Rams' Puka Nacua fantasy football points have NFL fans overjoyed or stressed in playoffs

The fantasy football playoffs are here in pretty much every league, and on Thursday Night Football, Puka Nacua threw down a remarkable opening gauntlet.

It could be the semifinals in your league, or maybe even the championship. And if someone still alive has the Los Angeles Rams' star wide receiver, they got the week off to an amazing start.

Nacua caught 12 passes against the Seattle Seahawks for 225 yards and two touchdowns.

In a PPR format, that's 46.5 points, the most scored by a WR all season.

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Nacua had three catches of 40 yards or longer.

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It's the kind of performance that can make an opposing manager stressed out the rest of the week. It starts to feel like you have to make rash lineup decisions just in hopes of catching up.

In reality, the best thing you can hope for is that the stars that got you into the playoffs can also have strong performances.

Nacua isn't the only guy who had a big Thursday night. Matthew Stafford put up a huge stat line. Jaxon Smith-Njigba rescued himself after being shutout in the first half and had solid numbers. Kenneth Walker made a few big plays.

But it was Nacua who stole the show.

Most fantasy teams that have Nacua probably made the playoffs. He entered Thursday night as the NFL's second-leading wide receiver.

And he swung fantasy matchups everywhere in a huge way by having the best game a wide receiver has had all season long.

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