With 12 catches for 225 yards and two touchdowns on Thursday night against the Seahawks, Rams receiver Puka Nacua took a major step toward putting the short week’s miscues into the rear-view mirror.
And then he grabbed his phone moments after the game ended and created a new mess for himself.
“Can you say I was wrong,” Nacua tweeted. “Appreciate you stripes for your contribution. lol.” (He later deleted it.)
The message was an obvious reference to his criticism of the officials during an ill-fated livestream, during which he said, “The refs are the worst.”
The most controversial call of the game happened after an incompletion a potential game-tying two-point conversion was reversed by replay review into a backward pass and a fumble that was recovered by the Seahawks in the end zone, when running back Zach Charbonnet nonchalantly picked up what he (and everyone else) assumed was a dead ball.
Coach Sean McVay was asked about the tweet during his post-game press conference. He said he wasn’t aware of it. “I can’t answer questions about something I’m not aware of,” he said. “I’ve got to have more information before I answer any of those kind of questions.”
Nacua is already facing a fine for his comments about the officials from the livestream. He could end up getting a second fine for his deleted tweet.
