Rams training camp battles: Lirim Hajrullahu appears positioned to be LA’s kicker

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The Los Angeles Rams held a scrimmage at SoFi Stadium on Saturday night and it was the perfect opportunity for Sean McVay to get a look at his three-way kicker competition with bright lights and 70,000 empty seats as the background. The kicker who had the best night adjusting to those conditions was CFL star Lirim Hajrullahu, the presumed favorite to win the job this offseason even though he has no NFL experience.

Hajrullahu went 5-of-5 on Saturday night, connecting from 38, 38, 43, 48 and 50. They were reportedly all “no doubt” kicks that cleared the crossbar with ease.

Here’s what I wrote about Hajrullahu back in April when the Rams signed him:

Hajrullahu went 47-of-55 on field goal tries in 2019 with a long of 56. For his career, he’s made 83.3% of his 287 attempts over six seasons. He drew interest from the league in 2019 but ended up returning to Hamilton, but the team released him this year so that he’d be able to freely negotiate and sign with an NFL team in 2020.
His family wound up in Canada in 1998 as refugees from Kosovo.
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McVay would love to be able to replace longtime kicker Greg Zuerlein with a cheaper option who can improve upon Zuerlein’s disappointing 2019 campaign. Though Austin MacGinnis was also good, making 4-of-5 kicks, Hajrullahu may have pulled even further ahead in the race to do just that.

Rookie Sam Sloman may have been drafted this year but could be lagging behind based on Saturday’s event.

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This: Hajrullahu went 5-of-5 on Saturday night, connecting from 38, 38, 43, 48 and 50. They were reportedly all “no doubt” kicks that cleared the crossbar with ease.

There was little doubt that Hajrullahu had the best leg of the three, so if he's making all of his kicks there is little doubt that the CFL All Star might be special.
 
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After reading about his accomplishments in the CFL I kinda figured the job was his to lose. The only question was if kicking off a tee made a difference. Seems like it hasn't so far. We just mighta found ourselves a good one.
 
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snackdaddy said:
After reading about his accomplishments in the CFL I kinda figured the job was his to lose. The only question was if kicking off a tee made a difference. Seems like it hasn't so far. We just mighta found ourselves a good one.
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It's been reported that they don't use tees in the CFL by member (s) here. That changed to conform with the NFL when the matched the distance between goalposts. As far as I know the hash marks are still farther away from the middle of the field making it a harder angle to kick from.
 
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I would like more detailed information on how far his kicks went.

I would also like to know how the field conditions are. Goff said he could feel a breeze at times and the ball jumps in SoFi. It may not be much but, the Rams should be getting as much information on the wind directions and speed. Also if it changes with the temperature, sunshine and time of day. I imagine the temperature stays close to the same being 100 ft. below ground level. I'm curious.

Does anyone know if they use air conditioning around the field?
 
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