{"id":788714,"date":"2026-03-03T09:33:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T09:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/788714\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T09:33:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T09:33:16","slug":"la-rams-tender-harrison-mevis-2-other-erfas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/788714\/","title":{"rendered":"LA Rams tender Harrison Mevis, 2 other ERFAs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 2, 2026, 4:51 p.m. PT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/los-angeles-rams\/343\" data-autotag=\"f489e821-d3f9-4cff-bec5-7eaa0f4b51cb\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Los Angeles Rams<\/a> are making sure a handful of players won\u2019t hit free agency next week. On Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therams.com\/news\/rams-tender-exclusive-rights-free-agents-justin-dedich-harrison-mevis-and-xavier-smith-2026\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the team announced<\/a> it has tendered three exclusive rights free agents: kicker Harrison Mevis, wide receiver Xavier Smith and lineman Justin Dedich.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">All three of them were set to <a href=\"http:\/\/theramswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/rams\/2026\/03\/02\/nfl-free-agency-rams-predictions-curl-higbee-atwell\/88946408007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">become free agents<\/a> if the Rams hadn\u2019t tendered them, but they will remain in Los Angeles for another year. Players tendered as exclusive rights free agents will be paid minimum contracts, so it\u2019s a cheap way for the Rams to keep all three of them in horns for 2026. Now that they&#8217;re tendered, they cannot negotiate with other teams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Mevis joined the Rams in the middle of last season, replacing Joshua Karty as the team\u2019s kicker, doing an excellent job the rest of the way. He made 12 of 13 field goal attempts and all 39 PATs, going 51-for-52 on his kicks during the regular season. He was also a perfect 6-for-6 on field goals and 9-for-9 on PATs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Smith was the Rams\u2019 big-play receiver off the bench. He caught 18 passes for 303 yards, with a long of 51 yards. He led the team in receiving once and averaged 16.8 yards per catch. Additionally, he was the Rams\u2019 primary punt returner, though his muffed punt in the divisional round remains the lasting memory of his season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Dedich backed up the Rams\u2019 interior linemen at guard, making a total of six starts in place of Steve Avila and Kevin Dotson. He\u2019s played 29 games the last two seasons, making nine total starts.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><img class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772530396_926_86373428007-square-1.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 2, 2026, 4:51 p.m. PT The Los Angeles Rams are making sure a handful of players won\u2019t&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":788715,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2079],"tags":[95878,7,1014,58,2444,2611,6,424,95922,95923,95882,95946,97267,103426,95924,95895,95906,96177,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-788714","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-rams","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-los-angeles","11":"tag-los-angeles-rams","12":"tag-losangeles","13":"tag-losangelesrams","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-rams","16":"tag-sstssportsnflrams","17":"tag-sstsnrams","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagcalifornia-gold-rush","20":"tag-tagharrison-mevis","21":"tag-tagjoshua-karty","22":"tag-taglos-angeles-rams","23":"tag-tagnfl-hub","24":"tag-tagoverall-positive","25":"tag-tagsmg-breaking-wire","26":"tag-tagsports-news","27":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116164558989758178","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=788714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/788715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}