Puka Nacua had arguably the game of his life on Sunday against the Buffalo Bills. He caught 12 passes for 162 yards and a touchdown, adding another touchdown and 16 yards on the ground to give him 178 yards and two scores.
It was also quite possibly the best game of the year in the NFL thus far as the Rams outdueled the Bills, 44-42.
But while he was on the sidelines, Nacua wasn’t thinking about how neither team turned the ball over or how good Josh Allen was playing or how pivotal the Rams’ blocked punt was. He was thinking about Power Balance bracelets.
You know, those rubber bracelets with the little hologram that was supposed to make athletes perform better. That’s what Nacua was thinking about in the middle of one of the best football games in recent memory.
He revealed that unbelievably random mid-game thought during an interview on the “Pat McAfee Show” when Darius Butler asked what was going through his mind in such an exciting and high-scoring game.
“Shoot, I’m not going to lie to you,” Nacua began. “You know in AAU basketball growing up, they used to give you these little black wristbands that had the silver dot? I think they were like the balance bands. Middle of the game, Josh Allen’s driving and I’m like, ‘Yo, they scammed us with those balance bands. They scammed us, bro.”
Nacua understandably wants to know what genius created those wildly popular bracelets.
Mid game thought. Yo who made this and where are they now pic.twitter.com/GItnxInQsY
— Puka Nacua (@AsapPuka) December 9, 2024
Oh, Puka. Never change.
You can see the clip from his interview below.
“They scammed us with those balance bracelets”
😂😂 ~ @AsapPuka #PMSLive https://t.co/qOszWwm4jP pic.twitter.com/p5ymvVWQxu
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) December 9, 2024
It’s impossible not to love Nacua for the fun-loving and energetic guy that he is, and when he’s on the field, he’s as good as any receiver in the NFL. He’s truly one of a kind.
