Puka Nacua Placed on Injured Reserve: Rams' Fallout

We did just get a little bit of NFL breaking news that Puka Nacua is officially going to be placed on injured reserve. I don't know what that means timeline-wise for Puka Nacua. It is just labeled extended time. There was some thought that they weren't going to place Puka on IR because they weren't going to be able to bring him back. I don't know what happened. So I don't know if this means Puka's done for the season. I don't know if this means Puka's. Not back unless they make the playoffs. I don't know if this means Puka Nacua is playing week 15. I don't know, is my honest assessment, Gabe. I'm wondering if you have a read on this Puka Nacua situation. I think they're hoping, best case scenario, that he comes back week 14, 15, 16 type thing. So he's going to be out for the foreseeable future. Let's just call it out for what it is. I'm going to pat myself on the back here. One of the smartest things that I did this year in fantasy football. I passed on Nakua twice. It wasn't easy. It wasn't easy. Like, I had the second pick, third pick type thing, and he was right there. And I was like, you know what? There's something about him that I do not trust this year. Between injuries, him biting people, and his personal stuff going on. I can just tell you, listen, he was unraveling in the offseason. Let's just call it out for what it is. Very strange for a kid that went to BYU as well. You don't expect that. It's the last thing you expect when you draft a kid from BYU. What, he's out partying all night? You've got to be kidding me, right? So, you know, he reigned it in, but, you know, you can say it caught up a little bit, right? You know what I mean? Like when you party more, you get injured more, et cetera. Like, I just sort of knew that this was going to be a weird year for him, and I was right about it. And I guarantee you, a lot of people, it's going to cost them fantasy football championships because he was such a high pick. But it's also a situation, Gabe, where we talked about this team having a bunch of guys coming off the best seasons of their life, and it's very difficult to repeat those things. Stafford's a million years old. Nakua has, like, yeah, Nakua's not catching 150 balls every year. That's like, you know what I mean? You just can't. Reality kicks in. Injuries kick in. Fame kicks in. Everything else kicks in. He catches 15 balls a game. Like, you saw the play he got injured on. They're trying to run out the clock. They run an end around to Puka. It's absurd. That was stupid. That was stupid. There's something about McVay and Shanahan where their genius can't comprehend. I am putting my best player at risk by giving them the ball every single play. You also have to wonder about their genius as well. It's like, well, you're not really a genius if you just threw the ball at Cooper Cup 17 times when he was here. And now you do. Puka. Like, Gabe, if John McVay was the Buffalo Bills, he'd run quarterback power the whole game. Unless you're Devontae Adams, and somehow you don't get the ball. You have to wait for Puka to get hurt to get the ball. They have a weird dynamic. He caught 20 goals? They have a weird dynamic there. Like, they really do. But it's also a problem when you build your team. Like, we talked about that with, you know, I forget what team it was. I was talking about this the other day. Like, when you build your team and you only run certain plays for a few guys all the time and they're out, you're screwed. Right? You kind of are. We both felt the same way about the Rams. They were overhyped coming into this year. You know what's funny? They're still overpriced. I was telling this to someone yesterday or so that maybe we can buy low on the Rams now. We can't. They just had a segment. This had a segment, Buying or Selling Teams to Win a Playoff Game on the pregame show tonight. Yeah. And, of course, Whitworth. And he admitted. He goes, listen, I'm never going to sell out Sean McVay. Well, yeah. The guy won two Super Bowls there or whatever. Like, you know what I mean? Like, whatever. He won a Super Bowl with him. So, obviously, but he said, yeah, yeah, they'll win a playoff game. And I'm thinking, I love you, Whit, because he's really good at what he does. I like his takes. I'm like, I don't think you're going to make the playoffs, bro. Let alone win a playoff game. You're not going to make the playoffs. It is very funny. Seattle are better than you are. Seattle are better than the Rams, in my opinion. Seattle have had these little weird things, Super Bowl hangover and stuff. I'm worried about both of them. But it'll sort of, and I don't disagree. I don't think Seattle will go to the Super Bowl. I'm not sure Seattle makes the playoffs just with how good the North is right now, Gabe. It's a problem. They keep getting to start Drew Locke against some of the worst teams in football, and that's made life a lot easier on them.