{"id":737493,"date":"2026-02-08T06:46:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T06:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/737493\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T06:46:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T06:46:18","slug":"l-a-rams-news-puka-nacua-is-rooting-for-cooper-kupp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/737493\/","title":{"rendered":"L.A. Rams News: Puka Nacua is rooting for Cooper Kupp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">If you can\u2019t win something yourself, then sometimes the next best thing is seeing someone you love do it instead, and since Puka Nacua cannot win the Super Bowl this year (maybe next year?), he is putting all his eggs in Cooper Kupp\u2019s basket.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It was during a recent interview with Kay Adams where Nacua became a tad emotional over the fact that he won\u2019t be hoisting the Lombardi Trophy this year, and then he became emphatic about wanting to see Kupp win it all for his second time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">You can watch the video below, the moment happens within the first couple minutes, but the whole interview is fun because it\u2019s Puka, Adams is fun a host, and Nacua is still vibing from Matthew Stafford\u2019s recent MVP win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">No, the Rams can\u2019t win the Super Bowl this year, but they got to the final four, Stafford did win MVP and Kupp has a chance to remind Rams fans this Sunday that he once did the damn thing for L.A. and the Rams when he brought the Rams their Super Bowl only a few years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Who knows, maybe somedy Puka can do it for L.A. too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Have a great weekend, thanks for checking out Turf Show Times, and whoever you are rooting for tomorrow, enjoy the Super Bowl!<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201dThat is one thing and people give me sh** because you know, some people have certain opinions after we played the Rams. And I was like You [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/rams\/onsi\/los-angeles-les-snead-now-has-more-decisions-qb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew Stafford]<\/a> are my favorite player. I do not give a &#8212; I will stand on that,\u201d said Raiders\u2019 Maxx Crosby on \u201cThe Rush Podcast\u201d. From being a kid, he was that dude. Seeing him get a Super Bowl. It will be dope to see Stafford get an MVP because people are like Well, is he a Hall of Famer?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cThe Los Angeles Rams are adding the former Washington Commanders offensive coordinator to Sean McVay\u2019s coaching staff, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported Friday. Kingsbury\u2019s title in L.A. is to be determined.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In 2026, the 46-year-old coach will return to the NFC West, where he was a former rival of McVay as head coach of the Arizona Cardinals from 2019-2022.\u201c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you can\u2019t win something yourself, then sometimes the next best thing is seeing someone you love do&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":706698,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2079],"tags":[7,1014,58,4200,2444,2611,6,424],"class_list":{"0":"post-737493","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-rams","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-los-angeles","10":"tag-los-angeles-rams","11":"tag-los-angeles-rams-news","12":"tag-losangeles","13":"tag-losangelesrams","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-rams"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116033669259853759","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737493","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=737493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/706698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=737493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=737493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=737493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}