The Los Angeles Rams improved to 3-4 with their 30-20 win over the Minnesota Vikings on Thursday Night time Soccer, led by the returns of Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua.
Kupp caught a landing whereas Nacua hauled in seven of his 9 targets for a team-high 106 receiving yards. Kupp was anticipated to play in Week 8, however Nacua’s return was extra of a shock contemplating he was activated from injured reserve just a few days prior.
Nacua wasted no time making his presence felt for the Rams, which head coach Sean McVay instantly observed from the sidelines. “There have been a whole lot of moments. I believe the second I noticed alright, this maniac is basically again is when he simply stands beneath the goalpost throughout our workforce warmups and simply form of goes forwards and backwards,” McVay answered when requested if there was a second when he realized Nacua is really again.
“[Offensive Assistant/Pass Game Specialist] Nate Scheelhaase was form of on the lookout for him, I mentioned, ‘Oh, hey, that allow you to know he’s able to go, simply go away him be.’ Actually instantly. I believed it was good to get that first little drop out of the way in which and you then get him a second contact on the second play of the sport the place he finally ends up catching the display screen, breaking a deal with to get a primary down.
“His power, his ardour, and his love for the sport… this man is an igniter in each sense of the phrase. It was superior having him again on the market. I really like him.”
Rams’ Sean McVay praises Puka Nacua’s run-blocking
Along with making a big effect along with his pass-catching abilities, Puka Nacua set some good blocks for the Rams’ run recreation. “That was the place I used to be so bummed as a result of folks simply see the stats which are unbelievable, however he does a lot for the manufacturing of the run recreation,” Sean McVay mentioned of Nacua.
“He allows us to be in actually totally different personnel groupings. You guys heard me point out a whole lot of particular gamers on their protection which are movable items or like what Michael Hoecht is to us defensively. That’s what Puka Nacua is. He simply occurs to be an All-Professional receiver that has all these stats, accolades, and the fantasy numbers that folks get enamored with, however you watch what he did on fourth down-and-one, that play doesn’t convert. These are stops towards the Raiders that we had final week after which right here he’s having the ability to get a hat on a hat.
“The man’s a stud, he loves the sport, he likes to compete, and I believe he will get as a lot pleasure out of catching a landing as he does springing a block for Kyren [Williams]. You guys can see that by the genuine enthusiasm and pleasure he performs with. He brings out one of the best in everybody round him and that’s as massive praise as I may say.”
