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Locked On NFL – Daily Podcast On The National Football League

The Los Angeles Rams Face DRAMATIC Impact as All Pro WR Puca Nacua Enters Rehab Amid Controversy

Locked On NFL – Daily Podcast On The National Football League

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4.3735 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Los Angeles Rams face tough questions as Puka Nacua enters rehab and legal storms swirl. Could Nacua’s off-field struggles—and looming lawsuit—derail his rise to NFL stardom

Transcript

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0:00.0

Pooka NACU at Rehab, and I'll tell you why it's a little bit of a conundrum for the L.A. Rams at this point.

0:06.8

We'll get into it today on Locked-on NFL.

0:09.7

The barbershop is open and Tony Wiggins has a chair for you.

0:13.2

He's ready with some real NFL talk.

0:15.5

The local experts of Locked-on bring their expertise, and Wiggy is ready with his clippers and shears sit down and

0:22.6

enjoy the new locked on nfl starts now locked on podcast network your team every day welcome to the

0:32.7

barbershop here on locked on NFL i'm your host tony wiggins. Oh, Locked on NFL. He's my main man,

0:38.3

Chris Carter, who joins me every Thursday from Locked on Steelers. And this is what we have for you today. At the end of the show, we'll trek our way through the AFC North and look at a couple of teams that Chris knows, the Ravens. They need to really fix their offensive line in the middle of the show. Ooh, marvelous Mendoza shined in his workout in shorts.

0:57.7

We'll hit that up.

0:58.9

First and foremost, we've got to get to a serious subject, something that we brought up on yesterday's show,

1:03.6

and that is Rams wide receiver Pookin, the Cooa is in rehab.

1:06.6

First, Chris Carter, rehab is a serious thing, So we're not going to make light of it.

1:11.8

We're not going to sit there and pretend to be doctors or psychiatrists or anything like that.

1:16.5

Anytime somebody tries to get help for whatever it is, they have,

1:20.4

I haven't seen anything specified as to what he's actually in rehab for.

1:23.8

But we give credit for people that take action on their own to try to get

1:29.8

themselves some help yeah I mean it seems like it was you know they said it was a

1:34.9

involving a drunk a new year's Eve incident Pukunakua being involved in in that

1:41.3

I think it's you know it's it's interesting to's interesting to see, you know, and it's, it is very serious. When someone checks into rehab, they're, they're acknowledging, I have a problem. They're acknowledging I have to be better. And I need help. And that, and that's a very important step. And so, you know, good on Pukunakua for doing this. and I think there's some people that watch from the outside, you know, I'll be one of them and say like there's,

2:04.6

you know, good on Pooka Nakua for doing this. And I think there's some people that watch from the outside.

2:02.9

You know, I'll be one of them and say like there's, you know, this is a guy who, you know, watching as a player, he seems like a fantastic talent.

2:12.0

But then there's moments where you're wondering what's what's going on behind this guy's head, you know, stuff that's that he's gotten involved in a a lawsuit filed against him citing gender violence assault

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