{"id":199297,"date":"2026-03-01T13:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T13:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/199297\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T13:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T13:10:08","slug":"rams-nfl-free-agency-needs-here-are-the-players-l-a-could-sign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/199297\/","title":{"rendered":"Rams NFL free agency needs: Here are the players L.A. could sign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix&#8221;&gt;             <img class=\"image\" alt=\"Rams safety Kam Curl (3) celebrates after intercepting a pass against the Chicago Bears.\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772370608_573_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>         <\/p>\n<p>Rams safety Kam Curl (3) celebrates after intercepting a pass against the Chicago Bears in the divisional playoffs on Jan. 18.<\/p>\n<p>(Jeff Roberson \/ Associated Press)<\/p>\n<p>The Rams have not invested heavily at cornerback since 2019, when they traded two first-round draft picks for <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/rams\/story\/2019-10-15\/rams-trade-two-no-1-picks-and-no-4-pick-to-jaguars-for-cornerback-jalen-ramsey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jalen Ramsey<\/a>. They have not drafted a cornerback since 2023, when they picked Tre Tomlinson in the sixth round.<\/p>\n<p>Last season, the Rams thought their young and talented pass rush could compensate for their decision not to stand pat with the cornerbacks and safeties from the 2024 season.<\/p>\n<p>That did not work out well.<\/p>\n<p>Cobie Durant, a 2022 fourth-round draft pick, and Roger McCreary, a 2022 second-round pick by the Tennessee Titans who was acquired in a 2025 midseason trade, are free agents. So are Ahkello Witherspoon and Derion Kendrick.<\/p>\n<p>The Rams have until May 1 to decide whether to exercise a fifth-year option on Emmanuel Forbes Jr. The Rams in 2024 signed the 2023 first-round pick after he was waived by the Washington Commanders. If the Rams exercise the option, Forbes would be guaranteed $12.6 million in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Safety Kam Curl is a free agent. But the Rams in January gave safety <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/rams\/story\/2026-01-01\/rams-safety-quentin-lake-to-three-year-contract-extension\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Quentin Lake a three-year extension<\/a> that includes $25.7 million in guarantees, so it would be a surprise if the Rams are willing to pay a premium for Curl.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pff.com\/news\/nfl-free-agent-rankings-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">According to Pro Football Focus<\/a>, Jamal Dean (Tampa Bay), Jaylen Watson (Kansas City) and Tariq Woolen (Seattle) are top free-agent cornerbacks. Top college prospects include Jermod McCoy (Tennessee), Mansoor Delane (Louisiana State), Brandon Cisse (South Carolina), according to the website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix&#8221;&gt; Rams safety Kam Curl (3) celebrates after intercepting a pass against the Chicago Bears in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199298,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[10840,4017,10834,57121,27764,92675,48,52,51,47,50,49,4606,92673,11706,92672,10947,278,427,92674,63420],"class_list":{"0":"post-199297","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-byron-young","9":"tag-contract","10":"tag-davante-adams","11":"tag-draft","12":"tag-final-year","13":"tag-first-round-pick","14":"tag-la","15":"tag-la-headlines","16":"tag-la-news","17":"tag-los-angeles","18":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","19":"tag-los-angeles-news","20":"tag-mcvay","21":"tag-nfl-success","22":"tag-ram","23":"tag-ram-nfl-free-agency","24":"tag-rams","25":"tag-season","26":"tag-team","27":"tag-three-year-extension","28":"tag-unrestricted-free-agent"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}