How the Rams wide receiver room is adapting without Kupp

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LOS ANGELES -- There are times, Puka Nacua said, when he's been in the Los Angeles Rams wide receivers room this spring and heard another player ask a question. And then, he realizes that player is looking to Nacua for a response.

"It's weird," Nacua said. "They're asking me questions and I'm like, 'Wait, Coach Yarbs [wide receivers coach Eric Yarber], do you want me to answer this for real?'

"I'm like, 'I feel like I still have some of these similar questions.' But it's been good because it's a teaching moment for me."

The shift came in part because for the first time in his young NFL career, Nacua won't be playing alongside Cooper Kupp. Kupp, the longtime Rams receiver who…