Rams, Aaron Donald Agree to Terms on Six-Year Extension

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  • August 31, 2018 at 12:25 pm #90158
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    https://www.therams.com/news/rams-aaron-donald-agree-to-terms-on-six-year-extension

    Friday, Aug 31, 2018 09:11 AM

    Rams, Aaron Donald Agree to Terms on Six-Year Extension
    Myles Simmons of the Los Angeles Rams at the Agoura Hills Office, Tuesday, April 10, 2018, in Agoura Hills, CA. (Jeff Lewis/Rams)

    The Rams and 2017 AP Defensive Player of the Year Aaron Donald have agreed to terms on a six-year contract extension, locking him in with Los Angeles through the 2024 season.

    Since he entered the league as the No. 13 overall pick in the 2014 draft, Donald has been one of the most dominant defensive players in the NFL. He was named the AP Defensive Rookie of the Year after setting a new franchise rookie record with 9.0 sacks that season, also recording a pair of forced fumbles and 18 tackles for loss.

    Donald has only improved since his rookie year, earning his first AP Defensive Player of the Year award for his outstanding 2017. Though Donald played only 14 games, he tallied 11.0 sacks, a career-high five forced fumbles, and led the league with 91 quarterback pressures according to Pro Football Focus.

    In all, Donald has recorded 39.0 sacks in his first four years as a pro — leading all interior linemen in that category since 2014.

    Back in college, Donald earned the the Bronco Nagurski Trophy, Chuck Bednarik Trophy, Outland Trophy, and Rotary Lombardi Award after his senior season at Pitt. He recorded 11.0 sacks and 28.5 tackles for loss in that 2013 season.

    Donald agreeing to an extension is the first step in his return to the club — just in time for the season opener on Sept. 10 against Oakland. Head coach Sean McVay has said the ideal timeline for Donald to play Week 1 was to have him report by the end of the week. With that coming to pass, the Rams’ defense will feature a dynamic attack up front led by Donald, Ndamukong Suh, and Michael Brockers.

    Check back for updates.

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    August 31, 2018 at 12:28 pm #90159
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    August 31, 2018 at 12:39 pm #90161
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    August 31, 2018 at 12:46 pm #90162
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    Adam Schefter@AdamSchefter
    Even with the record-breaking deal, Aaron Donald’s salary-cap number for the 2018 season rises from $6.892 million to $8.892 million. Rams get their man without suffocating impact to their salary cap this season.

    August 31, 2018 at 12:52 pm #90163
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    Great news!

    Here we go: Superbowl or Bust!

    "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. " Philip K. Dick

    August 31, 2018 at 12:52 pm #90164
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    Although we don’t have the exact terms, we can break it down a bit.
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    This contract was modeled on von Miller’s contract. imo The overall numbers, adjusted for an est salary cap, fit. imo
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    The guaranteed money is more in line with Suh’s guarantees. imo
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    I think it is a good contract for the team and the player.

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    August 31, 2018 at 12:59 pm #90165
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    Vincent Bonsignore@VinnyBonsignore
    #Rams deserve major props. Donald, Gurley and Cooks were core pieces they wanted to lock in long-term – along with Goff and Peters = and they did that. There is room to now take care of Peters and Goff eventually. Plus Havenstein is locked in. Rams as set as anyone moving forward

    They’ve planned and executed their salary cap to accomodate a talented, young, locked-in foundation for the forseeable future. People sometimes can’t see the forrest for the trees. But in Rams case, the space and flexibility was also there for all this.

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    Joel Corry@corryjoel
    Aaron Donald just set Khalil Mack’s salary floor. Remember high end contracts are made to be surpassed. Justin Houston (represented by Joel Segal who is also Khalil Mack’s agent) got $101M/6 years in 2015 when J.J. Watt was at $100M/6 years (new $$). Look for Segal to top Donald.

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    Adam Schefter@AdamSchefter
    All in same week:

    Aaron Donald became highest-paid defensive player in NFL history.

    Aaron Rodgers became highest-paid player in NFL history.

    And OBJ became highest-paid WR in NFL history

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    mark schlereth@markschlereth
    Best defensive player in the league…. Nice job @RamsNFL

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    Lindsay Jones@bylindsayhjones
    What a nightmare morning for the Raiders. First, they see the massive deal Khalil Mack will likely want to beat; AND Aaron Donald will now be available to play against them in Week 1.

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    Michael Silver@MikeSilver
    Few players have earned their fat contracts more conspicuously

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    Andrew Siciliano@AndrewSiciliano
    With Aaron Donald signed, and IF Dominique Easley starts at OLB, 7 of the @RamsNFL 11 defensive starters Week 1 will be former @NFL 1st-round picks.

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    Chris Long@JOEL9ONE
    If anyone deserves it, it’s AD!! Generational player. One of the hardest working guys I’ve played with.

    Dave Dameshek@Dameshek
    Dave Dameshek Retweeted Chris Long
    People play fast & loose with “generational”…but Chris Long has is right: Donald is the best defensive player of the era.

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    Dan Orlovsky@danorlovsky7
    I’ve said it before: This dude is one of the 4-5 non-qbs in the league that completely changes the whole game plan the Monday before the actual game. Earned it.

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    August 31, 2018 at 1:08 pm #90166
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    I’m so giddy I feel like Coach McVay.

    August 31, 2018 at 1:13 pm #90167
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    It works out to an average of 22.5 per year for 6 years (I believe) with a solid amount of guaranteed money. Provided he stays healthy, this should work out fairly well for cap management down the road.

    What might the rams do with the extra cap savings for this year with the two restructures this week. I’m guessing another contract extension – perhaps a cornerback.

    Or a new player like a backup QB. Never been a Mannion fan (as a pro QB) and i’m an Oregon state grad who watches a lot of PAC 12 football.

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    August 31, 2018 at 1:33 pm #90171
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    Hram wrote:

    What might the rams do with the extra cap savings for this year with the two restructures this week. I’m guessing another contract extension – perhaps a cornerback.

    Or a new player like a backup QB.

    That’s possible.

    Though right now we don’t really know how much they have in cap space after the 2 re-structures.

    August 31, 2018 at 1:43 pm #90172
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    As I understand it, the Rams freed up $7 million by restructuring Woods and Whitworth.

    As I understand it, $2 million of that went to Donald.

    They evidently have something else in mind.

    August 31, 2018 at 2:13 pm #90173
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    Let the carnage begin.

    The league will have to make new rules protecting the QB from this DLine.

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    August 31, 2018 at 2:17 pm #90174
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    Zooey wrote:

    As I understand it, the Rams freed up $7 million by restructuring Woods and Whitworth.

    As I understand it, $2 million of that went to Donald.

    They evidently have something else in mind.

    Yeah, Demoff even said as much.

    Gary Klein@LATimesklein
    7:58 AM – 30 Aug 2018
    Kevin Demoff declined to comment on the Donald negotiations. But he said the Whitworth and Woods contracts were not restructured “solely” because of that situation.

    August 31, 2018 at 2:19 pm #90175
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    wv wrote:

    The league will have to make new rules protecting the QB from this DLine.

    I am thinking they will just streamline the procedures for conceding a game.

    August 31, 2018 at 2:29 pm #90176
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    Peter Schrager@PSchrags
    Communication is so important in these contract negotiations. McVay kept an open and active dialogue with Donald throughout the off-season. Meanwhile, the LA front office trio got on planes and took multiple trips to Atlanta to speak w/ 99’s agents in person. It matters.

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    Benjamin Allbright@AllbrightNFL
    the Raiders don’t “want” to trade Mack it’s just becoming an economic reality.

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    Myles Simmons@MylesASimmons
    In the last two months, the Rams have locked in Brandin Cooks, Todd Gurley, Rob Havenstein, and Aaron Donald to long-term deals. Definitely has been #ExtensionSZN for the #LARams.

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    Gregg Rosenthal@greggrosenthal
    A lot of hot take energy was wasted about the order in which the Rams paid their standout football players.

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    Andrew Brandt@AndrewBrandt
    And Aaron Donald played as much in the preseason as Jared Goff did.

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    August 31, 2018 at 5:07 pm #90180
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    August 31, 2018 at 5:20 pm #90182
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    August 31, 2018 at 7:22 pm #90188
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    August 31, 2018 at 7:45 pm #90192
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    aaron deserved more, but i’m glad he’s on the team.

    can’t wait to see this defense. regular season starts. this is awesome.

    August 31, 2018 at 7:53 pm #90193
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    Steve Wyche@wyche89
    Whole lot of smiling Rams coaches walking around the facility right now…

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    @bylindsayhjones@bylindsayhjones
    What a nightmare morning for the Raiders. First, they see the massive deal Khalil Mack will likely want to beat; AND Aaron Donald will now be available to play against them in Week 1.

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    Chad Forbes@NFLDraftBites
    Khalil Mack = Great Player. Potential Hall of Famer.

    Aaron Donald = Transcendent Player, comparable early career to J.J. Watt.

    Both Top 10 NFL Players regardless of position. But to me….. Khalil Mack just isn’t on Aaron Donald’s level.

    Am I wrong?

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    Joel Corry@corryjoel
    Hats off to @BrianAyrault, Todd France & Rich Hurtado of CAA Sports on the Aaron Donald deal. Shattered $20M per year bar for non-QBs by wide margin (17.9% more than Von Miller) & raised level of guarantees with very few offsets & early vesting for what wasn’t fully at signing.

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    August 31, 2018 at 8:51 pm #90199
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    Lindsey Thiry@LindseyThiry
    Aaron Donald became a little emotional talking with media, said it was everything to him to be able to tell his mom and dad they could retire.

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    Rich Hammond@Rich_Hammond
    Snead confirmed that Kevin Demoff and Tony Pastroors made many trips to Atlanta to talk to Donald’s agents: “(Kevin) will get on a red-eye, Southwest Airlines, middle seat, to get to Atlanta, and drag Tony with him. And they did that a good bit through this whole process.”

    Josh Macleod@joshmacleod99
    According to @RapSheet the Rams asked for a roster exemption for AD, does this mean he’ll be unavailable vs. Raiders?

    Rich Hammond@Rich_Hammond
    No, this means he won’t count against their 53-man roster for two weeks. They can use that spot for someone else.

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    Eric Dickerson@EricDickerson
    Big congrats to my man @AaronDonald97! Very well deserved. We’re blessed to have you on our team. Gamechanger. @RamsNFL fans… we got our guy!
    #Rambassador

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    August 31, 2018 at 8:58 pm #90201
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    Allan Bell@AllanBell247
    Most Tackles-for-Loss since 2014:

    Aaron Donald 72
    Khalil Mack 68
    J.J. Watt 62
    Michael Bennett 60
    Ryan Kerrigan 60

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    August 31, 2018 at 10:05 pm #90209
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    August 31, 2018 at 10:41 pm #90212
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    Aaron Donald has a very big neck.

    Kahlil Mack is a pencil-neck geek compared to Aaron Donald.

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    August 31, 2018 at 10:58 pm #90214
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    wv wrote:

    Aaron Donald has a very big neck.

    Kahlil Mack is a pencil-neck geek compared to Aaron Donald.

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    That’s neckism.

    September 1, 2018 at 4:18 am #90236
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    From my August 1, 2018, camp report

    I spot Kevin Demoff slowly strolling through. No one says anything and finally, I call him over because no one is saying anything. He was very personable and I was making small talk with him as he was looking down signing people’s hats etc and I say to him — in full BS mode–: “I have a good source that says the final number is 6 years $22,555,522 per year” “The palindrome made me know it was legitimate”.

    His head literally snapped up and he turns to me and holds a stare for just a second. It was like he looked at me like “how the @#$%& does this guy have this information?”

    Maybe it was just him running the figure I threw out to confirm it was, indeed, a palindrome — one of his signature trademarks — but his look was like I just guessed his social security number.

    I add “the 6th year is voidable right? allows you to stretch out the cap hit?” He kind of chuckles.

    Of course, I could be misreading him but I have seen that look before when you bust someone on the witness stand. So, my new prediction is Aaron Donald $22,555,522 per year for 6 years – 6th year voidable yes

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    September 1, 2018 at 10:29 am #90248
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    My opinion:
    Rams won on length of contract, and money per year. The money equals what you would pay a franchise DE. 10.4% of the est Cap.
    Donald won on guaranteed money, and bonus money upfront. He gets a large portion of money early in the contract. Almost 2/3 of the gross amount.
    In the end, the contract was good for both sides. imo

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    September 1, 2018 at 2:12 pm #90254
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    Agamemnon wrote:

    Donald won on guaranteed money, and bonus money upfront.

    I talk about this in another thread.

    Notice those 2 things are the Kroenke advantage. You need real live actual cash upfront to pull off both a bonus and the guarantees.

    So it looks to me like AD conceded stuff on the years and annual average and took the bonus and guaranteed money instead.

    And again that’s all Kroenke. He actually directly paid for an advantage that way.

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