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WR Puka Nacua LAR (2 Viewers)

Its effectively season ending, there is going to be no time to get this right if the knee isn't stable and impacts are likely to inflame the bursa. Will see if I can trade him for a dime on the dollar.
 
Jppaul said:
habsfan said:
I'm taking a look close look at Tyler Johnson.
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nittanylion said:
Demarcus Robinson, to the moon!
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There definitely seems like an opportunity here, but will any of y'all start one of these guys beyond a bye-week fill-in?
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Would one of these now be a handcuff for Kupp?

I don't recall ever cuffing a WR, but that's still a prolific offense. Without Puka, if Kupp gets hurt, someone there could become very valuable.
 
Chardo1 said:
Jppaul said:
habsfan said:
I'm taking a look close look at Tyler Johnson.
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nittanylion said:
Demarcus Robinson, to the moon!
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There definitely seems like an opportunity here, but will any of y'all start one of these guys beyond a bye-week fill-in?
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Would one of these now be a handcuff for Kupp?

I don't recall ever cuffing a WR, but that's still a prolific offense. Without Puka, if Kupp gets hurt, someone there could become very valuable.
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i think the "word" is that Robinson backs up Kupp and Tyler backs up Puka... which would suggest that Tyler is in for significant increased production?
 
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Sean McVay said that Puka Nacua, Steve Avila and Joe Noteboom's injuries each have unique timelines, not necessarily all just four games on IR + bye week, and that "as of right now, could keep them out longer than that, we'll see."
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Smack Tripper said:
Drop him
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it may come to that, but I have something I'm going to try first. In the same league I have Puka we got a new guy who took on a not-so-great team. He didn't do so well week one, he's ranked 11th. I thought maybe I'd offer Puka for a swap of later draft picks (10th for a 13th). But if Puka doesn't give him at least WR3 production, he owes me nothing! Or, if he'll roster Puka for me, I'll owe him the draft pick.
 
Faust said:
Adam Schefter
Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua could miss between 5-7 weeks, depending on how quickly his PCL injury heals, per sources.
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This is not unexpected. One of those weeks is a bye. A lot of us have some high draft capital in him. So I’m hopeful he can come back sooner than later and produce. But he’s got to be 100%.
 
Anyone worried that the Rams are going to end up at the bottom of the barrel with their record and will have no reason to bring Puka back this year?
 
ATB said:
Anyone worried that the Rams are going to end up at the bottom of the barrel with their record and will have no reason to bring Puka back this year?
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Yeah.. I was just thinking that.. 7 weeks missed.. 1-8 start, why bring him back this year?
 
karl.Racki said:
ATB said:
Anyone worried that the Rams are going to end up at the bottom of the barrel with their record and will have no reason to bring Puka back this year?
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They will def bring Puka back..
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Ok but what if they're 0-6 or 1-5? Why risk the guy's knee? Especially since they're almost certainly losing Kupp for 2-3 weeks bare minimum now. There is no way this team is competing for playoffs this year.
 
ATB said:
karl.Racki said:
ATB said:
Anyone worried that the Rams are going to end up at the bottom of the barrel with their record and will have no reason to bring Puka back this year?
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They will def bring Puka back..
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Ok but what if they're 0-6 or 1-5? Why risk the guy's knee? Especially since they're almost certainly losing Kupp for 2-3 weeks bare minimum now. There is no way this team is competing for playoffs this year.
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Despite winning the SB a few years ago I don't think McVay still has the job security to just pack it in and go 2-15. He'll want to show some signs of life down the stretch even if they're out of it. It would be one thing if they were already 2-13 and there were only a couple of weeks left, but I seriously doubt it with as early in the season as we're still talking about.
 
FreeBaGeL said:
ATB said:
karl.Racki said:
ATB said:
Anyone worried that the Rams are going to end up at the bottom of the barrel with their record and will have no reason to bring Puka back this year?
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They will def bring Puka back..
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Ok but what if they're 0-6 or 1-5? Why risk the guy's knee? Especially since they're almost certainly losing Kupp for 2-3 weeks bare minimum now. There is no way this team is competing for playoffs this year.
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Despite winning the SB a few years ago I don't think McVay still has the job security to just pack it in and go 2-15. He'll want to show some signs of life down the stretch even if they're out of it. It would be one thing if they were already 2-13 and there were only a couple of weeks left, but I seriously doubt it with as early in the season as we're still talking about.
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McVay has more job security than anyone other than Andy Reid. He'd likely be safe with an 0-17 record.
 
With Kupp to IR, At least Puka will have some alone time with Stafford for a week or two.

If he himself can get healthy.

And IF Stafford doesn’t get killed behind the O Line before then.
 
VikingFrog said:
With Kupp to IR, At least Puka will have some alone time with Stafford for a week or two.

If he himself can get healthy.

And IF Stafford doesn’t get killed behind the O Line before then.
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IMO, it’s too early to conclude when either guy could be back. Puka could be out longer than 4 weeks, meaning that he may not be playing a few weeks without Kupp. Some medical types think Puka may not be 100% at all this year, which obviously would be less than ideal. We haven’t heard enough about Kupp’s injury to tell what his longer term status for this year might be. Not a great situation for the Rams.
 
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What's the dynasty/long term outlook on Puka? I know it's likely to be a little rose tinted by owners here in his thread, but is no one worried now about his injury history that also plagued him through college? I got an offer of Puka for Barkley in dynasty, and it makes sense as I'm not competing this year so it should help drive down my scoring and up my future rookie picks. But I worry Puka long term with his health and losing Stafford who seems to me to be, if not the reason, at least a big part of what keeps those Rams WRs pumping out great stats for fantasy.
 
pinkstapler said:
What's the dynasty/long term outlook on Puka? I know it's likely to be a little rose tinted by owners here in his thread, but is no one worried now about his injury history that also plagued him through college? I got an offer of Puka for Barkley in dynasty, and it makes sense as I'm not competing this year so it should help drive down my scoring and up my future rookie picks. But I worry Puka long term with his health and losing Stafford who seems to me to be, if not the reason, at least a big part of what keeps those Rams WRs pumping out great stats for fantasy.
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I'd sell if you find a buyer. I had him as a keeper and never again. His game is an all out aggressive style, no easy reps for him. Even going out of bounds is all out, that should be an easy way to save the body. Factor that style with being injury prone and Stafford often getting dinged
 
Smack Tripper said:
pinkstapler said:
What's the dynasty/long term outlook on Puka? I know it's likely to be a little rose tinted by owners here in his thread, but is no one worried now about his injury history that also plagued him through college? I got an offer of Puka for Barkley in dynasty, and it makes sense as I'm not competing this year so it should help drive down my scoring and up my future rookie picks. But I worry Puka long term with his health and losing Stafford who seems to me to be, if not the reason, at least a big part of what keeps those Rams WRs pumping out great stats for fantasy.
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I'd sell if you find a buyer. I had him as a keeper and never again. His game is an all out aggressive style, no easy reps for him. Even going out of bounds is all out, that should be an easy way to save the body. Factor that style with being injury prone and Stafford often getting dinged
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Unfortunately I'm the one being offered to take Puka. His value in most calcs and charts is spot on for the trade being "fair"; I just am coming to realize I might be a lot lower than consensus on his value; which even post injury is still as a WR1 and early third round start up pick. Seems too high to me for a guy with an injury history as bad as his and only 1 good season which was a whirlwind of circumstances falling into his favor. Not to take away from the talent he obv showed, but even when Kupp came back last season Puka dropped back to earth as more of a WR2 with a great floor. The injuries are really what scare me though.
 
pinkstapler said:
Smack Tripper said:
pinkstapler said:
What's the dynasty/long term outlook on Puka? I know it's likely to be a little rose tinted by owners here in his thread, but is no one worried now about his injury history that also plagued him through college? I got an offer of Puka for Barkley in dynasty, and it makes sense as I'm not competing this year so it should help drive down my scoring and up my future rookie picks. But I worry Puka long term with his health and losing Stafford who seems to me to be, if not the reason, at least a big part of what keeps those Rams WRs pumping out great stats for fantasy.
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I'd sell if you find a buyer. I had him as a keeper and never again. His game is an all out aggressive style, no easy reps for him. Even going out of bounds is all out, that should be an easy way to save the body. Factor that style with being injury prone and Stafford often getting dinged
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Unfortunately I'm the one being offered to take Puka. His value in most calcs and charts is spot on for the trade being "fair"; I just am coming to realize I might be a lot lower than consensus on his value; which even post injury is still as a WR1 and early third round start up pick. Seems too high to me for a guy with an injury history as bad as his and only 1 good season which was a whirlwind of circumstances falling into his favor. Not to take away from the talent he obv showed, but even when Kupp came back last season Puka dropped back to earth as more of a WR2 with a great floor. The injuries are really what scare me though.
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Oh wow wouldn't touch him with a 10 foot pole. And I like him as a player just not an investment
 
pinkstapler said:
Smack Tripper said:
pinkstapler said:
What's the dynasty/long term outlook on Puka? I know it's likely to be a little rose tinted by owners here in his thread, but is no one worried now about his injury history that also plagued him through college? I got an offer of Puka for Barkley in dynasty, and it makes sense as I'm not competing this year so it should help drive down my scoring and up my future rookie picks. But I worry Puka long term with his health and losing Stafford who seems to me to be, if not the reason, at least a big part of what keeps those Rams WRs pumping out great stats for fantasy.
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I'd sell if you find a buyer. I had him as a keeper and never again. His game is an all out aggressive style, no easy reps for him. Even going out of bounds is all out, that should be an easy way to save the body. Factor that style with being injury prone and Stafford often getting dinged
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Unfortunately I'm the one being offered to take Puka. His value in most calcs and charts is spot on for the trade being "fair"; I just am coming to realize I might be a lot lower than consensus on his value; which even post injury is still as a WR1 and early third round start up pick. Seems too high to me for a guy with an injury history as bad as his and only 1 good season which was a whirlwind of circumstances falling into his favor. Not to take away from the talent he obv showed, but even when Kupp came back last season Puka dropped back to earth as more of a WR2 with a great floor. The injuries are really what scare me though.
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In the 12 games Puka played with Kupp on the field, he went for 62/944/4 with another 85 yards rushing. That's 1458 YFS prorated over a 17-game schedule.

We can argue on the TD production, which is fair...but we also know that has high variance year-to-year.

I've come to the conclusion as well as for the most part, injuries simply happen. They happen to historically healthy players, they happen from time to time to the same player. CMC largely went 1.01 this year. After 2 years when people were wary of his injury history. The when he actually showed up with one, people discounted it.

Talent is talent. Production is production. Bet on that.
 
I think he started the season with his value a little high given Kupp was coming back. Now I think he's a buy.
 
packer_junkie said:
Do we think he is going to have any re-draft value?? Rams are hanging tough and will likely be somewhat in the mix a month from now
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I think so. Everyone is pretty pessimistic about it, but I’m hanging tough.

No one knows his true timeline. Could be as early as after the bye. Could be a couple weeks after. I’m fortunate in that I don’t NEED him now as I’ve filled my WR2 role with some nice guys that panned out. But would love to have him sooner than later and if healthy he could make for a really solid second half run.

There is no reason to cut bait now if you’ve waited this long. He’s participating on the sidelines with the training staff right next to Kupp. And none of us at this point know any more on either of their timelines than anyone else, until we do.
 
packer_junkie said:
Do we think he is going to have any re-draft value?? Rams are hanging tough and will likely be somewhat in the mix a month from now
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I traded Shahid for him. WR's in a 3WR start league though are MHJ, Godwin, DJM, JSN.

Thinking of trading Godwin for another WR I can simply identify via his initials.
 
packer_junkie said:
Do we think he is going to have any re-draft value?? Rams are hanging tough and will likely be somewhat in the mix a month from now
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I'm holding in a league with no IR spots but thats to say, he was my first rounder in a 16 team league so I can't give up on him, probably foolishly

Because I'm guessing this injury will be recurring in season. He took a month off, one fall on the turf, the bursa sac inflamed again (if they're being honest with that injury, a month should have healed that ). So what I'm expecting is, he comes back Week 7, takes another impact, knee swells again, and then its season sending IR
 
interesting was just offered Chase and Puka for Mason and Rice regular ppr 10 team ESPN redraft league if puka and/or CMC comes back would be good for me but no idea if that's realistic.
 
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