AD to sign soon?

As reported last week would expect the Rams and Aaron Donald to agree to a new contract prior to their next preseason game. Big press conference back in LA. Continues to trend in that direction

— Jason La Canfora (@JasonLaCanfora) August 13, 2018

Sean McVay: Aaron Donald reports are “news to us”

Sean McVay: Aaron Donald reports are “news to us”

A rash of reports emerged on Monday that the Rams and defensive tackle Aaron Donald are finally close to a new deal. Coach Sean McVay pushed back on the sudden momentum.

“I’ve seen a lot of reports out there, but that’s news to us,” McVay told reporters on Monday. “So, no news on that front for us. Same thing as just the dialogue, but as far as anything that’s changed, it hasn’t changed.”

That’s not what’s privately emanating from those close to the discussions. There’s a palpable sense that the two sides are indeed close.

Of course, it only takes one of the two sides to make an unreasonable demand as the plane is landing to keep the wheels from touching down. But there have nevertheless been multiple indications that the Rams and Donald, after months of trying, are getting toward a long-term deal that would tie Donald to the Rams for years to come.

Lining a few statements up.

Or what there is for now. There will be more.

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PFT: Rumors swirl of Rams, Aaron Donald closing in on a deal

Privately, the evidence of a looming consensus also is beginning to pile up.

Per a league source, chatter is increasing regarding the possibility of the Rams and Donald getting a deal done soon.

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Vincent Bonsignore@VinnyBonsignore
Sense I’m getting upon poking around on report of Aaron Donald signing by end of week: while it appears there is increased dialogue as #Rams HC Sean McVay said, trying to predict if or when a deal gets done is pure speculation. (Not to go all cliche, but situation remains fluid)

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Downtown Rams@DowntownRams
Source: #Rams and DE Aaron Donald are expected to come to an agreement on a massive deal that would pay Donald $24M per year with gurantees in the $65M – $70M range later this week.

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Jason La Canfora@JasonLaCanfora
As reported last week would expect the Rams and Aaron Donald to agree to a new contract prior to their next preseason game. Big press conference back in LA. Continues to trend in that direction

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ams Head Coach Sean McVay

(On any update on DT Aaron Donald’s situation)

“No. I’ve seen a lot of reports out there, but that’s news to us. So, no news on that front for us. Same thing as just the dialogue, but as far as anything that’s changed, it hasn’t changed.”

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PFT: Aaron Donald reports are “news to us”

There’s a palpable sense that the two sides are indeed close. Of course, it only takes one of the two sides to make an unreasonable demand as the plane is landing to keep the wheels from touching down. But there have nevertheless been multiple indications that the Rams and Donald, after months of trying, are getting toward a long-term deal that would tie Donald to the Rams for years to come.

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Vincent Bonsignore@VinnyBonsignore
Absence of information leads to speculation. Doesn’t mean it’s accurate. What we do know: Both sides want to make a deal and there is on-going communication to make it happen. But a gap remains in compensation number. My sense? This all comes to a head last week of August.

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As usual with rumors, they’re all over the map but they do share certain things. Taken together (which IMO is the best way to take them) nothing here is solid enough to predict when he will sign or how much it will be for. But all of them do share this—there’s movement, there’s compromise, there’s optimism, and an end is in sight. Even McVay says that (in effect) and he’s the most cautious. He basically says the dialogue is ongoing, it’s happening, that hasn’t changed. He only denies that it’s already finished. But remember at one point just a week ago the rumors and chatter were sounding like they were stalled.

I think the fact that (as reported) Kroenke got involved is interesting. The Rams want Donald and Donald wants to sign with the Rams, they’re just hammering out details. That sounds obvious except it’s different from saying “Donald is staling this” or “the Rams are stalling this.” Right now anyway, it looks like they are driving toward a deal and that means a compromise. No “Donald wants too much.” No “Rams offering too little.” No “why won’t he just sign.” No “why won’t they just sign him.”

zn wrote:

As usual with rumors, they’re all over the map but they do share certain things. Taken together (which IMO is the best way to take them) nothing here is solid enough to predict when he will sign or how much it will be for. But all of them do share this—there’s movement, there’s compromise, there’s optimism, and an end is in sight.

And now there’s this:

Shefter discusses Donald at in 1:36 in.

He says “I don’t think they’re going to get it done this week.” But like VB Schefter also says “both sides continue working and I think they’re hopeful but they haven’t moved the needle much to date and there are still issues to get through…there’s too much at stake for both sides not to figure out and work out something. Eventually I think something does get done.”

He gets into some figures and when he does he indicates he knows no more about any of this than anyone else.