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Nacua has battled injury all season long. He doesn't look like the version of himself we saw a year ago. Even then, the Rams run the offense through him. He had another heavy workload in the game with 11 catches on 12 targets for 80 yards. Nacua also scored a touchdown on a screen. If we are nitpicking, Nacua's ability to stretch the field vertically has disappeared.
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Nacua's vertical stretch ability has disappeared; 11 catches but lacks 2025 form.

The source notes Nacua has battled injury all season and does not look like the version of himself from a year ago when he was an offensive player of the year candidate. Despite this decline, the Rams run the offense through him; he had 11 catches on 12 targets for 80 yards and a touchdown on a screen. Critically, Nacua's ability to stretch the field vertically has disappeared—the added element that made him elite in 2025—raising questions about whether the Rams and Nacua can regain his value in this facet.

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