Insane Myles Garrett, Puka Nacua stat sums up Rams shellacking at hands of 49ers

Of all the ugly numbers produced during the Rams’ 27-7 loss to the 49ers, one looked as though it had been entered backward.Puka Nacua: one tackle.Myles Garrett: zero.The bizarre box-score comparison supplied a cruelly efficient summary of Los Angeles’ season-opening debacle at Melbourne Cricket Ground.A wide receiver recorded more tackles than the reigning Defensive Player of the Year did during his long-awaited Rams debut.It would have been merely funny if expectations had not been so enormous.The Rams did not acquire Garrett from the Browns for Jared Verse and draft capital to become invisible.

He was supposed to become the centerpiece of a star-studded defense that helped Los Angeles earn the super team label before playing a snap.Instead, Garrett finished with zero pressures, zero sacks, zero quarterback hits and zero tackles across 27 pass-rushing snaps.According to Pro Football Focus, it was Garrett’s first game without a pressure since Week 10 of the 2018 season.It also marked only the fourth time in his career that he finished without a sack, tackle or quarterback hit.San Francisco’s quick passing attack rarely gave Garrett enough time to wreck the pocket, but he did not hide behind scheme or the Rams’ abbreviated Australian itinerary.“This was the worst version of myself,” Garrett said afterward.Garrett, who dealt with knee tendinitis during training camp, added that he needed to “get healthy” before the Rams face the Giants on Sept.

21.One miserable debut does not determine what Garrett will become in Los Angeles.But the statistic will follow the Rams home from Melbourne: Their star receiver found his way into the tackle column, while their prized pass rusher did not....