The Los Angeles Rams will revamp their kicking game for at least one week after they elevated kicker Harrison Mevis and long snapper Jake McQuaide to the active roster on Saturday.

The move, in advance of Sunday's NFC West showdown against the San Francisco 49ers, comes days after Mevis was signed to the practice squad. Rams kicker Joshua Karty, a fifth-round draft pick in 2004, missed his fifth field-goal attempt last Sunday against the New Orleans Saints.

Mevis, 23, was an All-America selection at Missouri and has spent time with the Carolina Panthers and New York Jets but has not appeared in an NFL game. In the UFL last season, Mevis was 20 of 21 on field-goal attempts for the Birmingham Stallions.

Karty has made 10 of his 15 field-goal attempts this season, leaving the Rams last in

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