The Baltimore Ravens have been busy making kicker moves of late. After placing Tyler Loop on injured reserve, the Ravens went with Jake Moody for Thursday night's 33-10 loss against the Jacksonville Jaguars. However, he has since signed with the Atlanta Falcons.
The Ravens signed Riley Patterson to their 53-man roster to fill the void left by Moody. And As NFL inside Ian Rapoport reported, they also added former Los Angeles Rams kicker Harrison Mevis to the practice squad as added competition for Patterson.
Mevis, who is known as the “Thiccer Kicker,” played nine games for the Rams last season, converting 12 of 13 field goal attempts as a rookie. However, he suffered a significant sophomore slump as he missed four of nine field goal attempts in five games this season. The Rams finally cut the cord on him after he went 0-of-2 in a 37-34 overtime loss to the Buffalo Bills last month.
Mevis now joins a Ravens team whose season has completely gone off the rails amid disastrous collapses and crippling quarterback injuries. They've lost four games in a row while losing their top two quarterbacks, Lamar Jackson and Tyler Huntley, to season-ending injuries.
Baltimore traded for veteran QB Jacoby Brissett from the Arizona Cardinals. He will now take over as the starter for Week 10, replacing rookie Joe Fagnano, who started on Thursday night against the Jaguars.
The snake-bitten Ravens will have a golden opportunity to end their losing skid as they take on the still-winless Los Angeles Chargers on Monday Night Football.