Nacua suffered a PCL sprain during the Rams’ season-opening loss in Detroit on Sunday night and Avila sprained an MCL, Coach Sean McVay says. Both players would miss at least four games by being pl…
Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua, front, goes airborne as he is pushed out of bounds by Detroit Lions linebacker Alex Anzalone during their season opener on Sunday night in Detroit. The Rams’ season-opening loss to the Detroit Lions on Sunday night could reverberate through the next month as injuries continued to pile up on the offensive side of the ball.
“That is the most likely route,” McVay said. “Now, when you only have eight throughout the year and you’re talking about already being on maybe six of these in Week 1, that’d be maybe why you wouldn’t do it if you wanted to hold a spot. But that’s the most likely direction that we would go.” “I feel for Puka because when he finds out the news and how much it means to him to be out there for his teammates and to go compete,” McVay said, “and how much work he’s even put in to get himself back to the position that he was last night.”
“We had to yank him out,” McVay said. “It’s a credit to how much he wants to be out there. So I think that’s a positive problem, but it definitely got Reggie Scott worked up. But it shows you how tough Steve is.” Starting left guard Kevin Dotson was in a walking boot in the Rams’ postgame locker room on Sunday with a lateral ankle sprain. McVay classified him as day-to-day and is hopeful that Dotson will play Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals.A replacement at left tackle until starter Alaric Jackson’s two-game suspension is complete is still up in the air. The Rams are still evaluating whether right tackle Rob Havenstein can return from his ankle injury, in which case Warren McClendon Jr.
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