The Los Angeles Rams are considering wide receiver Puka Nacua day-to-day with an ankle injury suffered during the win over the Baltimore Ravens, and they could use a trade to safeguard against an extended absence or any other negative developments.
CBS Sports’ Cody Benjamin suggests just that, noting the precarious situation Nacua’s injury presents for the Rams.
However, the suggested target would not be a direct replacement or substitute for Nacua.
Rams Urged to Trade for Titans TE Chigoziem Okonkwo
Rather than target a receiver to fill in for Nacua should he miss extended time, Benjamin suggested the Rams bolster their tight end position. Benjamin named Tennessee Titans tight end Chigoziem Okonkwo as a fitting target.
This Heavy Sports trade proposal aims to land Okonkwo with the Rams.
Rams get:
•Chigoziem Okonkwo
Titans get:
•2026 fifth-round pick
“Tyler Higbee just had a nice day for Los Angeles, but the former Super Bowl champion has been spotty this year after missing most of 2024 due to injury. Puka Nacua is also freshly banged up out wide, giving Sean McVay’s all-star unit a new dose of durability concerns. Enter Okonkwo, who’s one of the Tennessee Titans’ few legitimate trade chips thanks to a 71% catch rate for his career,” Benjamin wrote on October 14.
“He’s got dual value: as an immediate depth piece to aid Matthew Stafford’s passing attack, and as a potential long-term chess piece for McVay’s offense.”
Okonkwo is in the final year of his four-year, $4.1 million contract.
Chigoziem Okonkwo Having Career Year
Okonkwo has caught 23 passes for 213 yards. Okonkwo has yet to score this season. However, he is on track for a career-best line of 65 receptions and 617 yards. The versatile tight end has 161-1,675-6 for his career.
The Titans are 1-5 and could be targeted by teams like the Rams before the trade deadline.
That is on November 4, giving McVay and the Rams, who beat the Titans 33-19 in Week 2 of this season, two more games and the bye to sort through their options.
😳 @ChigTweets putting on the moves
📺: #TENvsAZ on @NFLonCBS & NFL+ pic.twitter.com/utj10lX1Yr
— Tennessee Titans (@Titans) October 5, 2025
Nacua is expected to miss some time with his ankle injury.
The bye week is the X factor. It could allow Nacua – and Tutu Atwell, who missed Week 6 with a hamstring injury – to recuperate without the Rams risking losing any ground.
How quickly Nacua and the Rams’ other injured players can get healthy will likely determine how the Rams approach the 2025 trade deadline in general, let alone whether or not to pour more resources into the tight end position with needs at cornerback and, potentially, receiver.
Rams Boast Depth at Tight End
The Rams are not exactly hurting at the tight end position as the trade deadline approaches. In Week 6, Higbee tied his season high with four receptions to set new best marks for the campaign with 40 yards and his first touchdown of the year.
Higbee has a 10-102-1 line on the season and is on an expiring two-year, $17 million contract.
The Rams also have veteran backups Colby Parkinson (4-11-0) and Davis Allen (7-55-2). They also selected Terrance Ferguson (1-21-0) 46th overall in the 2025 draft.
OkonkWOAH @ChigTweets
📺: Watch #TENvsHOU on @NFLonCBS stream on NFL+ pic.twitter.com/tXm6y3GClK
— Tennessee Titans (@Titans) November 24, 2024
The Rams have been linked to a proven tight end target on the trade market before. Ferguson has had trouble carving out a role. McVay has described tight end as a versatile position for the Rams. They have not typically leaned on it in the passing game, though.
Up next, the Rams will travel to London to face the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 7.
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