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The LA Rams thought that the competition for placekicker was behind them. In fact, in the first wave of cuts, backup placekicker Austin MacGinnis was sent packing. After auditioning five different placekickers in 2020, the LA Rams had finally found their guy. He is Matt Gay, and he appeared to gives what proved to be an incredibly elusive combination: distance and accuracy.
So far in the preseason, Matt Gay is one out of two on extra points (50 percent) and one out of two on field goals (50 percent).