{"id":827324,"date":"2026-07-26T14:41:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T14:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/827324\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T14:41:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T14:41:17","slug":"retired-aaron-donald-in-regimented-process-for-possible-los-angeles-rams-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/827324\/","title":{"rendered":"Retired Aaron Donald in ‘regimented process’ for possible Los Angeles Rams return"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOS ANGELES — Former Los Angeles Rams<\/a> defensive tackle Aaron Donald is going through a \u201cvery strict, regimented process\u201d to decide whether he wants to unretire this season, Rams head coach Sean McVay said.<\/p>\n

And if Donald does decide he wants to play, McVay said, \u201cwe are going to try to be able to make that happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Donald retired in March 2024 after 10 NFL seasons, but the Rams\u2019 trade for Myles Garrett<\/a> in June spurred conversation about the possibility of Donald returning to play alongside the reigning Defensive Player of the Year.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor those of you guys that do know Aaron, he\u2019s very diligent,\u201d McVay said. \u201cAnything that he does, he does all-in. And so he\u2019s going through a very strict, regimented process that was similar to what he did when he played.\u201d<\/p>\n

McVay said he \u201cgenuinely\u201d does not know what Donald will decide, but said, \u201cIf he feels good, then you guys know he\u2019s going to be ready to rock.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll see how his body\u2019s responding to some of the training and the way that he puts himself through the paces to know what it looks and feels like to be ready to take on what the rigors of an NFL season entail,\u201d McVay said.<\/p>\n

McVay said the pair first had a conversation about the possibility because he had reached out for Donald\u2019s opinion when the team was discussing trading for Garrett.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut this is his decision,\u201d McVay said. \u201cHe\u2019s earned the right to be able to do it on his terms. And that\u2019s why I think you guys are seeing us take this approach. But I did not ever really think this would be something, but I\u2019m not going to sit here and act like I\u2019m not excited about the possibility of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

McVay addressed the possibility of Donald\u2019s return on the first day of training camp at Loyola Marymount University. Among the group to report was wide receiver Puka Nacua<\/a>, who is entering the final season of his rookie deal. McVay said he expects Nacua to participate in practice.<\/p>\n

McVay also said left tackle Alaric Jackson<\/a>, who was arrested on a domestic violence charge in June but will not face a felony charge, will be at training camp. McVay said it is an \u201congoing\u201d legal situation that the team is still gathering information on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES — Former Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald is going through a \u201cvery strict, regimented…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":827325,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49,48,153378,82],"class_list":["post-827324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-los-angeles-rams-sports-football-team-team-statscom-343","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=827324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/827325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}