{"id":649598,"date":"2026-01-03T02:30:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T02:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/649598\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T02:30:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T02:30:19","slug":"makea-nacua-week-18-preview-vs-the-cardinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/649598\/","title":{"rendered":"Makea Nacua Week 18 Preview vs. the Cardinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Makea Nacua has a good matchup when his Los Angeles Rams meet the Arizona Cardinals in Week 18 (Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET). The Cardinals allow 229.4 passing yards per game, ninth-worst in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>Puka Nacua&#8217;s 155 targets have resulted in 119 receptions for a team-best 1,639 yards (109.3 per game) and nine scores so far this season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/62735?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1441&amp;pb=959275&amp;cid=HMVHYFTMyo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch this game on Fubo<\/a> (Regional restrictions may apply).<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the game on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/live\/931-jack-fm-10897\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">93.1 Jack FM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nacua vs. the Cardinals<\/p>\n<p>Nacua vs the Cardinals (since 2021): 2 GP \/ 148 REC YPG \/ 2 REC TD<br \/>\nArizona has allowed 100 or more receiving yards to four opposing receivers in the 2025 season.<br \/>\n22 players have caught a TD pass against the Cardinals this year.<br \/>\nArizona has given up at least two TD receptions to five opposing players on the season.<br \/>\nNacua will face the NFL&#8217;s 24th-ranked pass defense this week. The Cardinals give up 229.4 passing yards per contest.<br \/>\nThe Cardinals&#8217; defense ranks 21st in the NFL by allowing 1.7 passing touchdowns per game to their opponents (27 total passing TDs).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/62736?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1422&amp;pb=959284&amp;cid=HMVHYFTMyo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Catch every NFL touchdown with NFL RedZone on Fubo.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nacua Receiving Insights<\/p>\n<p>In nine of 15 games this year, Nacua has exceeded the over on his receiving yards prop bet.<br \/>\nNacua has 27.8% of his team&#8217;s target share (155 targets on 558 passing attempts).<br \/>\nHe has 1,639 receiving yards on 155 targets to rank ninth in NFL play with 10.6 yards per target.<br \/>\nMakea Nacua has reeled in a TD pass in seven of 15 games this season, with more than one score in two of those games.<br \/>\nHe has scored 10 of his team&#8217;s 59 offensive touchdowns this season (16.9%).<br \/>\nWith 13 red zone targets, Nacua has been on the receiving end of 13.3% of his team&#8217;s 98 red zone pass attempts.<\/p>\n<p>Get in the game and sign up for FanDuel Fantasy today. <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/70562?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=4416&amp;cid=HMVHYFTMyo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Use our link<\/a> to start playing daily fantasy.<\/p>\n<p>Nacua&#8217;s Recent Performance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Makea Nacua has a good matchup when his Los Angeles Rams meet the Arizona Cardinals in Week 18&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":649447,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2078],"tags":[375,390,2604,1327,61566,7,58,69198,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-649598","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-cardinals","8":"tag-arizona","9":"tag-arizona-cardinals","10":"tag-arizonacardinals","11":"tag-cardinals","12":"tag-ds-sports","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-los-angeles-rams","15":"tag-makea-nacua","16":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115828820622221991","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}