Treat Puka Nacua like the No. 1 receiver he is -- or else

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00:00Nakua's gliding speed and route awareness are killers for enemy defenses.

00:05He has become that rare receiver where if you don't cap him up top with some kind of cornerback safety bracket,

00:10well, to quote Ivan Drago in Rocky IV, you will lose.

00:14We all know that Nakua was already one of the best system receivers in any system.

00:18In 2025, he officially graduated to the highest status any receiver can enjoy.

00:23He's the guy every defensive coordinator sweats, no matter what.

00:27On Thursday night, it'll be San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Sala's turn to worry about it.

00:32Sala has talked this week about how well McVeigh moves his receivers around through snap,

00:36and that's the obvious hallmark concept.

00:38But Sala is also smart enough to know that if you're leaving Nakua one-on-one at this point in time,

00:43you are inviting disaster.

00:45If there's a better receiver in the NFL right now than Pooper Nakua,

00:48I'd like to see the list because it's a very short one.