Rams likely to sign Aaron Donald to massive contract extension

Star Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald reset the market for that side of the ball when he signed a six-year, $135M contract extension with the team back in August of 2018 after holding out from a majority of training camp.

Fresh off helping lead the Rams to the Super Bowl title, there was some thought given to the idea that the thee-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year might retire. While those rumors have died down some heading into the summer, we’re hearing more on the 30-year-old Donald and his future with the Rams.

According to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, the Rams are in negotiations to sign Donald to a massive contract extension — resetting the market for defensive players in the process.

Legitimately the best defensive player in the NFL since Los Angeles made the Pittsburgh product the No. 13 pick in the 2014 NFL Draft, Donald obviously deserves a pay raise. There’s very little to dispute that notion.

And in reality, it’s likely why he leaked retirement talk ahead of the Los Angeles Rams’ Super Bowl win over Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals. In said win, Donald recorded three quarterback hits, two tackles for loss and two sacks. He was a man on a mission.