Aaron Donald Signs Megadeal To Stay With Los Angeles Rams

On Monday, the Los Angeles Rams secured the return of the NFL's best player, Aaron Donald, after agreeing to a deal that will give him a $40 million raise and a total of $95 million through 2024. It will also make him the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history. And it seems no one is more excited about Donald's impending return for mandatory mini camp than Rams head coach, Sean McVay.

Keeping his shirt on for now, his triceps straining the sleeves of a white number 99 practice jersey, Donald didn’t appear to hold back in drills a day after the 31-year-old defensive tackle signed a record-setting new Rams contract. The three-year, $95 million contract, which makes Donald the first defensive player to earn $30 million a season, replaces the last three years of a contract that had made him the first on his side of the ball to earn $20 million a season.

Keeping his shirt on for now, his triceps straining the sleeves of a white number 99 practice jersey, Donald didn’t appear to hold back in drills a day after the 31-year-old defensive tackle signed a record-setting new Rams contract. The three-year, $95 million contract, which makes Donald the first defensive player to earn $30 million a season, replaces the last three years of a contract that had made him the first on his side of the ball to earn $20 million a season.

#49ers LT Trent Williams wishes Aaron Donald would've retired.

When the Rams announced that Aaron Donald was returning to the team instead of retiring Monday, the entire fanbase and organization celebrated as if it won the Super Bowl all over again. The news was not taken so well across the league—specifically with one 49ers player. Offensive tackle Trent Williams says he believes Donald is worth the reported record-breaking deal that would make him the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history.

Popular catcher Stephen Vogt returned to the A’s active roster Tuesday, joining the team in Atlanta, where he earned his first World Series ring with the Braves just seven months ago. The 37-year-old Vogt was reinstated from the injured list, where he’d been residing since spraining his knee on April 20. Vogt was hitting just .

Popular catcher Stephen Vogt returned to the A’s active roster Tuesday, joining the team in Atlanta, where he earned his first World Series ring with the Braves just seven months ago. The 37-year-old Vogt was reinstated from the injured list, where he’d been residing since spraining his knee on April 20. Vogt was hitting just .

Although Aaron Donald smiles and deflects the question when asked how seriously he considered retirement before the monster renegotiation of his contract, the Los Angeles Rams' perennial All-Pro defensive tackle says he never stopped working out. I’m always going to keep myself in shape, keep myself looking good," Donald said Tuesday. "I like to take my shirt off, so...

Although Aaron Donald smiles and deflects the question when asked how seriously he considered retirement before the monster renegotiation of his contract, the Los Angeles Rams' perennial All-Pro defensive tackle says he never stopped working out. “I’m always going to keep myself in shape, keep myself looking good," Donald said Tuesday. The previous time Donald was seen in Los Angeles without a shirt, he was atop a double-decker bus celebrating a Super Bowl victory in a parade down Figueroa Street.

Aaron Donald contemplated retirement but instead decided to return to the Rams on a new deal that makes him the highest-paid non-QB in NFL history.

The reigning Super Bowl-champion Los Angeles Rams began mandatory minicamp on Tuesday, and their franchise defensive lineman was back in the building fresh off signing one of the richest contracts in NFL history. It’s a good opportunity to try to win another Super Bowl. We’re back to the beginning stages of that and ready to work for it,” Aaron Donald said.

A day after the Los Angeles Rams reworked Aaron Donald's contract to make him the highest-paid non-quarterback in the NFL, the defensive tackle said hitting that distinction wasn't his priority. "It wasn't important," Donald said. "It's about other things off the field that were going on in my life that I had to get situated.

Here's everything you need to know from the Rams' first day of mandatory minicamp, which wraps up on Thursday

Aaron Donald's contract has been reworked by the Rams making him the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history; he now has $65m guaranteed over the next two seasons; the deal will allow him to choose to retire after the 2023 season or return in 2024 for an additional $30m Los Angeles Rams' Aaron Donald has been made the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history The Los Angeles Rams have reworked defensive tackle Aaron Donald's contract, with NFL Network and ESPN reporting the team will give ...

What does saving the Super Bowl and being arguably the best NFL player — certainly the best one not named Patrick Mahomes or Aaron Rodgers — get a person? Fortunately, for Aaron Donald and the Los Angeles Rams, not a contract dispute that lasts into training camp. There have been rumors of Donald retiring after 2021 since during the season.

T.J. Watt and Aaron Donald have set the bar for defenders in the NFL.

The Rams know they cannot reach that apex again if Donald were to walk away. This is why what Donald did in the walk-up to the Super Bowl, and in the weeks afterward, was brilliant: He talked about leaving football. He talked about it kind of often.

Happy Tuesday, Athletics Nation! As Cristian Pache heads back to Atlanta to face the Braves this week, he will be matched against the team that traded him to the A’s. As the most currently-visible member of the return for Matt Olson, Pache has been an everyday player in the Athletics’ outfield.

Sean McVay couldn't be happier to have Aaron Donald back after the Rams rewarded him with a new $95 million contract