Return2PLAi
3

S · Los Angeles Rams · week 6 vs Arizona Cardinals · Sun Oct 18 · 4:05 PM ET

Kam Curl

  • ROLE a starter
  • CLASS 2020 · R7 P216
  • EXP 6 seasons
  • AGE 25-28
  • DEPTH SS1

As of week 6, Kam Curl was an SAF for LA, age 27.5, 6 seasons of experience, drafted in round 7. In 2026 through week 5 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 5 games on 89% of snaps. Before 2026 he played 99 games (postseason included) over 6 seasons. His injury history held 7 episodes (ankle 3, hand 1, illness 1), 1 of them reaching OUT, 2 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was an ankle injury in 2026 week 2.

The full read

How our call moved this week

  • our call, P(plays)
  • club report (public)

55% COIN FLIP → 55% COIN FLIP

Every call we wrote for him this week, earliest first, as written.

In short

Kam Curl is a starter at strong safety for LA — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 6. He has an ankle injury. This week he practised limited, then did not practise. His team has listed him Questionable.

The reader concurs · grade C

P1 is the only written evidence and it corroborates rather than contradicts the dossier: the Rams 'added safety Kam Curl to the practice report Thursday' and 'He was limited due to an ankle injury' (P1), which matches the measured Thu-Limited / Fri-DNP worsening shape and the Questionable designation. P1 also indicates the ankle is new and practice-acquired rather than chronic, and it explicitly notes McVay 'doesn't hold a news conference again until Friday' (P1), so no club or coach statement exists in the record that would override the model's PLAY call. Nothing in P1 says he was ruled out or doubtful for Sunday, so there is no prose basis to flip the call, though the thin single-source record and the Friday DNP keep this near a coin flip. It would need to know: Sean McVay's Friday 16 Oct news conference remarks on Curl's ankle — whether the Friday DNP was rest/precautionary or an inability to go; The Rams' official final game-status designation for Curl (Questionable/Doubtful/Out) filed Fri 16 or Sat 17 Oct for the Sun 18 Oct game vs. opponent; Saturday 17 Oct beat reports on whether Quentin Lake or another reserve safety took first-team safety reps in Curl's place; Any Rams practice-squad safety elevation announced Sat 17 Oct; Sunday 18 Oct inactives list for the Rams

What the read cites

What was reportedSource
1“The Rams added safety Kam Curl to the practice report Thursday. He was limited due to an ankle injury.”Pro Football Talk · 2026-10-15
2“It indicates Curl injured his ankle during practice, but coach Sean McVay doesn't hold a news conference again until Friday.”Pro Football Talk · 2026-10-15
6versions this week
9average, every player
29most for one player

How the call moved

COIN FLIP since Sat Oct 17 · 2:16 AM ET · 38 h before kickoff · after the club said it (0 h). Biggest move: 55% → 55%, Sat Oct 17 · 5:01 PM ET to Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET, with no club report in between.

His team's word: Questionable

This is the TEAM'S OWN ANNOUNCEMENT, not a reading of ours. His team filed him on the injury report and we are restating it so the record is complete. There is nothing early about repeating an announcement — what we say ahead of one is on the week's page. Source: his team's published inactive list, on the day.

Practice this week

FriThu
DNPdated Fri Oct 16LPdated Fri Oct 16

Shape of the week: worsening. Only days the publisher dated are shown; a day we could not date is left out until the nightly sweep stamps it. The shape is a fact, not a forecast.

Head start

  • His club's word
  • Kickoff

Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range

  • Snap share90.8% range 46–100

    wk 1–6 · 6 games

Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share

  1. 46%wk 1
  2. 100%wk 2
  3. 99%wk 3
  4. 100%wk 4
  5. 100%wk 5
  6. 100%wk 6

Missed while on the injury report

SeasonWeeks on the reportMissed while listed
202620

Only the weeks he was on the injury report with a recorded result — not every game of his career.

Medical history

WhenInjuryWeeks on a reportWorst status
2026 · wk 6ankle1Questionable
2026 · wk 2ankle1—
2024 · wk 9knee3Questionable
2023 · wk 18quad1Questionable
2023 · wk 7ankle1—
2023 · wk 3illness1Questionable
2022 · wk 16ankle3Questionable
2022 · wk 1hand3Out

Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.

Injury history by season · 8 episodes · 14 weeks on a report · same site more than once: ankle ×4

  • ruled out
  • questionable
  • listed, and played

Each bar is one episode: the week it began and how many weeks he was on a report, coloured by the worst status.

Our past calls vs what happened

Wk 6PLAY 55% ✓ rightafter his team's announcement; played

Season on him: 1 of 1 graded call of ours right. Graded by the record: right or a miss against whether he played. A week we did not call, or his club's own word, is not graded.

The rest of his team's report this week

PlayerPosPracticeWhose wordCallChance he playsBand
Tyler HigbeeTEDNPoursPLAY96%EXPECTED
Myles GarrettLBUNKteam's word—
Alex BachmanWRFULLoursPLAY94%EXPECTED
Bill MurrayGUNKteam's word—
Larrell MurchisonDTUNKteam's word—
Colby ParkinsonTEFULLoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Tutu AtwellWRUNKteam's word—
Keir ThomasLBUNKteam's word—
Trent McDuffieCBDNPteam's wordQuestionable
Ronnie RiversRBUNKteam's word—
Nate LandmanLBFULLoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Davis AllenTELTDoursPLAY85%LIKELY
Byron YoungLBDNPoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Josh WallaceCBFULLoursPLAY89%EXPECTED
Omar SpeightsLBFULLoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Justin DedichOLUNKteam's word—
Terrance FergusonTEUNKteam's word—
Keagen TrostTFULLteam's word—
CJ DanielsWRUNKteam's word—
Matthew CaldwellQBUNKteam's word—
Eddie Walls IIILBUNKteam's word—
Ty SimpsonQBUNKteam's word—

The model reads the room: who else is out shifts what his own designation is worth.

The data behind this page — the timeline in words, every call and week on record, about him, and what this page does not show

Profile — as of week 6

RoleSAF1 · 89% snaps
Season2026 · 5 games through wk 5
Career6 seasons · 99 games before 2026
Injuries7 episodes · last: ankle, 2026 wk 2
Bioage 27.5 · 6 seasons' experience · drafted round 7

Where the profile comes from

Built from: honors.db; nflverse injuries_2026.csv; medical.db; nflverse players.csv; profile.db; nflverse roster_2026.csv; nflverse roster_weekly_2026.csv; nflverse snap_counts_2026.csv; nflverse stats_player_week_2026.csv. Every number in it is one those sources hold.

nflverse injuries_2026.csv

About him

About himAs the record holds it
His rolea starter at strong safety — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 6
Listed on the depth chartfirst at strong safety
Snaps played91% a week on average over 6 weeks, 100% at his highest, 3% on special teams
Build6 ft 2 in · 207 lb
CollegeArkansas
Drafted2020, round 7 pick 216, by WAS
Age25-28 at the season's start
Experience6 seasons

When this call was made, and when the world knew

  1. Team reportHis team listed him Questionable.
  2. PublicHis team's word was public as soon as it was filed.
  3. KickoffKickoff.

How our call moved, earliest first

WhenLeadCallChance he playsBandOn what
Sat Oct 17 · 2:16 AM ET38 hPLAY55%COIN FLIPafter his team's announcement
Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET33 hPLAY55%COIN FLIPafter his team's announcement
Sat Oct 17 · 12:02 PM ET28 hPLAY55%COIN FLIPafter his team's announcement
Sat Oct 17 · 5:01 PM ET23 hPLAY55%COIN FLIPafter his team's announcement
Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET9 hPLAY55%COIN FLIPafter his team's announcement
Sun Oct 18 · 12:02 PM ET4 hPLAY55%COIN FLIPafter his team's announcement
Sun Oct 18 · 3:01 PM ET1 hhis team's word——his team's published inactive list, on the day

6 calls this week, and the call never flipped between PLAY and SIT. Each lead time is the one that call actually had when it was written — never recounted from now. A call that changes is the record working: new evidence arrived and we said so, in public, before the game.

We went and found out more

Rank 1 (listed first on his depth chart), 12 documents deep, because: llm_unsure. Fetched 12 of 12.

His record this season

WkPracticeChance he playsCallSourcePlayed
6DNP55%PLAYafter his team's announcementyes

A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.