Overview
- Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer reported that Aaron Donald and coach Sean McVay have worked through the logistics of a potential return and agreed on a rough timeline tied to the end of the Rams’ Loyola Marymount camp.
- Donald has been training with on-field and pads work to test whether his body can still meet his playing standard but has not yet decided to end his retirement.
- Donald technically remains under contract with roughly $30–31 million left for one season and the Rams would need to renegotiate the deal before activating him on the roster.
- Los Angeles has an operational comeback plan that covers contact conditioning, snap-count management and a staged workload because the defensive line has depth and includes recent addition Myles Garrett.
- The next clear checkpoint is the team’s move from Loyola Marymount to Woodland Hills, and sources say an official announcement could come in mid-to-late August if Donald chooses to return.