Mike Florio#15 of 87 NFL pundits · Oct 19, 2026
Florio predicts that kicker Blake Grupe's leg injury, suffered trying to make a tackle on a kickoff return, will end their stint with the Rams and that Los Angeles will sign another kicker after Week 6.
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What Mike Florio said
Either way, the hit will apparently end Grupe's time with the Rams.
- Where it was published
- NBC Sports
- The piece
- Rams K Blake Grupe left SoFi Stadium with crutches and a brace on his leg
- The original
- Read the original
- Read it wrong?
- Tell us and we will look
- SaidOct 18
- GradedOct 19
How the call scored
a naive guessbetter than naiveOne checkable claim, graded on its own against what actually happened.
The call scored 100 out of 100, against 0 for a naive guess at the same calls.
The call is scored 0 to 100 against what happened, on its own, by the published methodology. The naive guess is what knowing nothing would have scored on the same call; the gap, weighted by how hard the call was, is the skill.
Trade and Signing CallsBlake Grupe
Blake Grupe to move — “the hit will apparently end Grupe's time with the Rams”
VerdictHit100Hit · naive 0100this call−0a naive guess=100better than naive×1.72difficulty=+172skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- skill:
- 172
- player:
- Blake Grupe
- season:
- 2026
- claimed:
- he leaves
- was with:
- NO/IND
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 0
- reported:
- waived (from NYJ); signed → LAR (from NYJ)
- settled by:
- a confirmed report from the crawl (reported outcomes)
- difficulty:
- 1.72
- the naive guess:
- he stays where he is
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 13
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