Puka Nacua was unable to finish Sunday’s game against the Seattle Seahawks as he was ejected for throwing a punch in the second quarter. The incident occurred just before halftime after Matthew Stafford’s interception, a rare mental error by the Rams’ star receiver.

He finished the day with just one catch for 11 yards, but luckily the Rams were still able to come away with a victory over their division rivals. Afterwards, Sean McVay said during his opening statement that it will be a “great learning opportunity” for Nacua.

“It will be a great learning opportunity for Puka. He is emotional. That’s one of the things we like about him, but he’ll be able to learn from that,” McVay said.

McVay was asked what he told Nacua after the ejection occurred, and while the coach acknowledged it was a mistake, he doesn’t sound concerned about his star receiver leaving it hanging.

He expects Nacua to learn from it and looks forward to him responding “the way I know he is capable.”

“We’re smarter than that,” McVay said of what he said to Nacua. ‘I love him. I think the biggest thing you know about him is one of the best qualities he has is the emotions and the way he loves to compete with his teammates and do whatever he can to contribute and also understand how important it is to what AD always did. called controlled aggression. He will learn from it. He’s just the right guy and this is a learning opportunity. We all make mistakes and I look forward to seeing him respond in the way I know he is capable of.”

Nacua has only played three games this season and couldn’t finish two of them; in week 1 he injured his knee in the first half and was sent off on Sunday. In his lone game, he caught seven passes for 106 yards in Week 8 against the Vikings.

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