{"id":485583,"date":"2026-01-01T21:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T21:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/485583\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T21:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T21:15:10","slug":"rams-sign-quentin-lake-to-three-year-25-7-million-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/485583\/","title":{"rendered":"Rams sign Quentin Lake to three-year, $25.7-million contract"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/rams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rams<\/a> moved to keep one of their core players with them for the future, signing safety <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/rams\/story\/2025-07-29\/quentin-lake-rams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quentin Lake<\/a> to a three-year contract extension, the team announced Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The deal includes $25.7 million in guarantees, said a person with knowledge of the situation who requested anonymity because the terms were not announced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so thankful to be part of such an amazing organization and I can\u2019t wait to see you guys in the playoffs and for many years to come,\u201d <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RamsNFL\/status\/2006820447447560613\" target=\"_blank\">Lake said in a video<\/a> posted to social media.<\/p>\n<p>Lake is the second defensive player to receive an extension this season, joining linebacker <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/rams\/story\/2025-07-31\/nate-landman-rams-linebacker-zimbabwe-pride\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nate Landman<\/a>, who in November <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/rams\/story\/2025-11-22\/nate-landman-three-year-contract-extension-with-rams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signed a three-year deal<\/a> that includes more than $15 million in guarantees.<\/p>\n<p>Lake, a 2022 <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/rams\/story\/2025-01-13\/quentin-lake-shared-football-passion-rams-playoffs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sixth-round draft pick from UCLA<\/a>, was in the final year of his rookie contract. He has been sidelined for six games because of an elbow injury he suffered against the Seattle Seahawks on Nov. 16. He required surgery and landed on injured reserve, but his window to return to the roster is expected to be opened Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Lake has been a team captain for the last two seasons, and is a key player for a Rams team that is 11-5 entering Sunday\u2019s season finale against the Arizona Cardinals at SoFi Stadium.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HERE TO STAYYYY!!! LETSS GOOOO!!!!!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Quentin Lake (@quentin_lake) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/quentin_lake\/status\/2006827639034761466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 1, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Lake has played in 10 games this season and has one interception. Last season, he was on track to take every defensive snap until coaches decided to rest starters for the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to extend Lake is a departure for an organization that during coach <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/rams\/story\/2025-12-30\/why-are-rams-struggling-so-much\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sean McVay<\/a>\u2019s tenure has typically opted not to sign drafted safeties to extensions.<\/p>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Rams moved to keep one of their core players with them for the future, signing safety Quentin&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":485584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[7140,1582,276,4160,219448,1910,28739,2961,19089,224,5337,24659,7148,90726,7138,5950,58326,3007,71695,2450],"class_list":{"0":"post-485583","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-arizona-cardinals","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-coach","12":"tag-defensive-snap","13":"tag-game","14":"tag-knowledge","15":"tag-la","16":"tag-lake","17":"tag-los-angeles","18":"tag-losangeles","19":"tag-person","20":"tag-quentin-lake","21":"tag-ram","22":"tag-rams","23":"tag-season","24":"tag-sofi-stadium","25":"tag-team","26":"tag-three-year-contract-extension","27":"tag-thursday"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115821918762857193","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}