The Los Angeles Rams are expected to release veteran punter Johnny Hekker, according to former NFL punter and now podcaster Pat McAfee.
Hekker was signed as an undrafted free agent by the then St. Louis Rams ahead of the 2012 season. He joined the Rams at the same time as kicker Greg Zuerlein and a year after long snapper Jake McQuaide. The trio formed a reliable special teams unit that was among the best in the NFL for years under special teams coordinator John Fassel.
But the trio began to separate in 2020 when Fassel left the Rams to join newly hired head coach Mike McCarthy with the Dallas Cowboys.