Rumors of Aaron Donald considering an early retirement were started on the morning of the Super Bowl by NBC’s Rodney Harrison and despite Sean McVay shooting those reports down in late March, ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler was back at it on Thursday.
Fowler wrote on Thursday that Donald and the Rams have been working on a contract extension that “promises to be record-breaking” but that if the two sides can’t come to an agreement that retirement is on the table.
If it’s not met, retirement can still go down. Adding years to an already existing three-year pact takes Donald well into his mid-30s, and who knows whether he wants to play that long?