{"id":753701,"date":"2026-02-15T11:05:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T11:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/753701\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T11:05:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T11:05:22","slug":"rams-wr-puka-nacua-names-top-3-toughest-cbs-to-play-against-in-the-nfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/753701\/","title":{"rendered":"Rams WR Puka Nacua names top 3 toughest CBs to play against in the NFL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 14, 2026, 8:51 a.m. PT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a href=\"\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Los Angeles Rams<\/a> wide receiver Puka Nacua has had great success through his three seasons in the NFL, earning All-Pro and Pro Bowl honors twice and catching 313 passes for 4,191 yards and 19 touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Despite the strong start, Nacua has still been challenged by some of the best defenders that the game has to offer. In a recent hit with Underdog Fantasy, Nacua revealed his top-three toughest cornerbacks to face in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Nacua has played Ramsey once, and the wide receiver caught nine passes for 98 yards against Ramsey&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/miami-dolphins\/345\" data-autotag=\"22ef43a4-dc5a-43ce-87cd-912a7e348a81\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Dolphins<\/a> in that one. He caught five passes for 47 yards and a score against Terrell&#8217;s Falcons in their Week 17 loss this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Nacua has never played Surtain in the NFL or college, but he still showed him major respect with this choice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">More <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/los-angeles-rams\/343\" data-autotag=\"f489e821-d3f9-4cff-bec5-7eaa0f4b51cb\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Rams<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/theramswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/rams\/2026\/02\/14\/pff-explains-why-rams-should-sign-this-cb-in-free-agency\/88667068007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">PFF explains why the Rams should sign this CB in free agency<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:6|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 14, 2026, 8:51 a.m. PT Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua has had great success through&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":753702,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[95878,7,6,95922,95923,107934,95882,95946,96029,98333,95924,95951,95896,95888,95895,95899,95906,96116,96813,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-753701","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sstssportsnflrams","12":"tag-sstsnrams","13":"tag-taga-j-terrell","14":"tag-tagamerican-football","15":"tag-tagcalifornia-gold-rush","16":"tag-tagcbs-corp","17":"tag-tagjalen-ramsey","18":"tag-taglos-angeles-rams","19":"tag-tagmiami-dolphins","20":"tag-tagnational-sports","21":"tag-tagnfl","22":"tag-tagnfl-hub","23":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","24":"tag-tagoverall-positive","25":"tag-tagpatrick-surtain-ii","26":"tag-tagpuka-nacua","27":"tag-tagsports-news","28":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116074323960602280","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753701","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=753701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/753702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=753701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=753701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}