The Los Angeles Rams Kept their playoff hopes alive against the New Orleans Saints on Thursday night. Following their 30-22 win over the Saints, the Rams are now looking good to make the playoffs and no one in the NFC wants to see them come playoff time. They are flying high the past few weeks, and one of the most important factors of their whole season has been rookie star Puka Nacua. Puka has come out of nowhere playing incredible when Cooper Kupp was injured and has still been making a huge impact with Kupp back in the lineup.
Nacua was a late round draft pick and has made a huge impact since week one of the NFL season. Nacua finished the game with an impressive 9 catches for 164 yards and a touchdown bring his totals on the year to 96 catches for 1,327 yards and 5 touchdowns. A monster season to say the least, and once again Nacua made timely catches just when the Rams needed them. Nacua is on pace to have the most receieving yards in any rookie season of all time in the NFL and should undoubtedly be the Offensive Rookie of the year this year.
Matthew Stafford is definitely crucial in Nacua’s success and has been the quarterback for many legendary receiver years now. If Puka can continue his legendary production for three more games he should walk away with a few rookie records and take home the award of best offensive rookie in the NFL.
Puka Nacua Of The Los Angeles Rams Is Already In The Hall Of Fame
Puka Nacua already has one of his jerseys in the NFL Hall of Fame after completing the greatest first 5 games of a rookie receiver ever. When Nacua was drafted he had much different expectations for how the season would go. He was quoted saying:
“I was thinking about how would I be able to block well enough to get on the field and if I was going to be a special teams player and how I was going to be able to figure that out,”
He has done much more than that and now has his head coach Sean McVay raving about his play and how he should definitely take home the honor of rookie of the year. McVay was quoted in a recent ESPN article saying:
“He’s really special, “But the best part about him is, he doesn’t worry about those things. He worries about just being a great teammate, continuing to improve his game. [I] sure love this team. And he’s one of those guys that you really love.”
While CJ Stroud has had an amazing year himself, his injury may have cost him the nod for offensive rookie of the year when the season is over. Puka has taken the NFL by storm this year with 6 games of 100 plus receiving yards, and as the Rams gear up for a playoff push, Nacua will continue to feast and add to his record breaking and one of a kind rookie year.
🗣️ New to the Pro Football Hall of Fame
The jersey that Puka Nacua was wearing during Week 5 against the Eagles, when the @RamsNFL rookie wide receiver set the NFL record for most receptions in his first five career games.
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— Pro Football Hall of Fame (@ProFootballHOF) October 18, 2023
Puka Nacua being a 5th rounder is electric
Guy is so good and has a hall of fame name
Get the gold jacket ready
— Football (@BostonConnr) December 22, 2023
Even Shohei Ohtani is a Puka Nacua fan (📹 @rams): pic.twitter.com/o0QEKCSvpj
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) December 23, 2023