{"id":817494,"date":"2026-08-18T09:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T09:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/817494\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T09:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T09:14:11","slug":"sean-mcvay-aaron-donalds-second-tryout-is-part-of-his-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/817494\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean McVay: Aaron Donald’s second “tryout” is part of his process"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aaron Donald had a second workout at the Rams\u2019 team facility as he continues to decide whether to unretire. Coach Sean McVay was asked about the defensive tackle\u2019s \u201ctryout,\u201d as it was designated on the NFL\u2019s personnel notice Sunday, but didn\u2019t allow much.<\/p>\n

He noted that team personnel were present with team equipment, requiring the workout to be reported to the league.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not trying to be like, coy with it,\u201d McVay said, Benjamin Royer of the ocregister.com. \u201cIt\u2019s semantical. It\u2019s part of his process that he\u2019s going through. It just allows us to be able to use football equipment and it\u2019s very similar to what the other workout was. . . . That was just another part of his process<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Donald initially worked out for the Rams on Aug. 5<\/a> to evaluate how he felt.<\/p>\n

It appears he has had other workouts at the team facility without team personnel present and without use of team equipment, via a video posted by 2Tenths Speed & Agility<\/a> on Aug. 10. That would not require the Rams to report it to the league.<\/p>\n

The three-time Defensive Player of the Year began considering a comeback after the Rams traded for two-time Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett. He has not made a decision yet, and the Rams aren\u2019t giving him any deadlines.<\/p>\n

Donald, who has not played in the NFL since 2023, would appear to be leaning toward a return. Otherwise, it\u2019s unlikely he would not continue to work out at the team facility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aaron Donald had a second workout at the Rams\u2019 team facility as he continues to decide whether to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":817495,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-817494","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\/817494","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=817494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/817495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}