams TicketsAfter the miss, some fans relled Al Michaels mentng an apparent jury suffered by Gay durg pre-game warmups.
There was some wd at Raymond Jam Field, which uld’ve factored to Gay’s miss and his four kickoffs that failed to go for touchbacks. But even the wd, Gay shouldn’t have left that 47-yard attempt short. “No, I mean there were a few factors pendg on which way you were kickg that ma a ltle b more difficult but that’s news to me,” McVay said after the game when asked if an jury affected Gay.
RAMS HAVEN'T LOST ANY NFINCE MATT GAY SPE RECENT WO
Matt Gay has missed two kicks and booted two kickoffs out of bounds recently, but Sean McVay hasn't lost any nfince him. * is matt gay injury *
While the miss was disappotg, McVay was thrilled to see Gay e through the clutch for the Rams once aga, beatg his former team wh a last-send field goal for the send time two years. MATT GAY FOR THE WIN! Gay’s stat is worth monorg throughout the week, and perhaps McVay will have more of an update on his health Monday night.
Gay was a limed participant at Wednday's practice due to an ankle jury, Jourdan Rodrigue of The Athletic is tendg to a sore ankle, though wasn't enough to keep him out of practice entirely. Matt Gay started the season gog a perfect 6-for-6 on field goal attempts the first three gam, also makg all 11 of his PATs.
There isn’t major reason for ncern wh Gay, but his recent wo shouldn’t be ignored. Gay’s numbers still look very imprsive this season. The lack of touchbacks uld be by sign bee Gay has plenty of leg to kick the ball through the end zone, but the Rams might be tryg to keep opponents si their own 25.
TAKEAWAYS OM RAMS' PLAYOFF W OVER BUCNEERS: MATT GAY GIV OLD TEAM BOOT AGA
Matt Gay is a former Tampa Bay Bucneer, and the Rams kicker aga got revenge agast the team that cut him, this time an NFC divisnal playoff game. * is matt gay injury *
Gay is by far the Rams’ bt optn at kicker spe his odd night agast Seattle, and there’s no reason to believe a change will happen this season. Kicker Matt Gay (8) greets Rams fans Tampa after kickg the cidg field goal an NFC divisnal playoff game agast the Bucneers.
(Ga Ferazzi / Los Angel Tim)The Rams advanced to the NFC champnship game wh a 30-27 victory over the fendg Super Bowl-champn Tampa Bay Bucneers on Sunday at Raymond Jam we learned om the Rams’ victory:Kicker Matt Gay knows how to stick to the Bucs Gay is growg acctomed to kickg wng field goals agast the team that released him after the 2019 his first game for the Rams 2020, he kicked a wng field goal to beat the Bucneers at Raymond Jam Sunday, he had ma field-goal attempts om 26 and 40 yards before he me on for a 47-yard attempt the fourth quarter that would have given the Rams a 30-13 lead. Gay’s kick, however, was Gay did not waste a chance to reem 30-yard field goal as time expired gave the Rams a victory that sent them to the NFC tle game.
Matt Gay, however, popped up wh a shoulr jury and is listed as qutnable.
RAMS JURY REPORT: GAY (SHOULR) QUTNABLE, AKERS GOOD TO GO VS. PATRTS
Gay attempted to make a tackle on kickoff verage Sunday agast the Cardals, so ’s possible the jury occurred then.