Puka Nacua
Appearances
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
No, no, no, no, definitely. I'm getting out of here before the game, too.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
No, no.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
It took us 20 years to learn that. A little bit. I try to take notes from these veteran guys and make sure I'm learning something for real. Are you having fun this week? Oh, it's been so fun.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
It's been to be able to work with teams like Pepsi, Toyota, the brands that I've been able to be a part of, and how they have helped me in my career on the field and off the field, getting involved, like you said, in some of that media stuff. It's definitely a different world from what you're doing on the football field. There's no running routes.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
Nobody's giving you an exact playbook of how it's supposed to go. Sure. It's a blessing to be a part of it. I'm excited to get my bowling event going on tomorrow. That's what I got going on with GoBowling.com and Pepsi. If you go to GoBowling.com, you get a free bowling game, a coupon for a free bowling game. Everybody definitely needs that and deserves that. Wait, how'd you get into bowling?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
This is exciting here. My high school basketball coach taught the bowling class in high school. I was automatically enrolled into that class because he was our basketball coach. Hold on a second. There was a class, and it was bowling? Bowling class, yep. They would literally take a bus, and you'd go from the high school down to the Miracle Bowl, which was like a mile down the road.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
And I would always bowl, so I got a bowling ball. I got a Los Angeles Rams bowling ball that I'm going to be bowling with tomorrow. Let's say I average about a 200 score. Average about a 200? My God.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
I got a little curve action. I got a little hook in there. I'll make sure I spin it right. I mean, to get 200 is not as easy as it may sound.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
It's nuts.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
I'm glad you passed Bowling. Yeah, we got an NFL player. We got Kingsley Suomati, who's playing in the Super Bowl, went to Orem High. We played together. He's a former BYU Coug. So I think Orem High's doing pretty good.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
Yeah, I think it was super exciting. I think it's a challenge to be as consistent as possible. I think from the people I've been able to watch and learn, you get to see, we're lucky enough to see Jamar Chase and Justin Jefferson. I'm watching Cooper Cup out of practice every day for the past two years, so seeing the best of the best move and play this position at a very high level.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
It was exciting and it made it a fun challenge for me to be able to go out there and perform very well.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
Yeah, I guess it's trying to realize that and process that, but also feel like, man, I'm taking the same mentality that I've had in these past two off-seasons. To be out there to all 17 games, I want to be out there and provide for my team as much as I can and as often as I can, so
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
It's super exciting to know that privilege is going to be mine to be able to take that challenge on and to overcome that challenge or to have fun while I'm doing it because I know it's something that I'm capable of doing and the people around me will help make sure I get it done.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
Yeah, I think health is definitely a thing. And you had a chance regardless. Yeah, so even with some of the injuries and the challenge that we had to overcome, we were still right there and had an opportunity.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
So it provides a sour taste in your mouth while you're watching some of these games, but it also lets you know that, man, it gives you an extra motivator in the offseason workouts to push just a little bit harder.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
Yeah. I think, uh, that's kind of, yeah, growing, learning and being, uh, in the league a little bit longer. You see some of these things happen. And, uh, so it's just, uh, it is a part of the business, but I, I'm grateful for the opportunities and the experiences that I've had with Cooper cup. And, uh, if there's a way that he could stay with the Rams, that would be awesome.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
But, uh, if he goes out there, I know a great team will get Cooper cup. And, uh, I'll be able to use the model that Cooper Cup laid in front of me to be able to have success in this organization and as a football player.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
I should spam his phone, but I know he's not a new tech guy, so I know if I blow his phone up, he might not like that.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
Exactly right.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
Man, I don't know. I hope it's not me, man. I try to bring some new juice and a good energy into the room. Maybe it is you.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
How could it possibly be me? Like, we're tired of this guy. He's too positive. He's too happy all the time.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
He just likes talking about it? Yeah. He's an L.A. guy. He loves it. Coaches the best. Yeah, I don't think he wants to leave.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
He's still got out there. He's got a good quick twitch zoom still. Is he a good bowler? I don't know about that. I think I would have him on that one. Do you have a personalized ball?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
Yeah, my own bowling ball. I'm judging you right now. They got good pizza over there. I'm trying to bowl good. Do you go with, like, you have the shoes, too? I don't have my own shoes. Really?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
I'm a size 14. If they would let me bowl in my Jordans, I mean, with the bowling alley that I go to back in Utah.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
I go, honestly, every time I grab the bowl. Wow. Really?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
No, no chalk. I like to get pedicures and manicures and make sure my hands are nice. You have great fingernails, man. Thank you. So, like, I get them done. It looks like you got hit with a bowling ball, to be honest with you. I think I got stepped on. Stepped on? Hold on a second. He plays football, though. You've been stepped on during games, you're saying? Yes. Oh, my gosh.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
Yeah, I got stepped on by one of our linemen, like, right on my calf. I thought my whole muscle tore. I was like, yeah, it was 300-pound lineman falling backwards just right on my calf.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
I had the first time to play against Jalen Ramsey this year when we played the Dolphins. He's pretty good. He is good. Man, I feel like they're – yeah. He definitely provided some challenges, but, man, I feel like there's some times I got him and I was just – there's never a perfect play out there. So you're like, yeah. It's an incomplete pass.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
The DBCs that has a win, but I'm like, man, our one-on-one matchups were pretty close. Right. Are you a talker, Puka? I mean, I think you're secretly a talker. No, maybe a little bit. If we're close and you're talking to me, I'm not going to just stay on mute, but – I won't be the first one out there to say something.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
I don't know.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
I say something like, man, your breath stinks. I know you didn't brush your teeth this morning.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
Exactly.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
No, I guess I always envisioned myself having success and being able to have the people around me support me and have that pay off in a great way, and I feel like it really has. I feel like I come from a big family. I come from a football family.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
Being able to be in the Rams organization with guys like Cooper, guys like Matthew, the other veterans on the team like Tyler Higbee, and just having a great support system, it's really helped me. It takes 11 on the football field, and it takes even more people to help have a great, successful life. And I've been blessed to have those people around me. A little tired of the Chiefs. Yeah. Yeah.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
You are. Yeah.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
Yes, I am tired of the Chiefs. They're annoying, right? The Eagles, I mean, it stinks to say. The Eagles too? You're tired of the Eagles? No, I think I'd rather see the Eagles win.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
I just don't want to see the Chiefs.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
Yeah.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
Yeah, go bowling in Pepsi tomorrow. I'll be out there with some other NFL players, and we've got a bowling event going on. If you're out here in the New Orleans area, out here for the Super Bowl, come have a nice cold wild Pepsi cherry with me out there, and then we can see.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GBF- Super Week: Ed Reed, Puka, Dicker, Joe Montana, Trey Hendrickson
It's fantastic. Okay, I'm glad we're all on the same page on that.