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The Los Angeles Rams are welcoming the Seattle Seahawks to SoFi Stadium in Week 11 for a massive NFC West matchup. Whoever wins will have a huge advantage in the division race and could be in line for the number one seed in the NFC.
Also featured in the matchup will be the return of Kupp to SoFi, this time, as a member of an opposing team. The Super Bowl MVP will get plenty of respect from the Rams before the game, and afterwards, he's bound to swap jerseys with a former Rams teammate.
For Puka Nacua, getting Kupp's Seahawks jersey is a priority. So much so that, according to Adam Grosbard of LA Daily News, Nacua jokingly threatened his Rams teammates he'd hit them if he didn't get Kupp's jersey.
Rams' Puka Nacua really wants to swap jerseys with Cooper Kupp
"If I see him take it off to somebody else," Nacua said, "I might hit somebody on our team. Respectfully, so."
The longtime Rams receiver left in free agency to join the Seahawks, and for the first time in his nine-year NFL career, Kupp is facing the Rams.
Nacua, who was teammates with Kupp for the last two seasons, wants to swap jerseys with a player who was his mentor and helped him turn into the dominant wide receiver Rams fans know and love today.
There's no bad blood between Nacua and Kupp now that they're on opposing teams. His relationship with Kupp is good enough that Nacua joked he'd "hit somebody" if he doesn't get Kupp's Seahawks jersey after Week 11's matchup.
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In Seattle, Kupp has 26 receptions for 367 yards and one touchdown. Nacua, in his first season not playing alongside Kupp, has 66 receptions for 775 yards and four touchdowns.
During the 2024 season, their last together, Nacua had 79 receptions for 990 yards and three touchdowns, while Kupp had 67 receptions for 710 yards and six touchdowns.
The year prior, in Nacua's rookie season and the first year alongside Kupp, he had 105 receptions for 1,486 yards and six touchdowns. Kupp had 59 receptions for 747 yards and five touchdowns.
Nacua and Kupp were a great wide receiver duo together, and while they didn't wind up going deep into the playoffs, they are two of the best receivers in recent Rams history.
After their Week 11 matchup, Nacua is eagerly waiting to swap jerseys with his former teammate, and jokingly threatened his teammates if they swapped jerseys with Kupp.
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