{"id":778073,"date":"2026-02-26T18:15:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T18:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/778073\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T18:15:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T18:15:18","slug":"play-general-manager-should-rams-trade-puka-nacua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/778073\/","title":{"rendered":"Play General Manager: Should Rams trade Puka Nacua?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some think that the Los Angeles Rams should trade Puka Nacua<\/a>, and others likely think that Nacua is too valuable to be traded, but what do you think? If you were Les Snead, would you try to work a trade and send off the young superstar for more picks? Or, would you plan to extend Nacua ASAP and lock him up as a long-term piece for the foreseeable future?<\/p>\n

His value is likely at an all-time high after three phenomenal seasons, including one of the best rookie wide receiving seasons in NFL history. L.A. already has two first-round picks for the 2026 draft, and would get a massive haul if they chose to move Nacua.<\/p>\n

For the Rams, moving Puka would allow for even more draft capital, likely including more picks in this years and next year\u2019s draft. They\u2019d also remove Nacua from their books as they wouldn\u2019t have to extend him. Nacua is looking like he should be one of (if not) the highest paid receivers in the league, moving him prior to an extension, while getting picks could be savvy now and later.<\/p>\n

Nacua can make any NFL team better; he\u2019s the type of player who can boost a franchise for years to come. Throw in he\u2019s 24 years old, and his best years should still be in front of him.<\/p>\n

Nacuas\u2019s also an invaluable piece to Matthew Stafford and L.A.\u2018s offense.<\/p>\n

Can Sean McVay and the Rams\u2019 scheme work without Nacua? Yes, but does it make sense to trade away the best player (not named Stafford) on your offense in a year where you are pretty clearly going all-in with Stafford for a Super Bowl?<\/a><\/p>\n

Nacua\u2019s a young man , and I don\u2019t want to minimize any of the foolishness that Nacua may have gotten into this past year (mostly the streaming stuff), at the same time, we can normalize that he hasn\u2019t (to my knowledge) done anything catastrophic, and he\u2019s apologized for some of his actions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It should be expected that he may slip up as he\u2019s still growing up (who\u2019s not at age 24?), but when it\u2019s all said and done, he has a chance to be one of the most productive receivers in Rams\u2019 history.<\/p>\n

Franchises typically do not trade a player like that and for good reason.<\/p>\n

Would you trade Puka Nacua?<\/p>\n

But forget about me, we want to hear from you! Would you kindly<\/a> let us know what you think in the comments below?<\/p>\n

No right or wrong answers here!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some think that the Los Angeles Rams should trade Puka Nacua, and others likely think that Nacua is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":778074,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2079],"tags":[7,1014,58,3378,2444,2611,6,424],"class_list":{"0":"post-778073","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-rumors","12":"tag-losangeles","13":"tag-losangelesrams","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-rams"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116138300541082173","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778073","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=778073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/778074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}