Aaron Donald announces retirement um this is just I mean this ain't news this is like this is Sensational news is today Aaron Donald day forever listen I don't do the days after 10 years in the league Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald has officially decided to call it a career and man what a career it was what a legendary career man he announced his decision on social media accounts cheers to what's next extending a big thank you to the Rams and all of your fans for your support over these last 10 years much love this is the most iconic defensive lineman really uh since my time in the NFL Aaron Donald made the Pro Bowl in every year he was in the NFL all 10 years you know the only other player to do that you no Barry Sanders damn that's pretty good they're the only two players in NFL history to make the Pro Bowl in every single season they played in the NFL ironically both retired at 10 years uh but I got to set this record cuz I see a lot of people on social media uh as they list all of Aaron's sacks against quarterbacks people like never had a sack against the Eagles like oh the Eagles had your number we double teamed him and triple teamed him every single game all right he is the only defensive tackle we have ever gone up against where the entire game plan is situated on not having him ruin the game the only one I don't care if it was a five down front I don't care if there's a blitz happening over there we are double teaming Aaron Donald that's the way we played him there was not another player that was treated in that light not a defensive end not a defensive tackle nobody not even Michael Parsons we did try help out mik a lot too mik is very good but I'm telling you right now this guy should have had better numbers um I it's like it's crazy to talk about there was so little times he was blocked oneon-one I did see a couple clips of Joe thuny in the Super Bowl uh Joe Toney he got it down he got it done twice I mean just an absolute Bulldog of relentless Energy power speed skill the guy had everything in my mind he's the best defensive player and I don't I don't know that it's particularly close over the last decade I really don't I got to get I got to get this footage of us playing him in Los Angeles uh back in like 2014 or 15 yeah and I'm outside the hash and he's like let's say it's on the right the ball's on the right hash he's playing nose guard or he's playing he's playing interior line EI EI either either over the guard or the center and I'm outside the left hash like I'm I'm as I'm like a good 10 yards away from the guy got it on the snap of the ball he comes in vlines to reroute me and [ __ ] throws me basically off the field yeah no I mean listen completely [ __ ] ruins the play I come off the field like looking at everybody like did you guys just see what [ __ ] happened to me I just got I just got abused by somebody I had no idea was coming and he's the biggest son of a [ __ ] on the field man just just the absolute House of a dude man I mean it's not even that he's the biggest it's like he's not that big bro what do you mean the guy look at the he's chiseled but he's I mean I don't think he was over 300 lbs maybe he was like this is just a dude that was so much more explosive and powerful than anybody else it was Unreal how good he was and I I really that's why I say it like this is not a shot at any other defensive player that I played in the league cuz a lot of them were quite a bit better than me there's no question about it like I don't even like people like talking [ __ ] to the guy because I'm like y'all have no [ __ ] clue how good this dude was like I we he didn't have a second against the Eagles because we were like it was the entire game plan we didn't care about another player on the field and that's just the the God's honest truth it was where's 99 at we're slotted to him one time this last game l and got stuck on him cuz I thought he was out of the game I he kind of snuck into a position that I didn't know he was still on the field he's sneaky that's how he got me he's sneaky and L said so we're not going to 99 anymore one play guards would go into the games like you could tell during the week they're like okay he's over here we're running over there he's over there we're we're sliding over there shout out to ad no it was unbelievable career career unbelievable if you want to win one more uh Super Bowl just uh we'll probably have some availability somewhere in December and as for the debate um for like goat defensive tackle yeah I don't like comparing cross like um Generations I think it's too hard you know John Randall like all of these guys that played inside John Randall John randle's like a very Infamous defensive tackle play for the Vikings but there's there's been a lot of great defensive tackles Warren SA um I know this he's the goat from when I was in the league I I firmly believe [Music] that hey hey hey