Unfortunately for Puka Nacua, the 2024 season has involved more watching than playing for the Rams receiver. Between his knee injuries and Sunday’s ejection, he’s been unable to finish seven of the Rams’ eight games this season.
After getting disqualified from Sunday’s game against the Seahawks, Nacua was forced to watch the Rams’ thrilling 26-20 overtime win from Lumen Field’s visitor’s locker room – a locker room that isn’t well-equipped for someone trying to watch the game.
Nacua had to watch the second half of the game on a tiny TV in the corner of the room. To make matters worse, he said the TV only had the local Seattle broadcast on, so the announcers favored the Seahawks.
“They got the Seattle broadcast going up here with the FOX NFL game so I’m hearing the Kam Kinchens pick, the announcer’s screaming ‘no’ and I’m screaming ‘yes,’ so it was interesting in that aspect,” he said.
That didn’t stop Nacua from getting excited when his teammates made plays, even catching a police officer in the locker room off-guard.
“I may have overreacted. I caught him off-guard but overtime, a one-handed catch like that, it brought me out of my seat,” Nacua said.
During an interview with media members, Nacua showed the TV he had to watch the game on.
“It’s hard to see. I’m standing over here by somebody’s locker up on the chair, but it was crazy,” he said.
Puka Nacua has never been ejected before at any level. He watched the Rams OT walk off win in the locker room alone. Going crazy jumping up and down, pacing. The only other person in the locker room was a police officer who Puka said wasn’t happy with the outcome. “He’s been a… pic.twitter.com/6IMwyAFXkf
— James Palmer (@JamesPalmerTV) November 4, 2024
Hopefully next week, Nacua will be able to finish the game with his teammates on the field when the Rams face the Dolphins on Monday Night Football.
Even though he got booted from the game, he went crazy with Robinson after the team came off the field.
😤🙌 @AsapPuka was fired up after that OT win! pic.twitter.com/HLbsw6n9A5
— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) November 4, 2024
