Torry Holt knows a thing or two about talented wide receiver tandems. He and Isaac Bruce were one of the best in NFL history, and hopefully Holt will join Bruce in Canton as a Pro Football Hall of Famer this year.
Looking at the current wide receiver duos in the NFL, Holt loves what he’s seen from Puka Nacua and Cooper Kupp. While Kupp may not be putting up mind-blowing numbers like he did in 2021, he and Nacua have already become one of the top receiving tandems in football.
Nacua has 1,445 yards on 101 catches, sitting just 29 yards and four catches shy of setting the single-season rookie records. Kupp has helped him along the way, which Holt was sure to point out during his interview on The NFL Report.
“These dudes are talented as all get out,” Holt said. “(Nacua’s) size, the speed at which he plays, the passion in which he plays, it’s fun watching Puka Nacua play the game of football. And then you have the guy in Cooper Kupp that he sees how to do it in terms of the professionalism, the consistency, the work ethic. Cooper Kupp, I’ve said it time and time again, when you go in that meeting room, he’s going to be the first person you see right up front taking notes, but he also shares the information with Puka and the rest of the wide receivers on that roster.
“I love the wide receiver corps, the duo of those two guys,” he continued. “They’re talented. Both are not small guys. You’re talking about guys that are 6-2-plus. Really nice size, thick. The other thing about Puka Nacua, yeah they throw him the football, but he also now is involved in the jet sweeps and using that size to pick up key first downs for this Rams offense to keep them on the field and moving the chains. And then they’ve got a guy in Matthew Stafford who is hot. He can get them all the ball anywhere on the field.”
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The fact that Nacua has taken such massive steps as a rookie is encouraging for his future, especially as he continues to learn what defenses are trying to do against him and also improves his hands. Kupp has been banged up throughout the season but he’s still a game-changer for the Rams, too.
Stafford is having a fantastic season throwing the ball to those two guys.