It is hard to make much of an argument against Los Angeles Rams Aaron Donald winning the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year. The problem is he beat out deserving Arizona Cardinals linebacker Chandler Jones.
It had to come down to the Rams being winners and the Cardinals not in 2017. The numbers are very good for Donald but Jones was better statistically.
This takes nothing away from Donald because he had a great year with 11 sacks from the defensive line. Jones did his work from the linebacker position.
Donald though was also on a dominating defensive team.