Aaron Donald unretires, officially

https://x.com/damanr/status/2094159600635527417

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Will all of you transaction fanatics shut up if they don’t?

Don’t answer. Micah Parsons already answered for you.

Why is this the Rams 2nd dream team since the Pad Statfford trade?

Great GMs find a way to make it work. Holmes could have made it work trading for Crosby

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Well the Ravens agreed to send 2 1st round picks for Crosby but then nixed the deal because of Crosby’s knee. As a person who roots for this team I surely would have done the deal that the Ravens were going to do. The question is if the knee was really that much of a problem??

Who do you want the Lions to talk out of retirement to help us?

#bringbackPorcher

Ragz
Suh
Bly

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And then who would you be playing at RT?

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Decker provided warning signs way before he retired. Holmes ignored the fact

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So you think the fact that the Ravens signed Trey Hendrickson the morning after they failed Crosby’s physical was a pure coincidence?

So you would have drafted Decker’s replacement in 2025, so no Tyleik? How far would Holmes have had to trade up to draft a starting OT that year?

Let’s see what Crosby is in 2026. Bet he won’t play like someone you want to give up two firsts for.

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No….it was a nice pivot move by the Ravens but no coincidence

The problem is that the rams have essentially two starting defensive lines now with their depth. They can use Donald almost as a specialist if they wanted. Let fiske and young take the run downs and bring Donald in to rush the passer.

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It is going to be interesting. I doubt Donald even plays in 10+ regular season games. So yes in key games and key moments hell be efficient but well see.

Main 3: Garret, Turner, Ford, = Hutch, Mac, Williams.

next 3: Young, Davis, Donald >>>> Moore, Wunnom, levi.

Stewart, Johnson = Hassanin/ Lacy .

Yea that middle 3 is probably best in NFL history, no doubt. But top and bottom is pretty comparable

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Lane Johnson, duh.
We wouldve traded for him too.

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Missing on Manu hurt big-time. Now, you’re scrambling to fix that hole. Brad has had lots of hits but lots of misses as well.

He has plenty of misses, but still fewer than most GMs overall. ELITE GMs only hit at ~55% rate, which means they’re going to miss 45% of the time. The important thing is for the hits to be BIG hits, and Brad has been great at that.

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Modern miracle that he was ever great given his two first names.

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Oh yes, Brad is still in the upper tier of drafting.

But to win a Super Bowl, you can’t do what he did in 2024. That kind of set the team back slightly. You can say oh it was injuries. But what if instead Manu Rakestraw Arnold Sorsdal and Bromart you had a couple of more depth players to fill-in where those injuries occurred.

that’s typically the key difference to win a Super Bowl. Either you stay incredibly healthy. Or you have good depth behind those injuries.

Got to reach the Super Bowl