Aaron Donald was by no means one to be messed with on the sector, although he nonetheless noticed his fair proportion of scuffles when he performed for the Los Angeles Rams.
In the course of a recreation or observe, issues can escalate reasonably rapidly and with Donald going up towards a number of offensive linemen day-after-day, fights expectedly broke out.
Tensions can rise even increased throughout joint practices in the summertime because it’s the primary time gamers get to go up towards competitors that isn’t their teammates. This was true a couple of summers in the past when the Rams held a joint observe with the Cincinnati Bengals and a significant scuffled occurred.
Donald was seen swinging his helmet at Bengals gamers and he defined what led to the state of affairs, by way of The Pivot Podcast:
“I used to be the peacemaker that day,” Donald stated. “That they had an offensive lineman that saved combating considered one of our guys the entire observe, since one-on-ones. And he saved doing it. He did it at the very least 5 occasions. I checked out Sean and I stated, ‘Pay attention, Sean. I’ve been a peacemaker. I’ve been breaking apart these fights this complete observe. In the event that they do it once more, I’m going to really feel like they suppose they’re attempting to bully us. I’m going to close the observe down.’ He stated, ‘Aaron, I perceive. I perceive.’ I stated, ‘I’m simply letting you understand, Coach.’
“We have been cool. He wasn’t mad. First play, he comes out, he throws a punch. They begin combating. I seize the dude, he throws him down. My man begins beating him up. And I don’t know in case you’ve ever been in a soccer brawl, but it surely’s only a bunch of individuals and also you’re similar to, you’ve bought to guard your self. And I blacked out from there, I don’t know what occurred…I used to be the peacemaker after which it simply occurred the way it occurred. I bought to guard my guys and shield myself, too.”
It didn’t take lengthy for the groups to close down the observe after Donald retaliated, although it goes to indicate that he wasn’t afraid to stay up for his teammates when he felt prefer it was warranted.
Rams’ Braden Fiske to exercise with Aaron Donald
With Aaron Donald gone, Rams rookie defensive lineman Brande Fiske is slated to take his place alongside the line of defense although he isn’t anticipated to copy his manufacturing. To arrange for his position, Fiske revealed he’ll prepare with Donald earlier than coaching camp.
