{"id":483791,"date":"2026-02-16T14:07:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T14:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/483791\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T14:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T14:07:11","slug":"rams-puka-nacua-names-top-cbs-in-the-nfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/483791\/","title":{"rendered":"Rams&#8217; Puka Nacua Names Top CBs in the NFL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"69\">The Los Angeles Rams have one of the best wide receivers, if not the best wide receiver in all of the National Football League, in Puka Nacua. Ever since entering the league, Nacua has been a defensive nightmare for all the teams that he has faced. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6c\">Nacua just does not stop and keeps coming after whoever the Rams are going up against, and whoever Nacua is facing on the opposite side of him. He is one of the best, and you cannot find someone who has been able to slow him down yet. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6j\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/rams\/onsi\/los-angeles-how-can-keep-their-super-bowl-open\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nacua <\/a>has gotten better in each of the seasons that he has been in the league. He is looking to take his game to the next level this offseason and find all the ways to come back stronger and get better. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6m\">For Nacua, he was overlooked by so many teams, but that was good news for him as he was put in a great situation with the Rams, with head coach Sean McVay and veteran quarterback Matthew Stafford. But there was a lot of work that got done to get Nacua to this point. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/01khfae89t0ypgg76dn1.jpg\" alt=\"d\" title=\"d\" width=\"2661\" height=\"1496\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full blur-[5px]\" q:id=\"6w\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Jan 25, 2026; Seattle, WA, USA; Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua (12) scores a touchdown against the Seattle Seahawks during the second half in the 2026 NFC Championship Game at Lumen Field. Mandatory Credit: Steven Bisig-Imagn Images | Steven Bisig-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"70\">Nacua is still young and is looking to go down as one of the best. He has made himself into a great young receiver, and he is now elite. He is the best of the best, and he does it all. Nacua could block to open up lines for his running backs. He motions in every direction to keep the defense guessing. He runs every route great and could go up and catch any ball that he has thrown to him. Nacua could come out of the backfield as well. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"73\">Whenever he has to do something to make the team win, that is what he is doing. Nothing comes to him, and he does not want to be part of it. He knows how to win, and that is why he does everything he does the right way and accepts all the challenges that are put in front of him. It has been that way since his first time stepping on the football field. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/01khfar6e86f1p8h8n1g.jpg\" alt=\"'\" title=\"'\" width=\"5316\" height=\"2990\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full blur-[5px]\" q:id=\"7d\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dec 29, 2025; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua (12) reacts after scoring a touchdown against the Atlanta Falcons during the second half at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-Imagn Images | Dale Zanine-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Puka Nacua names best cornerbacks<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7k\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/rams\/onsi\/los-angeles-how-can-keep-their-super-bowl-open\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nacua<\/a> has a lot of respect for the game of Football and the NFL. Recently Nacua was asked about the toughest cornerbacks he has faced in his career, and here is what the Rams superstar had to say about that question.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7n\">&#8220;The top three corners are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/rams\/onsi\/los-angeles-how-can-keep-their-super-bowl-open\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jalen Ramsey [Steelers],<\/a> Patrick Surtain II [Broncos], and A.J. Terrell [Falcons],&#8221; said Puka Nacua on The Arena: Gridiron. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Puka Nacua gives his top 3 corners he\u2019s played against \ud83d\udc40 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7oHfSgkXFT\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/7oHfSgkXFT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Arena: Gridiron (@ArenaGridiron) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArenaGridiron\/status\/2022347795290554711?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7t\">Never again miss one major story related to your Rams when you sign up for our newsletter that comes straight to your email with the latest news and analysis.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/rams\/newsletter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SIGN UP HERE NOW.<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7w\">Ensure you follow on X (formerly Twitter)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ramsinsideronsi?s=21\" rel=\"nofollow\">@RamsInsideronSI<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BrockVierra\" rel=\"nofollow\">@BrockVierra<\/a>\u00a0and make sure you like our Facebook page,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61566999038635\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WHEN YOU CLICK RIGHT HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Rams have one of the best wide receivers, if not the best wide receiver in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":483792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-483791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}