Rams’ Kam Curl, Emmanuel Forbes Jr. get revenge on former team in win over Commanders

LANDOVER, Md. — Revenge is a dish best served cold, and Los Angeles Rams safety Kam Curl wasn’t about to let a nagging foot injury keep him from getting a taste.

Returning to the stadium where his NFL career began, Curl made it abundantly clear that nothing, not even a missing body part, would prevent him from facing his former team, the Washington Commanders.

“Yeah, I was going to play this game with my head cut off,” Curl told the California Post following the Rams’ 20-13 victory Sunday afternoon. “Wasn’t nothing going to stop me.”

Curl wasn’t the only former Washington defensive back with something to prove.

Rams cornerback Emmanuel Forbes Jr., a former first-round pick of the Commanders, also returned to face the franchise that drafted him 16th overall in 2023 before releasing him during the 2024 season.

Forbes’ return wasn’t without adversity. Former Rams receiver Van Jefferson beat him on a quick slant for a 7-yard touchdown in the second quarter, but Forbes ultimately walked away with something far more important: a victory.

“I had this one circled,” said Forbes Jr. about the matchup against his former team. “I was motivated to play them guys. They let me go two years ago and I was just ready to go out there and show what I got.”

For Curl, who spent his first four NFL seasons in Washington before joining Los Angeles, Sunday’s homecoming carried additional significance after a foot injury threatened his availability.

But Curl refused to make the afternoon about personal redemption.

“I was just fighting,” Curl said. “Fighting for the team. That’s just being a team player and trying to do everything I can for the team.”

For two former Commanders, their flight back to Los Angeles just got a whole lot sweeter.

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