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Puka Nacua

Los Angeles Rams#123 yrs expBYU; Washington74 · 216 lb
99Form
99Established
Elite creator#1 of 144 wide receivers
Games17last 17
Targets19111.2 a game
Catches14274% caught
Yards1831108 a game
TDs11
Skill profile · last 17 games · vs 144 wide receivers

Elite volume, weak depth

Each axis is a percentile against every qualified wide receiver over the same window. The dashed white shape is the position average; the gold ring marks elite (90th percentile).

Volume: 98th percentileDepth: 28th percentileSeparation: 43th percentileAfter the catch: 88th percentileHands: 86th percentileEfficiency: 93th percentileVolume98thDepth28thSeparation43rdAfter the catch88thHands86thEfficiency93rd
NacuaPosition averageElite, 90th
VolumeEliteshare of team targets
30.4%98th pct
DepthBelow avgavg depth of target
9.6 yd28th pct
Separationyards of separation at the catch
2.70 yd43rd pct
After the catchAbove avgYAC over expected per catch
+1.4 yd88th pct
HandsAbove avgdrop rate
1.6% drops86th pct
EfficiencyEliteEPA per target
+0.5593rd pct
F&D score · current form, last 17 games

99: elite creator

One number for how well Nacua has actually played lately, not a talent rating. 70% is the skill profile, weighted towards efficiency; the rest is how steady his games are and whether he still produces against the better defences. Ranked against every qualified wide receiver; 99 is the best. Over the last three seasons he scores 99 (#1 of 121).

Contributionthe skill profile, efficiency-weighted
79
Consistencyhow steady game to game
99
Holds up vs good Doutput against the tougher half
92
Trend, last 6 gamesCooling
Schedule facedAverage

Trend and schedule are shown for context but kept out of the number: over a handful of games they're mostly noise.

Top wide receivers · F&D form now
The matchup · week 6 · ARI at LA

Where Nacua can hurt the Cardinals

How he gets his production, set against how the Cardinals have held up in their last 17 games. Ranks are of 32.

Puka Nacua · against ARI

The opening is underneath, not deep

Profile

Where his targets come from

Share of his targets. The white tick is the league average.

Short (under 10)
62%
Intermediate
23%
Deep (20+)
15%
Left side
31%
Middle
21%
Right side
47%

How ARI defend it

Ranked of 32, last 17 games. Green is a weakness to attack.

Short (under 10)
32nd
Intermediate
23rd
Deep (20+)
30th
Left side
27th
Middle
28th
Right side
32nd
Yards after catch allowed
25th
Sack rate forced
24th
The read
  1. Arizona rank 32nd against short throws and 25th for yards after the catch allowed. Nacua takes 62% of his targets short and is 88th percentile after the catch.
  2. Work the right side: 47% of his targets go that way and Arizona rank 32nd defending throws there.
  3. Free data doesn't show who covers whom on each snap, so this is the defence's profile, not a confirmed one-on-one.

ARI's corners, last 17 games

Who is likely to see him. Free data doesn't say who covers whom on each snap, so this is the group, not a confirmed matchup.

CornerTargetsYds / targetCatch %Depth facedRating
Denzel Burke637.263%10.685
Will Johnson618.166%10.6104
Max Melton387.261%11.791
Garrett Williams319.371%6.7100

The average corner allows 7.4 yards per target. Red is tighter than average, green is looser.

Full game preview
Floor and ceiling

How his games are spread

0–24 yds: 0 games025–49 yds: 2 games50–74 yds: 3 games5075–99 yds: 5 games100–124 yds: 1 games100125–149 yds: 2 games150–174 yds: 2 games150175–199 yds: 1 games200–224 yds: 0 games200225–249 yds: 1 games
16/17games with 40+ yds
15/17games with 60+ yds
10/17games with 80+ yds
7/17games with 100+ yds
Role

Game by game

avg 11.2 targets25 wk 3: 1525 wk 4: 1525 wk 5: 1225 wk 6: 325 wk 9: 825 wk 10: 625 wk 11: 825 wk 12: 1125 wk 13: 925 wk 14: 1125 wk 15: 1125 wk 16: 1625 wk 17: 1025 wk 18: 1126 wk 1: 926 wk 4: 1226 wk 5: 2425 wk 326 wk 5
Game log · last 17

Every game

GameOpponentTgtRecYdsTDAir ydsEPA
26 wk 5BUF24171381184+4.5
26 wk 4PHI1291250136+3.7
26 wk 1SF95740115-2.6
25 wk 18ARI111076144+9.6
25 wk 17ATL105471119+1.7
25 wk 16SEA16122252171+17.3
25 wk 15DET1191810148+15.8
25 wk 14ARI1171672146+11.1
25 wk 13CAR9672049-2.7
25 wk 12TB11797093+3.3
25 wk 11SEA8775059+0.1
25 wk 10SF6564128+9.5
25 wk 9NO8795181+5.5
25 wk 6BAL3228038+3.1
25 wk 5SF1210851121+5.7
25 wk 4IND15131701172+13.5
25 wk 3PHI15111120131+6.4