LOS ANGELES – Puka Nacua hurt his right knee during Thursday’s practice and will miss Friday’s practice, but head coach Sean McVay said he’s betting on the Los Angeles Rams’ wide receiver for Sunday’s game against the Seattle Seahawks. I have no intention of doing so.”
Nacua “left practice early Thursday morning due to a severe knee injury.” [on the ground] “Fortunately there’s nothing structurally,” McVeigh said. [wrong]”McVay said. He’s going to be listed as questionable, but I wouldn’t bet on this guy. My expectation is that he’s going to be ready to the best of his ability and that That’s our way of thinking.”
Nacua first injured his right knee during a joint practice with the Los Angeles Chargers on August 4, and missed three weeks of practice due to the injury. He then aggravated the injury in the Rams’ season opener and spent the next five weeks on injured reserve.
Nacua came off the IR in Week 8 against the Minnesota Vikings and had seven catches for 106 yards.
McVay said Nacua will not practice Friday in order to “be smart and turn it inside out and get the knee as good as possible for game day.” He will be listed as a suspect on the injury report.
The Rams’ head coach said Thursday’s injury scare wasn’t ideal, but it’s “different in terms of what the MRI and scan results look like” than the first two times Nacua injured his right knee.
Nacua has 11 catches for 141 yards in two games this season. As a rookie last season, Nacua set records for most receptions (105) and receiving yards (1,486) by a rookie in NFL history.
