The fallout from the Los Angeles Rams’ defeat by the Buffalo Bills rumbled on as offensive lineman Alaric Jackson was suspended for punching an opponent while kicker Harrison Mevis has been released.
Jackson was handed a two-game ban by the NFL after he struck Bills linebacker Bradley Chubb following Monday’s 37-34 overtime loss.
Chubb was talking to players from both teams near midfield when Jackson approached him and punched him in the jaw.
“It’s just emotions, you know what I mean? Emotional game, it was a close game,” Chubb said.
Jackson is now set to miss the Rams’ next two games against the Arizona Cardinals and Las Vegas Raiders.
Meanwhile, the Rams have decided to cut Mevis and sign fellow kicker Blake Grupe from the New York Jets’ practice squad.
Mevis missed a field goal in regulation and had another attempt blocked in overtime against the Bills, which Rams head coach Sean McVay said “cost us the game”.
“The kicking game, especially with our PAT, field goal, not even close to good enough,” McVay said.
Mevis, 24, has made five of his past nine field goal attempts, including only one of his last four across the past two games.
Grupe, 27, has converted 81.9% of his field goals and 98% of his extra-point attempts in 50 NFL games with the New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts.