Rams say Nacua (ankle) dodged long-term injury

BALTIMORE -- Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua has an ankle sprain, caput manager Sean McVay said, but the squad believes Nacua avoided a "long-term" wounded connected Sunday.

"We'll beryllium day-to-day with him," McVay said connected Monday. "Initially helium felt beauteous bully today, but we'll conscionable spot however the week progresses."

Nacua sprained his ankle successful the 2nd 4th of the Rams' Week 6 triumph implicit the Baltimore Ravens portion attempting to drawback a walk successful the extremity zone. He got up dilatory aft the play and started to locomotion disconnected the field. After taking a fewer steps, Nacua went backmost to the crushed and was checked retired by the team's aesculapian staff.

He returned to the crippled successful the 3rd 4th but did not person different target. McVay said, Monday, that the Rams were "cognizant" of however they utilized Nacua upon his instrumentality "because of wherever we were astatine that constituent successful the game."

"I was encouraged, [senior vice president of sports medicine and performance] Reggie [Scott] was encouraged by the scan successful presumption of what it revealed," McVay said. "Whether that means he's capable to play similar the feline that we're accustomed to seeing connected Sunday volition beryllium a play process for us.

"And truthful what we are grateful for is there's thing connected the scan that looks similar it's going to beryllium long-term. The uncertainty of this week is simply a existent thing."

McVay said the Rams volition instrumentality into relationship Nacua's "style of play, the mode and the quality astatine which helium plays" erstwhile determining erstwhile helium is acceptable to return.

The Rams are spending the week successful Baltimore earlier they alert to London to play the Jacksonville Jaguars successful Week 7 earlier their Week 8 bye.

Nacua entered the crippled against the Ravens starring the NFL successful receptions and receiving yards and had the astir receptions by a subordinate successful his team's archetypal 5 games of a play successful NFL history.

Nacua had 2 catches for 28 yards earlier the injury, giving him 54 catches for 616 yards and 2 touchdowns this season.