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Nacua is clearly not healthy. Early in the season he battled the early stages of a sports hernia... Nacua is also working through a calf injury... the wrinkle that Nacua added to his game that made him an offensive player of the year candidate a year ago was his prowess in the deep area of the field. That is gone in 2026, likely because of injuries.
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Nacua's injuries eliminate deep-field role; regression from MVP-season production.

Puka Nacua is managing a sports hernia and calf injury that are limiting his explosiveness and eliminating his deep-field prowess; he has regressed from 52.5% of targets within nine yards of the line of scrimmage in his MVP-season 2025 (17 receptions, 514 yards, four touchdowns on 32 deep targets) to 54.8% short-area targets in 2026 with only two receptions for 60 yards on nine deep targets, indicating a major step back in role and production.

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