{"id":761125,"date":"2026-07-13T21:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T21:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/761125\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T21:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T21:43:08","slug":"report-aaron-donald-wanted-to-see-how-he-reacted-to-working-out-in-pads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/761125\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Aaron Donald wanted to see how he reacted to working out in pads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The reported reason for Aaron Donald\u2019s <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/report-aaron-donald-works-out-at-rams-facility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">workout<\/a> at the Rams facility last week won\u2019t do anything to quiet speculation that he will come out of retirement to play for the team again in 2026. <\/p>\n<p>Donald <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/report-aaron-donald-works-out-at-rams-facility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">was spotted<\/a> doing a variety of drills and conditioning work while wearing pads last week and Adam Schefter of ESPN shared how the workout came to happen during a Monday appearance on The Pat McAfee Show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe told the team that he <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/patmcafeeshow\/status\/2076707389361840446?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">wanted to go there<\/a>, work out, see how he felt, see how he reacted. See everything that went along with being back in pads on the football field and seeing how it made him feel,\u201d Schefter said. <\/p>\n<p>Donald told McAfee last month that the Rams\u2019 trade for Myles Garrett \u201c<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/the-myles-garrett-trade-has-caused-aaron-donald-to-consider-a-comeback\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">got me thinking<\/a>,\u201d but would have to see if \u201cthat fire can light back up.\u201d It\u2019s unclear how Donald felt the workout went, but testing the waters would seem to suggest that he\u2019s giving serious consideration to striking the match on a comeback. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The reported reason for Aaron Donald\u2019s workout at the Rams facility last week won\u2019t do anything to quiet&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":761126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-761125","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\/761125","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=761125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/761126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=761125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=761125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=761125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}