For the last four years, the Rams had Gerald Everett as their No. 2 tight end behind Tyler Higbee. He never really met the expectations as a former second-round pick, but he was a legitimate receiving threat and a decent blocker, giving Sean McVay options at the position with two reliable tight ends.
Everett is now with the Seahawks and his replacement, Johnny Mundt, suffered a torn ACL on Sunday. Mundt is now out for the season, leaving a big void behind Higbee. The Rams do have two other tight ends on the active roster and one on the practice squad, but none of them have caught a single regular-season pass in the NFL.
Jacob Harris, Brycen Hopkins and Kendall Blanton are all candidates to replace Mundt but combined, they’ve played a total of eight offensive snaps in their career – and six of those were played by Harris on Sunday.
So who will the Rams turn to as a replacement for Mundt? McVay said Monday that the team is “working through that right now,” and that there are “a couple of guys that are candidates on the practice squad or maybe even on the active roster already.” They could look at the free-agent market for help, too, but for now, it seems like they’ll stick to their in-house options.