Chargers Intensify Bid for Rams’ Star Kicker : Pro football: Mike Lansford said the money offered by Chargers or Phoenix might be enough to entice him to leave.

With the April 1 end of the two-month Plan B free agency period 1 1/2 weeks away, the Chargers have intensified their pursuit of Rams’ kicker Mike Lansford.

Lansford, an eight-year veteran and the Rams’ all-time leading scorer, said Tuesday he likely will decide by the end of this week whether he will stay with the Rams or sign with another team.

Lansford said the offers from the Chargers and the Phoenix Cardinals, the other team actively pursuing him, are worth about $100,000 more than the $310,000 he would earn in 1990 under a two-year contract he signed with the Rams last year. That might be enough to entice him to leave the Rams, the team he followed growing up in Arcadia.

“There’s one intangible,” Lansford said. “That’s money.”

Lansford, 31, has been known as a consistent and clutch kicker. He made 23 of 30 field goal attempts last season and has made 143 of 193 in his career, including 36 of 52 from between 40 and 49 yards. He is not as strong on kickoffs, and it is that area that Charger General Manager Bobby Beathard said he is most interested in testing during a workout the team would like to schedule later this week.

Chris Bahr, the Chargers’ kicker last season, was left unprotected in the Plan B program, and Beathard has said he likely will be invited back to training camp only if the Chargers do not sign another kicker.

Beathard said the Chargers also remain interested in Fuad Reveiz, who was released last season after four years with the Miami Dolphins, and John Carney, who was left unprotected by Tampa Bay. But the team has dropped its pursuit of Bjorn Nittmo, left unprotected by the New York Giants.

Charger Notes

The Chargers are awaiting word after making offers to several other Plan B players, General Manager Bobby Beathard said. Still to be heard from are Seattle linebacker Joe Cain, Buffalo Bills running back Ronnie Harmon and Miami offensive guard Tom Toth. Beathard said he expects a decision from Harmon this week. Washington Redskins offensive guard Ralph Tamm apparently has turned down an offer from the Chargers to sign with Cleveland, Beathard said. . . . Offensive tackle James FitzPatrick, the Chargers’ 1986 first-round draft choice left unprotected in Plan B, has not signed with another team. “We’ve talked to other teams; he will sign somewhere,” said his agent, Leigh Steinberg. Beathard has said that even if FitzPatrick does not sign with another team, he will not be invited back to the Chargers.