{"id":874,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/874","headline":"New Rams kicker Blake Grupe hurt minutes into his debut","dek":"Grupe injured his knee making a tackle on a kickoff return just over five minutes into his first game with Los Angeles against the Cardinals.","body":"The Rams' kicking woes found a new victim on Sunday. Blake Grupe, signed to replace Harrison Mevis after Mevis missed a pair of field goals in Week 5's loss to the Bills, injured his knee just over five minutes into his Los Angeles debut against the Arizona Cardinals.\n\nGrupe got hurt while making a tackle on special teams, bringing down Devin Duvernay on a 40-yard kickoff return near midfield. He is doubtful to return.\n\nThe injury means the Rams could be searching for a third kicker in as many weeks, a stretch that has turned a routine roster spot into a running headache for the team. For now, Los Angeles will have to figure out its kicking situation on the fly against Arizona, with Grupe's immediate status unclear beyond being doubtful to return to Sunday's game.","published_at":"2026-10-19T00:03:39.222210+00:00","source_count":6,"written_from":[{"outlet":"New York Post","publisher":"New York Post","title":"Rams’ kicking curse strikes again as new kicker Blake Grupe gets hurt","url":"https://nypost.com/2026/10/18/sports/rams-kicker-blake-grupe-suffers-knee-injury-seconds-after-first-field-goal-against-cardinals/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Rams kicker Blake Grupe injures knee vs. Cardinals in first game with new team","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/rams-kicker-blake-grupe-injures-204714242.html"},{"outlet":"CBS Sports","publisher":"CBS Sports","title":"Rams kicker Blake Grupe doubtful to return after suffering knee injury minutes into L.A. debut","url":"https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/rams-kicker-blake-grupe-suffers-knee-injury-updates/"},{"outlet":"SB Nation","publisher":"SB Nation","title":"Blake Grupe injury: New Rams kicker injures knee vs. Cardinals","url":"https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/1132732/blake-grupe-injury-new-rams-kicker-injures-knee-vs-cardinals"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Blake Grupe injury: New Rams kicker injures knee vs. Cardinals","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/blake-grupe-injury-rams-kicker-203557074.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Rams' new kicker Blake Grupe forced out with injury just minutes into debut","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/rams-kicker-blake-grupe-forced-203414379.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Rams kicker Blake Grupe doubtful to return with knee injury after attempting tackle on kickoff return","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/article/rams-kicker-blake-grupe-doubtful-to-return-with-knee-injury-after-attempting-tackle-on-kickoff-return-205210363.html"},{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Rams face more kicking issues after Blake Grupe injured in first quarter vs. Cardinals","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7702470/2026/10/18/rams-kicker-injured-blake-grupe-cardinals-nfl/"},{"outlet":"ESPN","publisher":"ESPN","title":"Grupe hurt in opening quarter as Rams' kicking woes continue vs. Cardinals","url":"https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/50213862/blake-grupe-exits-rams-debut-early-due-knee-injury"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Rams kicker Blake Grupe leaves with knee injury after attempting tackle on kickoff return, forcing punter to kick go-ahead extra point","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/article/rams-kicker-blake-grupe-leaves-with-knee-injury-after-attempting-tackle-on-kickoff-return-forcing-punter-to-kick-go-ahead-extra-point-233448702.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Rams kicker Blake Grupe on crutches after suffering knee injury","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/rams-kicker-blake-grupe-crutches-000811517.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Blake Grupe on crutches, Rams likely need new kicker for Week 7","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/blake-grupe-crutches-rams-likely-010000680.html"}],"image":{"url":"https://platform.sbnation.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/Screenshot-2026-10-18-at-4.34.28-PM.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C6.6736105060554%2C100%2C86.652778987889&w=1200","credit":"SB Nation","width":1199},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}