{"id":796540,"date":"2026-03-06T16:34:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T16:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/796540\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T16:34:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T16:34:30","slug":"los-angeles-rams-agree-to-36m-contract-with-safety-kam-curl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/796540\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Rams agree to $36M contract with safety Kam Curl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 6 (UPI) &#8212; The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/los-angeles-rams\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Los Angeles Rams\" class=\"tpstyle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Los Angeles Rams<\/a> and safety Kam Curl agreed to a three-year, $36 million contract.<\/p>\n<p>Sources told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/nfl-news-roundup-latest-league-updates-from-friday-march-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NFL Network<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/48120998\/source-rams-re-signing-kam-curl-3-year-36m-contract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ESPN<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7093327\/2026\/03\/06\/rams-kam-curl-nfl-free-agency-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Athletic<\/a> about the agreement Friday. The pact has a maximum value of $39 million.\n<\/p>\n<p>Curl, 26, totaled a career-high 122 combined tackles, five passes defensed, two sacks and a forced fumble over 17 starts last season for the Rams. The six-year veteran signed a two-year, $9 million pact with the Rams in 2024 and was set to become a free agent.<\/p>\n<p>Curl, a seventh-round pick by the Washington Commanders in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/2020-NFL-Draft\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"2020 NFL Draft\" class=\"tpstyle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2020 NFL Draft<\/a>, logged 586 combined tackles, 28 passes defensed, eight sacks, five interceptions, four forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries and two defensive scores through the first 93 appearances of his NFL career.<\/p>\n<p>He played 99% of the Rams&#8217; defensive snaps last season.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Super-Bowl-LX-Seattle-Seahawks-defeat-New-England-Patriots_1_1.jpg\" style=\"width: 100%;\" width=\"645\" height=\"431\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold (L) embraces the Super Bowl MVP, running back Kenneth Walker III, after the Seahawks defeated the New England Patriots 29-13 to win Super Bowl LX at Levi&#8217;s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on February 8, 2026. Photo by John Angelillo\/UPI | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/News_Photos\/lp\/bff47ed7d22aa49db9d7d46747b0ec18\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">License Photo<\/a>\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 6 (UPI) &#8212; The Los Angeles Rams and safety Kam Curl agreed to a three-year, $36 million&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":796541,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2079],"tags":[3451,7,1014,58,2444,2611,6,424],"class_list":["post-796540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles-rams","tag-2020-nfl-draft","tag-football","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-rams","tag-losangeles","tag-losangelesrams","tag-nfl","tag-rams"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116183204229567016","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=796540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/796541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}