Prior to the LA Rams rewarding Aaron Donald with a new contract on Monday that pays him over $30 million per season, I wrote that the Rams would soon be signing Donald to a contract that pays him at least $30 million per season. From May 27:
If Donald wants to be the NFL’s highest-paid defensive player, he would have to be targeting a contract that pays him about $30 million per year—and since that is a round number, it would make sense that Donald could want to be “the first $30 million per year” defensive player in the league.