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Ficken will be kickin' for Rams in key game

LOS ANGELES_Sam Ficken was sitting at his desk in a Connecticut brokerage company this week when his phone rang.

The day before that call he had passed a securities trader exam.

"I was kind of in the process of training and learning the skills to be successful in that regard," Ficken said.

The Los Angeles Rams were not calling in search of a stock. They needed a kicker.

Greg Zuerlein, the NFL's leading scorer, was headed to season-ending back surgery as the

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