Overview
- Nacua missed the Rams’ Week 2 game and was inactive for the Monday night win over the Giants after developing hip/groin soreness in practice.
- Coach Sean McVay said the receiver is “not making great progress,” compared the pain to a pre-hernia sensation, and reiterated the team does not believe he has a hernia.
- An outside sports-medicine physician publicly raised an unverified sports-hernia possibility that would typically require surgery and a multi-week recovery.
- Reporters said the Rams will list Nacua as doubtful for Sunday’s game in Denver and expect him to return the following week without placing him on injured reserve if there are no setbacks.
- The Rams showed they can operate without Nacua in Week 2 when Davante Adams led the passing attack, but short absences change matchups and the team is guarding against re‑aggravation on a tight early-season schedule.