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Andrew Joseph

Puka Nacua arrived to the locker room just in time to receive the game ball and his Rams teammates loved it

Puka Nacua Rams Sean McVay NFL

When the Los Angeles Rams placed star wide receiver Cooper Kupp on injured reserve, his absence easily could have derailed the season. But instead, the emergence of rookie receiver Puka Nacua has been one of the great and unexpected stories through four weeks of the NFL season.

And on Sunday, Puka had himself a game to remember. He just nearly missed head coach Sean McVay’s presentation of the game ball.

In the Rams’ 29-23 overtime win over the Colts, Nacua hauled in nine receptions for 163 yards and had his first NFL touchdown come on the overtime winner. In the immediate postgame aftermath, Nacua was caught up in interviews and had to run to the locker room as the rest of the team was already listening to the victory speech.

He got there literally just in time.

McVay was looking for Nacua and had no idea that the receiver wasn’t in the room yet. That was when he made his grand entrance, and the team had the most wholesome reaction as Nacua ran to receive the game ball.

No wonder NFL fans enjoyed that video. Everything about it was great.

This was how Twitter reacted

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