Why isn’t Puka Nacua playing for the Rams against the Jaguars in Week 7?

London’s Wembley stadium welcomes the Los Angeles Rams and the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday in the fifth installment of this season’s international series.

Both teams are familiar with the English capital - for the Jags, it’s almost their second home. This will be their 14th visit to London and their 11th game at Wembley. No other NFL team has played as many games on English turf and Jacksonville love playing there so much that they have already put themselves on the list for the next two series in 2026 and 2027.

The Rams are also well acquainted with Wembley - their most recent visit was back in 2019 when they beat the Bengals 10-24 in front of a crowd of just under 84,000.

Sean McVay‘s team are on of three teams tied with four wins and two defeats in the NFC West and go into this evening’s game on the back of a 17-3 win over the Ravens last week.

That victory came with a price. Wide receiver Puka Nacua hobbled out of the game after picking up an injury to his left ankle during the second quarter. Nacua missed all three of the team’s practice sessions and McVay confirmed that the WR, along with OT Rob Havenstein, is ruled out.

Rams injury update

McVay told the media before the team set off for England: “Everybody will be full, the DNPs will be Puka, Rob Havenstein, they’ll be out for the game. And then Byron Young, Alaric Jackson and Tyler Higbee, just being smart with them so Rob and Puka will be out for the game, everybody else all hands on deck”.

The Week 7 NFL regular season game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Jacksonville Jaguars is scheduled to kick off at 9:30 a.m ET at Wembley stadium in London. Viwers can follow the game on NFL Network, NFL+ and Fubo.

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