WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. – Rams head coach Sean McVay on Monday conveyed a clear sense of urgency in addressing the field goal operation issues that have plagued the team this season.

On Tuesday, they brought back veteran long snapper Jake McQuaide, signing him to the practice squad. Wednesday morning, they added Harrison Mevis to the practice squad, making room for him by signing running back Ronnie Rivers to the active roster.

On Wednesday, McVay said Mevis will compete with Joshua Karty for the kicker job, and that McQuaide is expected to be the long snapper against the 49ers.

"It's all geared towards trying to be able to just get some solutions and some kick consistency, really, with our field goal operation," McVay said prior to Wednesday's practice. "And so (I) think it's important to be able to have good competition at some spots that we feel like we can have improved play, to be able to evaluate all 11."

In terms of the process of evaluating the kicking competition, McVay said that "we'll implement more than we normally would on a Wednesday and a Thursday, and truly be able to kind of use it for a competition."

McVay expressed confidence in McQuaide to step into that role because of McQuaide's familiarity.

"He's obviously going to earn the right to be out there, but if he looks like we would anticipate and what he looked like yesterday when we ended up working out two other kickers, things are trending in that direction," McVay said.

McVay said he handled conversations about the moves with Karty and long snapper Alex Ward with "honest(y) with empathy" and by providing clarity. Both players handled those discussions well, per McVay.

Ultimately, it's about achieving greater consistency.

"I think you always use the caveat too, that my job is to be able to make decisions that are best for the collective," McVay said. "It doesn't mean I'm always right. I've certainly made a lot of wrong decisions, but the intentions are always in the right direction. And you just try to be able to let them know, here's what the thought process is, here's why. Both those guys were total studs about it. But again, this is one of the most challenging things, is being able to figure out, all right, 'Hey, who are the best guys to be able to execute the plan and be able to bring it to life?' And certainly there's a lot of layers to everything that's gone on in that phase, but those are two areas that, those guys have done a lot of really good stuff for us, but we want to be able to see a little bit more consistency in those arenas, and think these guys will be here to be able to push them, and then that allows us to be able to make a decision and have some actions that are in alignment with being able to move forward in hopefully a positive manner."

Los Angeles takes on the San Francisco 49ers Sunday at Levi's Stadium at 1:25 p.m. pacific time (FOX).