INGLEWOOD, Calif. — For the first time since Week 1, the Los Angeles Rams had receivers Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua back on the field together in the team's 30-20 victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Thursday night.
Rams coach Sean McVay would like it to stay that way. Amid reports that the Rams had approached teams about trading Kupp before the Nov.
5 trade deadline, McVay said he was «really glad» to have him back on the field. «And that's what I expect to stay that way,» McVay said.
Kupp, who had been out since spraining his left ankle in Week 2, had five catches for 51 yards and a touchdown. Nacua led the team with seven catches for 106 yards on nine targets. «Teams reached out,» McVay said when asked about the trade speculation. «Some of the things that I've seen out there, they're just not true.» Kupp said he's «not thinking about that stuff,» but said he thought there was something «kind of cool about all that stuff going on outside of the facility, but on a short week, every minute spent preparing, trying to get ready to come out here and play. »And so it gave me the opportunity to focus in on just being where my feet are, being able to prepare as best I can and come out here and let it rip," Kupp said. «And all that stuff is what it is.» While the Rams expected to get Kupp back after he was inactive against the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 7, the team kept Nacua's return closer to the vest.