Puka Nacua's Film Has Steve Smith Sr.'s Attention
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- Pauka Nacua Highlights - Steve Smith Sr. stops by to dive into Rams' WR Puka Nacua's tape, including the nuances the rookie is showing that allow him to get so open.
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0:00 WHO is Puka Nacua???
0:18 Puka Nacua Play 1
1:52 Puka Nacua Play 2
4:58 Puka Nacua Play 3
6:05 Puka as Robert Woods?
8:15 Puka Nacua Play 4
10:20 Puka Nacua CRUSHES Zone Coverage
11:18 Puka Nacua Play 5
11:42 Puka Nacua Play 6
13:04 Puka Nacua Adjustments
13:30 Puka Nacua vs Cooper Kupp
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Go back and look at Steve’s take on a rookie Cooper Kupp. This man knows his shit. Puka is HIM
He also said he isn’t going to be as valuable once Kupp comes back. At least in a fantasy sense.
@@kruzedarling9347well yes of course. Puka is clearly good and definitely has the talent to become a pro bowl receiver one day but he isn’t cooper kupp
"Him" you kids😂😂😂😂 that word is ugly as fvck
Puka has learned a lot from HIM but he's not HIM
@@JDKEMP65 rams now have two HIMS
This is hands down the best fantasy football channel. It feels like its a college course on fantasy football.
Wow, thanks!
@@UnderdogFantasy
He is now affectionately known as the PUKA BEAR...
Btw, I second the above stated opinion. Awesome football knowledge, all of your program presentations.
Thanks target!!
agreed
Great guest. Steve Smith is a genius.
Stafford's arm is unreal. Hope he stays healthy all year.
As long as the OL stays healthy, it will be a great year for Stafford and the Rams.
Arm strength and accuracy is a rare combo on him...plus that toughness....
Steve Smith calling him Pua is classic
These are always great, also it's hilarious Steve Smith keeps calling him "Pua" like he's Puka and Tua in one guy lol.
They’re both Samoan, so it makes sense
But his name is puka not pua 😭
@@qaaronrodgers2479puka is Hawaiian
@@NeverFoldWontBreakhe’s Samoan. Source: I know them personally
@@NeverFoldWontBreak His mom is straight from Western Samoa. Keep dreaming Hawaiians suck at football. If it weren’t for Samoans living in Hawaii, nobody would even look at them for sports 🤣
I think it'll be VERY interesting when Kupp is back because he lines up in the slot about 50% of the time, while Puka was out wide over 90% of snaps. Could be a terrific combo between them with Atwell as the deep threat.
It's so obvious puka is playing the cooper kupp role in the offense right now. He will see maybe 3-4 targets when kupp gets back. Like steve said they are the same type of player
@@donsolos3-4 youre out of your mind dude lmao look at robert woods he was a stud right alongside kupp for years
@@eismndmsoaidhndmsm tutu atwell will outperform puka once kupp gets healthy
@@donsolosbuddy, if puka’s getting 3-4 once kupp gets back what do you think the home run hitter atwell is gonna get? Pls dont answer anything more than 3-4 lmfao
@@eismndmsoaidhndmsm am I under the impression you think 10+ targets a game are just going to appear out of thin air once kupp gets healthy?
Tutu will see a very similar workload, puka will not once kupp gets healthy
You guys scored getting SS for this segment, it’s FUN, loving his breakdowns! Hayden does a good job of letting him shine and keeping it on the rails too.
Kupp will be in game shape and won't miss a step that's just who he is. He took Puka under his wing and taught him a ton the last 2 mo. and even more after his injury.
Kupp owner discovered!
RAMS fan since 1972 @@kennydlite
dude is 30 now....who he was...is not who he is....now.
@@champfromla6162 30 with a bum hammy and a history of injuries
Puka is very smart at route running. If he can work on his footwork, he would be unstoppable.
Perfect way to say it - the physical tools are still a bit behind the mental but he will get better with exp.
@@masondebaugh9567 watch his highlights last week. His spatial awareness is so good. He can catch the ball and keep his eyes on defenders
And that will come with time. It's crazy he's having the production he's had already. Excited for Puka Nacua's future. Go Rams!
I love this Puka storyline. I hope he continues playing great. 💯💯💯
Robert Woods and Cooper Kupp both had 90 Catches and over 120 targets each in 2019 AND 2020. its completely false to say only one receiver eats in McVay's offense.
The variable is Matthew Stafford, who is the decision maker in the offense while the play is live. Like Steve Smirth SR said, Stafford historically focuses on one guy. In 2021 Robert Woods was wanting more targets from Stafford.
@@jolly_wally woods wanted more sure, but before he tore his knee up, he still had 69 targets in half a year, even a very soft van jefferson had 89 targets
Woods was a complete complete wr. We’ll be lucky for Puka to become as well rounded
@@beckmanchilds756 and Puka is doing everything they asked Bobby trees to do. watch the breakdowns, blocking and everything. hes on his way
After watching him against the 49ers, I picked him up that day for my team and I couldn't be happier!!
When Cupp comes back it's just going to make Puka that much better because defenses are going to be overwhelmed
this was awesome, learned as much from Steve about the WR position in 5min than 30yrs of watching Sunday games.
Wish Smith could have talked more. Little too much talk from the host, even talking over him at times. You can also see SS staring into space a couple times.
Drafted him w my last pick no need for waivers😂
Love Steve Smith. He's got a great Football IQ, and after further testing (MRI"s and X-rays) it's confirmed that he's got that DOG IN HIM!!!
Man I love all this production by Puka, I just want that man to stay healthy
Just found this channel. It's awesome listening to Steve Smith's breakdowns. Subscribed.
Hayden thank you for all the great content
Once Kupp comes back, imaging having basically 2 Cooper Kupp's out there to throw to. They both are extremely smart and run great routes with great hands. Kupp has been in Puka's ear since day 1 and it shows on the field.
Puka is way better... than Kupp. Like Steve said, there can be only 1 man in McVay's offense. I don't know if they could come back to Kupp, he can still finishes but Puka will be dangerous once he polish his fundementals overall.
Rams gonna put the NFL on alert with these two studs + Stafford
@@amychao7076they have some choices to make. What having both of them does is keep Stafford from having to force the ball to either one. Going forward, this is a MAJOR champagne problem.
In the recent past, theyve only REALLY had Cooper (although Beckham got a fair # of looks once he got his legs under hom & picked up the offensive concepts)...so yes, Stafford FORCED it to him every game. Now MS can choose the more open guy, like a normal passing play.
My favorite channel and this new series is so good.
Steve Smith is a legend. HOFer soon enough.
Love how he never said his name right the whole segment. Mixing Tua with Puka calling him Pua lol
I love these episodes!
Excellent show, keep it up
I love Puka
But let’s not forget about our Tutu
I’m starting both this week together
Picked him up after week 1 when he got double digit targets. Damn that feels good especially since I was relying on Garrett Wilson as my WR1
Pick up of the year. This is like when Cooper Kupp was getting drafted in the 8th and 9th round in 2021.
I was shocked that more people in my league didn’t go after him. I was all in. I also drafted g Wilson and thank god his talent has outshined Zach’s terrible play, but that won’t last
Bid 30 faab on him after my leagues rookie draft (was a late draft in august) and no one else bid on him, clowned on them for not bidding on him and they haven’t said much since🤣
The video I’ve been waiting for! I’m all in on the puka hype train
You can tell he’s scared to correct him and eventually just stops saying his name altogether 😭
Steve smith looks like hes gonna cry from how great puka is
😂
facts
Steve even said at the end what many Kupp owners were thinking. Why stop the hot hand? Puka is doing just as good as Kupp was despite the lack of TDs. Their offense looks good and they put up a good fight with the 49ers. We don’t even know if Kupp will be 100% coming back
Steve Smith looks so blazed out. lol
Great analysis combo - receiver & football perspective vs fantasy value perspective
Puka is amazing…I’m all in on him in fantasy…I’m just going to enjoy the ride for however long it lasts!🤙🏾
This channel is so freaking good. Head and shoulders over all other fantasy content.
Puka was trained by the best WR in Cooper Kupp. There are plenty of plays available for both of them. That alone will help the Rams move the sticks !
Kupp will be the guy when he returns. Puka is great, but Kupp is elite and a top 3 receiving talent in the league. Puka is looking at 5-7 targets per game when Kupp is back. Which is good, he just won’t be a guy that carries a fantasy team anymore
Fantastic breakdown
Correction to Steve… Roy Williams and Matthew Stafford never actually played together. Roy Williams was traded in ‘08 to Dallas, Stafford was drafted in ‘09.
Sean McVay is a genius, he’ll absolutely find a way to make this offense lethal with Nacua and Kupp
I have both in my dynasty league 😁😁😁
Apparently Puka was a running back until Highschool. It shows in how he runs the ball.
thing about steve smith is he ain't afraid to go against nobody in the nfl and he fights anybody that goes against him, that is what separates him from the rest
OBJ did pretty well for the short amount of time with Cooper. Thoughts?
I love it!! 🔥🔥
Omg Steve calling puka wr1 even after Kupp comes back!!! Hype train keeps going!!!!!
he did? didn’t he say he’s not gonna be used once Kupp is back?
@@notmyself5340he said they might want to keep riding the hot hand with puka
Need three to make it work - Good coach who knows how to use their talents, QB that can throw crazy and a route running WR who gets open all the time. Whenever something works perfectly you need to split the credit equally.
Agreed. And we already have that in one of the best wrs of all time in Kupp. But Puka is a rookie
Great breakdown. Love seeing Steve go in-depth.
I will say I was a bit thrown off by him saying only one guy eats when Stafford throws the ball. I disagree with that. When Stafford does have the one-two punches, both guys eat. Megatron and Tate, Tate and Jones, Kupp and Woods, Kupp and OBJ. It's just that when he's down to one main guy, he'll feed that guy.
There have been times in his career where he's only had one guy. 2013 for example. Burleson went down, Titus Young was off the team, Ryan Broyles went down. It was a mess.
He had a similar situation happen again in the 2021 SB run. Woods got hurt, Atwell was hurt, DeSean Jackson wanted out. So of course he was going to focus on feeding Kupp. But even though OBJ was new to the offense, Stafford made sure to get him involved from the first week he got there fresh off the plane, and they integrated him in more and more as the season went on.
but at the end of the day, I'm just a Stafford fan. I don't know all the Xs and Os or have access to the game film, so I might be missing a lot of something here.
But other than that, I'm definitely with Steve here. I think Kupp will be more than happy to take on the supporting role if and when his leg heals up. Puca is in the spotlight, and I think he'll continue to get plenty of balls thrown his way from Stafford regardless.
These discussions should be occurring on ESPN (the so called world wide leader in sports)
But instead
We have sports debate between people who clearly have personal agendas, business agendas, behind the scenes paid agendas, etc
Give me this
New subscriber here
Puka is a football SPONGE. As soon as he got to camp he made it clear he wanted to be great and Cooper Kupp took him under his wing, teaching him every route and how to gain Staffords trust. I watched a lot of camp footage and Stafford worked with Tutu, too. Some guys try to get cute, do too much, trying to add flavor to something that is simple. Be where you're supposed to be and catch it. It's that simple. Puka listened. Once Kupp comes back, the schemes will get more elaborate because Stafford will have two guys 'for sure' that he can always count on and I expect all 3 WR's to go for HUGE yards this year. He could throw 3 guys to over 1000 yards, I know that sounds insane but if it's gonna happen, it will happen here.
wow with mcvay stafford and kupp around him, puka will only get better too
Bobby trees and KUPP literally had 1k receiving yards each in McVay system
they don't remember the goff era bro lol and Staff had no chemistry with Woods, he did with OBJ. We saw how lethal that was in the playoffs.
interesting to watch his appreciation grow from 7:13 until his final comments at 13:35.. Very interesting
@ 11:44 They are teaching to stem inside on those outs so you put the DB on his inside foot worried about the slugo over the top in the rz so that is a good inside step before the outside break. Man talking about that zone, when you are seeing the ball a lot you start to see it earlier, pick it up faster, and you can adjust that much more quickly so balls that you might drop if your cold you end up catching.
When a WR trusts the play and run those drag and cross routes so flat and not cheating up the field, that is the key. Nacua and Kupp are both very smart route runners
Steve smith looks LIT 😂
I’ve been a moderate fan of the channel for a while now, just having y’all in the rotation bc I watch a ton of FF content but this series (hopefully it’s a real series) is by far the best football content on TH-cam that’s not produced by Brett kollman
Y’all being in the same breath as Brett kollman is a massive compliment btw I’m essentially saying this is a top 2 show/channel in all of football imo
It is! And thanks for watching man. We love Brett
Stafford is literally responsible for some of the best seasons by WRs , he gets no love which is a shame
Classic case of undervaluing Stafford. Puka obv won’t have same stats with Kupp back , but he’ll be a problem. Rams don’t get to SB without OBJ, and he didn’t throw the ball to himself.
STEVE SMITH… DUDE CEASES TO AMAZE ME
This the only show I Trust for my Start Sits 😂
Look how glossy Steve’s eyes are..he high as a kite and keeps calling Puka, Pua 😂😂😂
That because the morning I record. I get up around 5am and do a workout pre-work out and its been 6 hrs of me going pretty hard. By noon I'm done. Not high
@@Stevesmithsr89when’s canton gonna call ? Steve smith belongs in the HOF!
Roy Williams reference is deep stuff
Steve was Higher than Giraffes Nuts 😂😭🐐
I love kupp. He was gonna be my secret at pick 7. But with his injury it’s highly unlikely they dont share the workload between the two. When one kupp can take you to the Super Bowl what about two?
Who would of thought Puca in 2023 is more productive on the field than JSN, Addison, Quentin, and Flowers
On that second play it looks like Stafford had Tutu on the seam as well 😣
Love Steve breaking it all down
Tutu the speed guy my boy
SS is a route analysis guru. 👨🏾💻💼
Steve said "do you sit the hot hand?"
No mention of the fact that Tutu Atwell is having a great season too. There clearly is room for a second receiver
Hayden & Stephonne the Goat!
This is so valuable, are we thinking there will be any change to pukas fantasy value upon kupps return?
that's answered in a few sections of the video!
@@UnderdogFantasy sweet I’ll just continue the video! You guys are awesome
As an armchair fantasy/dynasty player I think Puka will be still be productive if Kupp comes back 100%. McVay's systems can support multiple WRs in their offense and even a Woods like production would be still great.
They also seem to trust him a lot giving a 5th round rookie that many looks this early in the season is almost unheard of it. I have confidence if he and Stafford stay healthy he'll be a good fantasy option.
"When kupp comes back, puka wont have as many targets"...thanks for the amazing insight...lol
I just picked up Puka in fantasy.
Free public league where half the league forgot they signed up😂
Just?? What the heck kinda kiddie league you in?
Sooo you’re saying I should hold on Puka? 🥶
Josh and Hayden are killing it. Def. have some of the best regs in the business like Steve. Been following Josh for a long time. I was so pissed when Josh got squeezed at RW and nbc took over his podcast. Success is the sweetest payback. FFL
Plot twist for Play 2: The Ball was actually for TuTu 😂
Love the channel, "it's must see you tube". I don't know but Steve didn't seem like Cooper Kupp was going back to #1. Anyway, your opinion on Nico Collins vs. Mike Williams rest of season? Mike is so inconsistent, and Nico is the #1 on a team with a rookie QB that is slinging the rock... Thank you guys.
Collins since you said RoS. Mike always gets hurt, and Quentin is behind him just waiting for his opportunity
The Lions traded Roy Williams when Matthew Stafford was still at Georgia lol
Roy Williams vs Roy Williams was must see tv
Puka recently said he could run his routes with his eyes closed, and when he opened them, the ball would be coming at him. He says Stafford is that accurate. Nakua's words
Okay I need some serious advice here, I picked up Puka off the waiver and drafted Kupp. What should I do with them lol
SS looks high 😂. Love the take though
Love this breakdown with steve smith keep it up and lets go puka
Yall don't know him cuz yall don't watch college football. Go watch Pukas highlights at BYU. Dude was a beast.
I understand what Steve was saying above fighting forward instead of dancing around the defense.
When kupp comes back, him and nacua will take turns being "that guy" to limit hits throughout the season and hopefully go into playoffs with a healthy and tough receiving core to defend.
Kupp came back and Puka is still the target.
At 3:30 that ball was supposed to be a deep shot to TuTu Atwell. Typical Matt Stafford throw. Just like he brought it out earlier, keying in on 1 WR.
Make sure we say Steve Smith SR There is so many other Steve Smiths in the NFL that we need to know he is a SR so that we know which Steve were talking about
Puka catches with his hands and not his body like Van Jefferson. Great receivers know how to attack the ball and not wait for it. That’s why when VJ runs his route, Stafford gets intercepted because the DBs can see the ball going towards the receiver.
There better be a steve smith sr in madden 24!
Steve Smith also said Skyy Moore was gonna have a 1200 yard season
Season is still young 😂
@@xForbin99ain’t happening
Big respect for Smith Sr as a WR, but as an analyst he's just okay. Tyreek and Waddle want a word about 'you need one fast guy and one slow guy'
Stafford looks healthy and crisp out there. If he stays healthy we could see a lot players continue to get fed.
Weird. Puka really reminds me of Steve Smith when he played.
lmao decoy leroy... must be da extra credit guy
He has a cool name. That’s gotta count for something too 😀
Puca must have ordered some jet shoes today because he separated from three Cleveland db's with ease !
Steve Smith hurting inside talking nice about a BYU player lol
I JUST got traded Puca & Kupp.....it's gonna be tricky maybe. Or maybe they both ball 10 targets a piece doesn't seem crazy
Stafford never played with roy Williams
"Sometimes the best route is ran the wrong way" - Steve Smith Sr