Kam Curl believes the Los Angeles Rams’ defense will be keeping Sam Darnold up at night.
The Rams have the numbers to prove it, having dominated Darnold in the 2025 NFL regular season and in the 2024 NFC Wild Card Round, when the quarterback was still with the Minnesota Vikings.
Ahead of another showdown in the NFC Championship game against Darnold, who is now with the Seattle Seahawks, Curl can already see bad things happening to the signal-caller.
“Our secondary, we know what type of quarterback he is. And our D-line pass rush, Curl told Skip Bayless during an appearance on “The Arena: Gridiron,” via Dugar, Michael-Shawn of The Athletic.
“Going back to last year in the wild card, we got after him. The pass rush got after them when we was (sic) in Minnesota. And it’s always going to be in the back of his head.”
To refresh, Darnold was absolutely punished in the pocket by the Rams in the 2024 postseason, as they sacked him nine times for a loss of 82 yards for the Vikings. They also had an interception off him in a 27-9 wild-card win at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz.
Darnold changed teams over the offseason, but the nightmare of the Rams’ defense lingered. In two games in the regular season versus Los Angeles, Darnold completed 65.4% of his passes but threw for just 2 touchdowns with 6 interceptions while absorbing 4 sacks.
On Sunday at Lumen Field in Seattle, Wash., Curl and the Rams will aim to shut down Darnold again and clinch a ticket to the Super Bowl.
