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Puka Nacua

Nacua likely to see a big workload (again)

Rams and Vikings play tonight, and I’m sure we’ll be seeing plenty of Puka Nacua. He’s the focal point of LA’s passing game, Sean McVay draws things up a little differently than other coaches.

Nacua didn’t play in Week 18, but in his previous 10 games he accounted for over 40 percent of the Rams’ receiving yards. McVay doesn’t care much about double teams; he’ll be scheming things up to get his top guy open. And Nacua is very much their top guy; the Rams also have Cooper Kupp, but Nacua has averaged over twice as many yards in their nine full games together.

And everything should be magnified tonight, with the Vikings having a defense that tends to force opponents to the air. Minnesota ranks 2nd against the run but just 28th versus the pass.

With McVay, he’s not real interested in dumpoff passes or short completions to tight ends. He’s trying to get the ball to his wide receivers. During the regular season, the Rams’ wide receivers averaged a league-high 197 yards per game (and they did so despite both Nacua and Kupp being hurt early in the season).

At the same time, Los Angeles got the fewest receiving yards in their league from both the tight end and running back positions.

I’m in one of those fantasy competitions where you get to use each player only once, and my first move for Week 1 was to pencil in Nacua as one of my starting wide receivers.

RECEIVING YARDS BY POSITION
Wide receiversTight endsRunning backs
197 LA Rams85 Las Vegas56 Detroit
190 Cincinnati80 Arizona53 Tampa Bay
183 Atlanta78 Kansas City52 Miami
175 Minnesota75 Baltimore43 Buffalo
171 Seattle71 Seattle43 New Orleans
171 Detroit69 New Orleans42 NY Jets
167 Indianapolis69 New England40 Pittsburgh
165 Dallas66 Cincinnati39 Seattle
165 Tampa Bay62 Miami38 Arizona
175 Denver56 Cleveland37 Baltimore
164 LA Chargers55 Pittsburgh36 San Francisco
162 Houston51 Tennessee36 Las Vegas
159 NY Jets50 Jacksonville35 Kansas City
158 Green Bay50 Minnesota33 Cincinnati
153 San Francisco50 Detroit33 Washington
153 Washington48 Dallas32 Minnesota
150 NY Giants48 Philadelphia31 Houston
149 Chicago48 San Francisco31 Denver
147 Cleveland48 LA Chargers31 Atlanta
146 Carolina47 Tampa Bay30 Chicago
145 Jacksonville47 Buffalo29 NY Giants
141 Buffalo47 Green Bay28 Tennessee
143 Baltimore45 Washington27 Green Bay
134 Tennessee40 Houston27 Dallas
134 Philadelphia38 Atlanta25 New England
124 Kansas City35 NY Jets25 Philadelphia
124 Miami35 Carolina25 Cleveland
119 Las Vegas30 Chicago24 Jacksonville
118 Pittsburgh29 NY Giants20 Carolina
109 Arizona28 Denver18 LA Chargers
108 New Orleans27 Indianapolis17 Indianapolis
101 New England27 LA Rams16 LA Rams

—Ian Allan

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