Aaron Donald hasn’t played football since the 2023 season, but he’s all anyone is talking about right now when it comes to the Los Angeles Rams – and, to an extent, the NFL as a whole. The 10-time Pro Bowler is considering coming out of retirement to play for the Rams again, but at this point, that’s as far as things have gotten.
He has yet to make a decision about whether he will return to the NFL, and according to Adam Schefter of ESPN, it’s going to be a while until he decides.
“What’s going on right now is he’s trying to get back into football shape,” Schefter said on the Pat McAfee Show. “My understanding is it’s going to be a while before we hear a final decision about him coming back. When he comes back, he’s going to want to be Aaron Donald and he’s not going to come back unless he feels like he’s Aaron Donald. And that’s why it sounds like it’s not going to be a quick verdict from him – that he’s going to be ramping up all during training camp and this may go towards the start of the regular season before we hear that he has or hasn’t signed with the team. He’s going through it all right now. This is his own pre-training camp routine.”
The idea of teaming up with Myles Garrett and Byron Young and Kobie Turner has Donald intrigued, but it’s not as if he’s guaranteed to come back. He’s still thinking about it and weighing his options, most recently telling Chris Simms of NBC Sports that he still doesn’t know what he’s going to do yet.
The Rams would love to have him, but they’re also not pushing him to return. They’re giving the future Hall of Famer his space to decide, which also means they’re affording him all the time he needs to choose what he’s going to do.
As much as fans hope Donald announces his return at the special season ticket member event on Thursday, that doesn’t appear to be in the cards.
This article originally appeared on Rams Wire: Schefter: ‘Going to be a while’ before Aaron Donald decides on comeback
Reporting by Cameron DaSilva, Rams Wire / Rams Wire
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