Puka Nacua is one of the best football players on the planet but he doesn’t watch much of the sport he plays for a living. That might seem hard to believe, but it’s true.
He’s simply “not a big football watcher.”
Nacua was asked what his plans are Sunday before the Rams play the Eagles in the night game, and he told reporters that he doesn’t plan to watch the games that are on TV.
Instead, he’ll try to sleep as much as possible, get some food – at the request of the team nutritionist – and prepare for the Rams’ marquee matchup with the 8-2 Eagles.
“I’m not a big football watcher, so I’ll probably try to sleep as much as I can,” he said. “Then I’m sure our nutritionist would love for me to eat some food the day of the game. So that would probably be in a game plan somewhere.”
Nacua isn’t the only player who’s said he doesn’t watch much football. It’s not that he doesn’t enjoy it, he just doesn’t want to give his energy to any other games besides the one he has to play.
“No, not really, not too often,” he said when asked if he really doesn’t watch football. “I mean, I’ll watch our tape and if everybody is sitting down and watching the game, but if we’re playing, it’ll just be too much of a rush of emotions before I’ve got to have my game. So I’m like, I’m not trying to give anybody else my energy. Got to save it all up for whenever that kickoff is.”
Seeing how much passion Nacua plays with, it’s probably a good thing that he saves up his energy for his own games. Though, it does seem impossible for him to ever run out of gas with how amped up he always is.