Overview
- Puka Nacua injured his knee and toe on the final offensive play of the Rams’ Week 9 win at Washington on Sunday, Nov. 8, and the team placed him on injured reserve on Thursday, Nov. 12.
- The Rams said Nacua suffered sprains to his MCL and PCL plus turf toe, which by league rules forces at least a four-game absence and makes him ineligible to return until the Dec. 20 game against Dallas at the earliest.
- Los Angeles promoted wide receiver Brennan Presley to the active roster and signed Tyler Scott to the practice squad to fill Nacua’s roster spot.
- With Davante Adams already sidelined, the loss of Nacua shifts targets to depth players such as Konata Mumpfield, Tutu Atwell, CJ Daniels and Xavier Smith and increases reliance on tight ends and the run game.
- Placing Nacua on IR uses one of the Rams’ limited IR-return designations, tightening roster flexibility late in the season and complicating decisions about his contract status and possible franchise-tagging next offseason.