Puka Nacua’s feedback about NFL officiating got here with a value — and never simply the distraction the controversy prompted the Rams earlier than their additional time defeat by the Seattle Seahawks.
The NFL fined the Rams receiver $25,000 for public remarks he made about NFL officiating, the league confirmed Friday.
Nacua caught 12 passes for a career-best 225 yards and two touchdowns in opposition to the Seahawks.
Throughout a livestream on Tuesday, with YouTubers N3on and Adin Ross, Nacua stated, “The refs are the worst.”
Nacua didn’t cease there.
“These guys are attorneys, and like, actually, they wish to be on TV, too, bro,” Nacua stated. “You don’t assume he’s texting his associates within the group chat like, ‘Yo, you guys simply noticed me on “Sunday Night time Soccer.” Like, that wasn’t [pass interference], however I referred to as it.’”
After the loss to the Seahawks, Nacua appeared to double down.
“Are you able to say I used to be unsuitable,” he posted to X. “Recognize you stripes on your contribution. Lol”
The put up was shortly deleted.
“Only a second of frustration after a tricky, intense recreation like that, simply considering of the alternatives that I might have finished higher to take it out of their arms,” Nacua informed reporters within the locker room. “Only a second of frustration.”
Coach Sean McVay stated throughout his postgame information convention that he had not seen Nacua’s put up to X.
In regard to Nacua’s criticism of officers in the course of the livestream, McVay stated, “Yeah, we don’t wish to try this.”
It was a tumultuous week for Nacua, who apologized Thursday for making a antisemitic gesture throughout the identical livestream, saying he didn’t know that the gesture was thought of offensive.
Along with Nacua’s superb, the NFL suspended Seahawks linebacker Derick Corridor one recreation for pointless roughness and unsportsmanlike conduct for stepping on the leg of Rams guard Kevin Dotson within the first quarter Thursday. Dotson suffered an ankle harm and didn’t return after being carted from the sideline to the locker room.
Employees author Sam Farmer contributed to this report.
