Though he had signed a six-year contract extension in 2018, Aaron Donald had already set the stage for a holdout before winning the Super Bowl in February by vaguely threatening to retire (by using Rodney Harrison as the messenger) if he didn’t get a new deal in 2022. Unquestionably deserving even more money that what the Los Angeles Rams were already paying him, Donald no less used what leverage he currently has to force the franchise’s hand or risk testing the waters of a season without him while they remain in a window to “Win now.
Did Rams make a mistake in giving raises to Aaron Donald, Cooper Kupp?
