{"id":26079,"date":"2025-10-27T22:02:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T22:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/26079\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T22:02:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T22:02:15","slug":"rams-acquire-cornerback-roger-mccreary-in-trade-with-titans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/26079\/","title":{"rendered":"Rams acquire cornerback Roger McCreary in trade with Titans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Rams<\/a> traded for cornerback Roger McCreary<\/a>, star receiver Puka Nacua<\/a> is expected to return for Sunday\u2019s game against the New Orleans Saints and receiver Tutu Atwell<\/a> will spend at least four games on injured reserve.<\/p>\n

All of those moves were announced by the Rams or discussed by coach Sean McVay<\/a> on Monday as the Rams returned from an off week.<\/p>\n

With the NFL trade deadline approaching next week, the Rams acquired McCreary, 25, and a conditional 2026 sixth-round pick from the Tennessee Titans in exchange for a conditional 2026 fifth-round pick.<\/p>\n

McCreary, a 2022 second-round pick from Auburn, has three career interceptions, including one this season. He is expected to provide depth to a cornerback group that lost Ahkello Witherspoon early in the season because of a broken collarbone. Witherspoon, who has been doing some individual work, was expected to be sidelined 12 weeks.<\/p>\n

McVay said veteran Darious Williams also suffered a shoulder injury in the Rams\u2019 Oct. 19 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars in London.<\/p>\n

So McCreary, who is in the final year of his rookie contract, could fortify a position group that includes Cobie Durant and Emmanuel Forbes Jr. Safety Quentin Lake has played as a slot cornerback and hybrid linebacker.<\/p>\n

The Rams played against McCreary and the Titans in Week 2.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were looking to be able to add some depth,\u201d McVay said, according to a transcript of a videoconference with reporters. \u201cHe was a guy that we respected from playing against him earlier this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nacua sat out against the Jaguars because of a high ankle sprain he suffered during an Oct. 12 victory over the Baltimore Ravens.<\/p>\n

\"Rams <\/p>\n

Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua catches a pass against the Baltimore Ravens on Oct. 12.<\/p>\n

(Terrance Williams \/ Associated Press)<\/p>\n

McVay said he expected that Nacua would practice this week and play against the Saints.<\/p>\n

Nacua ranks fourth in NFL with 616 yards receiving.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do expect him to be back on Wednesday and expect him to play this week unless there are setbacks,\u201d McVay said.<\/p>\n

Atwell, who signed a one-year, $10-million contract before this season, played only 10 snaps against the Jaguars after sitting out against the Ravens because of a hamstring injury. He has four catches for 164 yards, including an 88-yard touchdown.<\/p>\n

McVay said offensive tackle Rob Havenstein also is expected to return this week from an ankle injury that has sidelined him for three games.<\/p>\n

The Rams are 5-2 heading into their game against the Saints (1-7) at SoFi Stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Rams traded for cornerback Roger McCreary, star receiver Puka Nacua is expected to return for Sunday\u2019s game…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26080,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[19829,9349,19832,19830,48,52,51,47,50,49,63,1024,17640,11706,10947,278,19831,6443,19828,3236,430],"class_list":["post-26079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-cb-roger-mccreary","tag-exchange","tag-fifth-round-pick","tag-interception","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-los-angeles-times","tag-monday","tag-nfl-draft","tag-ram","tag-rams","tag-season","tag-sixth-round-pick","tag-tennessee-titans","tag-titans","tag-trade","tag-week"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}