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The Rams added an all-time great defender once they acquired pass rusher extraordinaire Myles Garrett<\/strong> from the Browns on Monday. Garrett might not be the last future Hall of Famer to hitch the Rams\u2019 defense before the upcoming season. On the heels of the Garrett trade, it appears retired Ram Aaron Donald<\/strong> is mulling a comeback.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n When ESPN\u2019s Pat McAfee contacted Donald via text<\/a> a couple of potential return within the wake of the Garrett blockbuster, the 35-year-old admitted, \u201cIt needless to say got me pondering.\u201d<\/em> Donald added that he\u2019s \u201cgotta see if that fireside can light back up\u201d<\/em> after two full years out of the NFL.<\/p>\n With the Rams still based in St. Louis on the time, they spent the thirteenth overall pick within the 2014 draft on Donald. It quickly became one in all the wisest decisions in franchise history, as Donald was one of the crucial dominant defensive tackles within the history of the game. He earned Pro Bowl honors in all 10 of his seasons, picked up eight first-team All-Pro selections (tied with Reggie White<\/strong> and Bruce Smith<\/strong> for many amongst D-linemen) and won the Defensive Player of the Yr thrice. Donald was also a serious contributor on the Rams\u2019 most up-to-date Super Bowl-winning team in 2021.<\/p>\n The Rams were already atop the list of Super Bowl favorites for the upcoming campaign before they took a house run swing on Garrett. Although the trade cost them standout edge defender Jared Verse<\/strong> and three picks, including a 2027 first-rounder, they landed a player who set the single-season sack record (23) and won DPOY for the second time in 2025. Their odds of hoisting the Lombardi Trophy next February would only seem to enhance with Donald, a widely known workout warrior who has stayed in shape in his post-playing days. With 111 sacks on his resume, he would join the likes of Garrett, Byron Young<\/strong>, Kobie Turner,<\/strong> Braden Fiske<\/strong> and Poona Ford<\/strong> to form a terrifying group up front.<\/p>\n When Donald walked away from the sport in March 2024, there was one season left on the three-year, $95MM extension he signed in 2022. His retirement forced the Rams to spread $33MM in dead money over the previous two seasons ($24MM in 2024 and $9MM in \u201925). Donald is off the team\u2019s books now, but that may change if he makes the bombshell decision to return. The Rams have roughly $16.34MM in spending room, based on OverTheCap<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Rams added an all-time great defender once they acquired pass rusher extraordinaire Myles Garrett from the Browns on Monday. Garrett might not be the last future Hall of Famer to hitch the Rams\u2019 defense before the upcoming season. On the heels of the Garrett trade, it appears retired Ram Aaron Donald is mulling a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":344821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[1116,1312,29608,15072,1161],"class_list":["post-344820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-aaron","tag-donald","tag-mulling","tag-retired","tag-return"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344820"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":344823,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344820\/revisions\/344823"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}