{"id":692907,"date":"2026-06-09T05:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T05:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/692907\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T05:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T05:24:08","slug":"rams-dreaming-of-the-possibility-of-an-aaron-donald-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/692907\/","title":{"rendered":"Rams dreaming of the possibility of an Aaron Donald comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Retired defensive lineman Aaron Donald is \u201c<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/sean-mcvay-if-aaron-donald-is-interested-in-a-return-rams-are-interested\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">flirting<\/a>\u201d with a comeback after the Rams traded for edge rusher Myles Garrett last week. It has created a buzz in Los Angeles, even among Rams players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you have a guy that\u2019s that serious about even considering coming out, it\u2019s like \u2018OK, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/rams\/story\/2026-06-08\/rams-players-all-in-aaron-donald-returning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">we might have a chance<\/a>,\u2019\u201d safety Quentin Lake said Monday, via Gary Klein of the Los Angeles Times.<\/p>\n<p>Donald, 35, has not played since 2023, his 10th season in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>The thought of pairing Donald, who has won Defensive Player of the Year three times, with Garrett, who has won it twice, including in 2025, has the rest of the NFL <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/cooper-kupp-told-aaron-donald-youre-not-allowed-to-unretire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">worried<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Rams are waiting and dreaming of the possibility.<\/p>\n<p>Defensive coordinator Chris Shula said he would \u201clove to have him back, with open arms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo just have two historic, if you will, defensive players on that line together,\u201d defensive lineman Kobie Turner said, \u201cand to have the rest of us who are trying to build up our reputations, and to build to that level of greatness that they\u2019ve been able to garner, I think that would be cool for L.A.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Retired defensive lineman Aaron Donald is \u201cflirting\u201d with a comeback after the Rams traded for edge rusher Myles&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":692908,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-692907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=692907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/692908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=692907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=692907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}