OROY, Puka Nacua?

[Kupped]

Puka is likely going to set both the reception and yardage records.. and he’s already one of the best blocking WRs in the NFL.

Honestly… I hope Stroud shits the bed the last 2 games… because Puka really is special.

 

[Londoner]

Puka is likely going to set both the reception and yardage records..

Still a fair way to go. Six more catches should be manageable, but 147 yards isn’t as easy as it sounds.

I hope he achieves both, but it’s no gimme.

 

[GoodBadUgly]

Still a fair way to go. Six more catches should be manageable, but 147 yards isn’t as easy as it sounds.

I hope he achieves both, but it’s no gimme.

Mark my words: He gets this in the next game. SF is gravy.

 

[Londoner]

Mark my words: He gets this in the next game. SF is gravy.

Let’s hope that you’re right.

 

[Giles]

What about Jordan Addison on Vikes? I know they are horrible but at least deserves a Mention.

He deserves a mention also but I don't believe he'll win it. Only guys I think have a chance are gibbs, stroud, and puka. Stroud will probably win it because he's a qb but puka should win it imo.

 

[JonRam99]

If Puka breaks the rookie record, he should get it.

 

[Q729]

147yds... I hope he does get it, but it will probably take both games.

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[Merlin]

If Puka breaks the rookie record, he should get it.

Agreed. Hoping he beasts the fuck out this weekend and cements that shit.

 

[PARAM]

147yds... I hope he does get it, but it will probably take both games.

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Well there's that other record for most 100 yard receiving games by a rookie. He's 1 behind OBJ and Chase, so 2 would give him everything he needs.

 

[CGI_Ram]

Puka Nacua is 147 receiving yards away from breaking the NFL rookie record

Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua is closing in on breaking one of the NFL's oldest records.

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Puka Nacua is 147 receiving yards away from breaking the NFL rookie record​

Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua is closing in on breaking one of the NFL’s oldest records.

That record is the most receiving yards by a rookie in a season, which was set by Bill Groman of the Houston Oilers in 1960. Groman had 1,473 receiving yards that season, and for more than six decades since then, even as more games have been added to the season and rule and strategy changes have inflated passing numbers, no other rookie has topped Groman’s mark.

Nacua can do it this season. He currently has 1,327 receiving yards in 15 games, which means that if he totals 147 or more receiving yards in the Rams’ final two games of the season, he’ll break Groman’s record.

Behind Groman on the all-time rookie receiving yardage list are Ja’Marr Chase (1,455 yards in 2021), Justin Jefferson (1,400 yards in 2020) and Anquan Boldin (1,377 yards in 2003). Nacua is next, currently occupying the No. 5 spot, just ahead of Randy Moss (1,313 yards in 1998) and Odell Beckham (1,305 yards in 2014).

That’s an impressive list of names, and breaking the record would be an impressive achievement for Nacua. It’s also an opportunity to remember one of the truly great and unsung seasons in pro football history, when Groman arrived in the upstart American Football League as a little-known rookie from the tiny Heidelberg University football program and took the league by storm.

Groman also had an excellent second season, but he suffered a knee injury in the AFL championship game after that year and was never the same player again. He played just six years of pro football, and after having 2,648 receiving yards and 29 touchdowns in his first two seasons, he managed just 833 yards and seven touchdowns over his final four seasons. Groman deserves to be remembered, and Nacua’s great season is bringing Groman’s great season to light again.

 

[Loyal]

Puka Nacua is 147 receiving yards away from breaking the NFL rookie record

Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua is closing in on breaking one of the NFL's oldest records.

www.nbcsports.com

Puka Nacua is 147 receiving yards away from breaking the NFL rookie record​

Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua is closing in on breaking one of the NFL’s oldest records.

That record is the most receiving yards by a rookie in a season, which was set by Bill Groman of the Houston Oilers in 1960. Groman had 1,473 receiving yards that season, and for more than six decades since then, even as more games have been added to the season and rule and strategy changes have inflated passing numbers, no other rookie has topped Groman’s mark.

Nacua can do it this season. He currently has 1,327 receiving yards in 15 games, which means that if he totals 147 or more receiving yards in the Rams’ final two games of the season, he’ll break Groman’s record.

Behind Groman on the all-time rookie receiving yardage list are Ja’Marr Chase (1,455 yards in 2021), Justin Jefferson (1,400 yards in 2020) and Anquan Boldin (1,377 yards in 2003). Nacua is next, currently occupying the No. 5 spot, just ahead of Randy Moss (1,313 yards in 1998) and Odell Beckham (1,305 yards in 2014).

That’s an impressive list of names, and breaking the record would be an impressive achievement for Nacua. It’s also an opportunity to remember one of the truly great and unsung seasons in pro football history, when Groman arrived in the upstart American Football League as a little-known rookie from the tiny Heidelberg University football program and took the league by storm.

Groman also had an excellent second season, but he suffered a knee injury in the AFL championship game after that year and was never the same player again. He played just six years of pro football, and after having 2,648 receiving yards and 29 touchdowns in his first two seasons, he managed just 833 yards and seven touchdowns over his final four seasons. Groman deserves to be remembered, and Nacua’s great season is bringing Groman’s great season to light again.

( know this makes me a bad old guy football fan, but I never heard of Bill Groman before this year, I also am biased against the records amassed before the Super Bowl era. Although the Rams were trailblazers in signing the first black players like Night Train Lane, most of the NFL did not for quite a while. With the exclusion of black players, by and large, and a lower US population AND two pro sports leagues competing for the smaller pool of great players...it makes sense to me that talent levels in both the AFL and NFL were diminished when compared to today's NFL.
I know nutrition and advanced training also have a great effect with todays players, but back then you had smaller and slower players trying to stop Jim Brown, Gayle Sayers and Biil Groman. Plus the old players weren't paid much and had to work real jobs in the off season to make ends meet, which required brutal training camps and more preseason games to get them into shape.

Although it is valid to say that Bill Groman earned his remarkable rookie record in fewer games, Puka (hopefully) will break the record against greater competition.

 

[Kupped]

FWIW... Puka has more rushing yards than any of those guys in their rookie years.. and, no doubt, he's the best blocker of all of them.

5th round comp pick.

 

[Allen2McVay]

( know this makes me a bad old guy football fan, but I never heard of Bill Groman before this year, I also am biased against the records amassed before the Super Bowl era. Although the Rams were trailblazers in signing the first black players like Night Train Lane, most of the NFL did not for quite a while. With the exclusion of black players, by and large, and a lower US population AND two pro sports leagues competing for the smaller pool of great players...it makes sense to me that talent levels in both the AFL and NFL were diminished when compared to today's NFL.
I know nutrition and advanced training also have a great effect with todays players, but back then you had smaller and slower players trying to stop Jim Brown, Gayle Sayers and Biil Groman. Plus the old players weren't paid much and had to work real jobs in the off season to make ends meet, which required brutal training camps and more preseason games to get them into shape.

Although it is valid to say that Bill Groman earned his remarkable rookie record in fewer games, Puka (hopefully) will break the record against greater competition.

I was going to post a Joke about you being so old that you saw Bill Groman play in his rookie season of 1960, but I am a little too mature for such silliness.

I don't think Night Train Lane was one of the first African Americans to sign in the NFL. The Rams were at the fore-front but I think it was Kenny Washington and Woody Strode in the 1940's. Believe Night Train came along in the early-50s.

Also think the Cleveland Browns were among the first to sign African American players, including Hall of Famers Marion Motley and Bill Willis. That would have been the All American Football Conference (AAFC), before the Browns eventually joined the NFL a few years later.

I was a season ticket-holder back then; and a hot dog was a nickel!

 

[0311rams]

puka might not play vs NY. bummer. go rams!

 

[majrleaged]

FWIW... Puka has more rushing yards than any of those guys in their rookie years.. and, no doubt, he's the best blocker of all of them.

5th round comp pick.

If I was a voter, I would probably give some credit to where a guy was drafted. If it was close between a top 5 pick and a 5th round pick, I would probably give my vote to the 5th rounder. One guy is expected to be outstanding, the other not so much.

 

[Loyal]

puka might not play vs NY. bummer. go rams!

Where did you get that? I heard McVay say that he was questionable but would play Sunday.

 

[Loyal]

I was going to post a Joke about you being so old that you saw Bill Groman play in his rookie season of 1960, but I am a little too mature for such silliness.

I don't think Night Train Lane was one of the first African Americans to sign in the NFL. The Rams were at the fore-front but I think it was Kenny Washington and Woody Strode in the 1940's. Believe Night Train came along in the early-50s.

Also think the Cleveland Browns were among the first to sign African American players, including Hall of Famers Marion Motley and Bill Willis. That would have been the All American Football Conference (AAFC), before the Browns eventually joined the NFL a few years later.

I was a season ticket-holder back then; and a hot dog was a nickel!

I believe the AAFC was only around from 1945-1950? The Niners were in that league along with the LA Dons.

 

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[So Ram]

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Goes back to the Robert Wood days.They created something special.Kupp is just giving back.

 

[Londoner]

He needs two more catches and 109 more yards in the second half to break the records today.