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The Rams’ Kamren Curl (3) skips into the end zone after returning a fumble for a score earlier this season. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Before he signed with the Rams last March, safety Kamren Curl played four seasons for the Washington Commanders in the NFC East.
That resumé makes him something of a resident expert on the Philadelphia Eagles, and star running back Saquon Barkley, who played six seasons for the New York Giants.
“I’m a little familiar with them,” Curl said Wednesday.
On Sunday night, the Rams will try to keep alive their playoff hopes when they play the streaking Eagles at SoFi Stadium.
The Eagles are 8-2 and have won six games in a row with an offense that features Barkley, quarterback Jalen Hurts, receivers A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith, one of the NFL’s best offensive lines and a defense that ranks at or near the top.
“Their roster, top to bottom, is as good as it gets in this league, if not the best,” Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford said.
Kamren Curl has had to deal with Saquon Barkley (26) before, when the safety was a Commander and the running back a Giant. (Icon Sportswire / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Curl has played seven games against the Eagles. He faced Barkley six times against the Giants.
“They’re going to do what they do,” Curl said of an Eagles team coming off a victory over the Commanders. “They believe in their players, so they don’t really switch things up.
“They think that their skill players are better than yours. … It’s going to be good playing against them again.”
Barkley has made the Eagles the top rushing team in the NFL.
He has rushed for 1,137 yards and eight touchdowns while averaging 113.7 yards per game. He also has two touchdown receptions.
Since leaving the struggling Giants as a free agent, “it’s not all on his shoulders,” Curl said.
“He looks fresher,” Curl said. “He looks faster. He’s always been a great player and now he looks healthy. And like I said, those skill…
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Publish date : 2024-11-21 11:15:00
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