Puka Nacua is listed with a calf injury and limited participation on the Los Angeles Rams’ Thursday, 22 October injury report. His game-status field remains unspecified. The Rams play the Raiders in Las Vegas on Sunday, 25 October, so this practice entry does not yet establish whether he will play in that game.
The distinction matters as Los Angeles prepares for Week 7 at Allegiant Stadium. The team’s official fixture notice puts kickoff at 1:25pm Pacific on Sunday. Thursday’s update arrives with the receiving corps already facing a separate absence: on Wednesday, Sean McVay discussed Davante Adams’s hamstring injury and the options behind the team’s leading receivers.
Nacua: confirmed report and next fixture
| Item | Official information |
|---|---|
| Thursday 22 October | Calf; LP (limited participation) |
| Game designation | Unspecified at the time checked |
| Sunday 25 October | Rams at Raiders, Allegiant Stadium |
| Kickoff | 1:25pm PDT / 4:25pm EDT / 8:25pm GMT |
Practice participation is not a game designation. UK clock conversion reflects the end of British summer time on 25 October; broadcast rights are not established here.
What Thursday’s report actually establishes
In the Rams’ report, LP means limited participation in practice. Nacua’s Wednesday entry is a dash, Thursday is LP, and the Friday column has no entry at the time of review. Practice participation and game availability are separate fields. The report has not assigned him an Out, Doubtful or Questionable designation for Sunday.
That leaves a consequential question open rather than resolving it either way. The table identifies the injured area and Thursday’s participation level, but gives no severity assessment or recovery date. A practice listing alone cannot support a prediction about how many snaps Nacua will play, or identify a guaranteed replacement for him.
The receiver group was already being tested
The broader context comes from McVay’s comments published by the Rams on 21 October. The club said Adams would miss six to ten weeks, while the coach said the team had not explored adding an outside receiver following his injury. The club identified Konata Mumpfield, Jordan Whittington, Tutu Atwell, Alex Bachman and CJ Daniels Jr. among its other receivers on the 53-man roster. Those comments preceded Thursday’s Nacua update and should be read with that timing in mind.
Mumpfield and Whittington had already taken larger roles while Nacua was absent in Weeks 2 and 3, the Rams noted. That experience helps explain why the existing group is relevant now. It does not settle Sunday’s lineup: the team still has to assess Nacua, and Wednesday’s discussion of depth is not a new announcement about his calf injury.
The next report will answer the availability question
To follow the decision, use the Rams’ Week 7 injury-report page and look separately at the next practice entry and the game-status field. The confirmed fixture is Sunday at 1:25pm PDT, 4:25pm EDT and 8:25pm GMT in the UK. These are kickoff conversions; this article does not establish a UK broadcast service. The official report and game notice are linked below.
The current answer is limited practice on Thursday, with Sunday availability still unsettled. The next useful information is whether the club changes his participation level and assigns a game designation. That will show how the calf issue affects preparations against the Raiders, while keeping the confirmed practice update separate from a return timetable the Rams have not announced.
Rams injury report, 21 October receiver-depth article and official Week 7 fixture notice read directly. No injury severity, recovery date or guaranteed replacement inferred. Pacific kickoff converted with the 25 October timezone offsets.
- Rams Week 7 injury report, Thursday 22 October ↗
- Rams: McVay on receiver options after Adams injury, 21 October ↗
- Rams at Raiders: official Week 7 game notice ↗