Donald was always focused on coming back.
“It was different, the first time I’ve ever been hurt in my career,” Donald said. “I’m at 100 percent now, so that’s all that matters. Feeling good.”
Donald, a three-time Defensive Player of the Year and future Hall of Fame inductee, contemplated retirement after the Rams won Super Bowl LVI.
But later that spring, the Rams re-worked Donald’s existing contract to boost his pay, ultimately a three-year, $95 million deal with $65 million in guarantees ($46.5 million guaranteed at signing).
Importantly, Donald’s deal also includes a no-trade clause, multiple people with direct knowledge of the contract said.
Because Donald once speculated retirement, the Rams’ catastrophic 2022 season prompted some pundits to question whether he’d ponder it again. Donald addressed that speculation on Twitter in the winter, before his comments to reporters on Wednesday, and has been at the Rams facilities for the voluntary early phases of spring OTAs.
General manager Les Snead said earlier this month that when he and coach Sean McVay were outlining their offseason plans — including bringing in over 40 rookies to fill out the roster — Donald told them, “just make sure (the rookies) care.”
via the athletic
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