Nacua left the application early Thursday morning after “hitting his knee” [on the ground] just a little bit,” McVay mentioned. “Fortunately, there’s nothing structurally [wrong]”McVay said. He’ll be labeled as questionable, but I wouldn’t say that instead, man. My expectation is that he’s committed to doing everything in his power to get the ball rolling and that’s the mentality we got.”
Nacua first injured his right knee during a joint practice on August 4 against the Los Angeles Chargers and missed three weeks of practice with the injury. He then aggravated the injury in the Rams’ season opener and spent the next five weeks on injured reserve.
Nacua was activated from IR for Week 8 against the Minnesota Vikings and had seven receptions for 106 yards.
McVay said Nacua won’t practice Friday in an effort to “go rogue with him, get him back on his feet and try to get the knee feeling as good as possible for the month of play.” He will be listed as questionable on the injury report.
The Rams head coach said that while Thursday’s injury scare isn’t ideal, “it’s different” than the first two times Nacua injured his right knee “in regards to what the MRIs and scans show.” “.
In two games this season, Nacua has 11 receptions for 141 yards. As a rookie last season, Nacua set records for most receptions (105) and receiving yards (1,486) by a rookie in NFL history.
