Puka "Not a Game Changer" Nacua folks (also there's an addendum down the list that will make people's head's explode)

[CoachAllred]

what a beast

thanks for the clarification

Apologies Westcoast for my confusion.

 

[WestCoastRam]

Apologies Westcoast for my confusion.

not at all, feel free to call me a jackass if I ever argue Puka is a mediocre talent

 

[dang]

not at all, feel free to call me a jackass if I ever argue Puka is a mediocre talent

So it’s settled…Puka has been and is expected to be a GAME CHANGER for the foreseeable future.
I regularly and confidently referred to him as a top 3 NFL WR (behind only Jefferson and Chase) to any of my friends who would debate my “Rams homer” babble last year.

 

[sloramfan]

puka a game changer?

he's not that fast...

he's not a really that precise of a route runner...

the only thing he does good is...

he makes plays... PERIOD!

throw him the ball, and ... FUH GEDD ABOUT IT!!!

incredibly lucky we got him when we did...

go rams

slo

 

[WestCoastRam]

Ranking NFL's top wide receivers against man and zone coverage

Puka Nacua and Nico Collins were among the NFL's top wide receivers against both coverages this past season.

www.pff.com

Against man coverage:

4. Puka Nacua, Los Angeles Rams (90.9)​

Nacua missed five games in 2024 but still led the league in target rate against man coverage (40%) and yards after the catch (211). He caught 29 passes for 344 yards and two touchdowns against such coverages, in addition to moving the chains 18 times. Nacua was the only receiver outside of A.J. Brown to force double-digit missed tackles (10) on man-coverage targets.

Against zone coverage:

1. Puka Nacua, Los Angeles Rams (92.3)​

Nacua earned a 90.4 zone PFF receiving grade in his rookie 2023 season and followed that up with a 92.3 mark in 2024. He saw 71 zone targets at a rate of 36%, the highest in the league, and caught 55 passes for 706 yards and a touchdown. Nacua averaged 5.8 yards after the catch and finished in the top 10 in missed tackles forced (10) and first downs (32) on zone targets.

Click through for the full receiver rankings.

 

[WestCoastRam]

Actually a little surprised he was as high as he was against man coverage. If he can stay healthy, skies the limit!

 

[Memento]

He doesn't run a 4.39 like Atwell! Not a game changer!

 

[ReekofRams]

He doesn't run a 4.39 like Atwell! Not a game changer!

So you’re saying Atwell is a game changer?

 

[RamBradford85]

There was a poster that recently took the position Puka Nacua was NOT a 'Game Changer', and the Rams had not even had a true game-changer since Todd Gurley.

The poster received a ton of push-back on Nacua. I don't know that he convinced anyone but he stood firm.
I believe that is where the OP came-up with that notation for the title for his thread.

And I still stand on it… by the way I view a game changer he’s not 1

 

[Memento]

And I still stand on it… by the way I view a game changer he’s not 1

...Wait, you're serious? Seriously? Number four receiver in against man coverage, number one receiver against zone coverage, nearly getting 1,000 yards in only eleven games, multiple long YAC catches...and he's not a game-changer?

Are you higher than the Eiffel Tower right now? Because I don't care how good it feels; there's no way in hell I'm getting that blazed.

 

[PARAM]

And I still stand on it… by the way I view a game changer he’s not 1

And yet, the numbers prove it out. Not only is he a game changer. He's the #1 game changer.

Wait a minute........Cooper, is this you?

 

[Memento]

So you’re saying Atwell is a game changer?

Not a snowball's chance in hell; I'm just stating how stupid it is to say that speed = game changer. If that was the case, John Ross, Ted Ginn Jr., and Darius Heyward-Bey would've been HOFers, and Al Davis would've been the most respected owner/GM of all time instead of the laughingstock he was at the end.

 

[Allen2McVay]

And I still stand on it… by the way I view a game changer he’s not 1

 

[WestCoastRam]

And I still stand on it… by the way I view a game changer he’s not 1

what game are you watching? soccer, perhaps

 

[Faceplant]

Troll behavior. Nothing more, nothing less.

 

[thirteen28]

"Puka's not a game changer."

 

[gogoat1]

I thought Tu Tu was faster than that.
Basically a 4.40 guy. Not blazing.

 

[WestCoastRam]

Basically a 4.40 guy. Not blazing.

just out of curiosity, what would be blazing to you

To me, anything sub 4.40 (he's been reportedly clocked at 4.39, 4.38 and 4.32) is elite speed - absolute top of the top.

Sub 4.4 would be included in top tier speed alone, IMO

 

[majrleaged]

anything under 4.5

 

[Tano]

And I still stand on it… by the way I view a game changer he’s not 1

Sorry I couldn't help it.

Although I completely disagree with you, I am just messing with you as to the idiot part.