Is Donald coming back??

[Coliseum Ram]

From what I've seen, AD answers respectfully and honestly when asked. He's allowed to enjoy himself and grant interviews from time to time when he feels like it. And invariably whenever he gives an interview, someone asks him about it.

Yeah he made one joke about Parsons last year... big deal. To me that hardly qualifies as AD looking for drama.

And yes, this year he's answered honestly that he's seriously thinking about returning. And I believe he will.

Over the last two years, there have been tons of clickbait articles with speculation. But to me, that mostly comes from fan and media types, it hasn't been fueled much by AD himself.

The last couple months? Yeah, AD has dropped some hints. I think that's because he knows he's coming back but isn't ready to finalize the timing or the money quite yet.

Yes, and I'll be ECSTATIC if he comes back. Want him to badly and makes too much damn sense. If he's ever gonna "scratch that itch" this is the one time to do it.

Conversely, if he DOESN'T come back this season I truly hope the possibility is put to bed forever. Would sign for it actually.

 

[Coliseum Ram]

Who are any of us to say "now or never" regarding Donald coming back ? Who do some think they are ?
I will take Aaron Donald coming back whenever the fuck he feels like it.
Game one would be great. If he wants to skip camp, fine.
As long as he is in horns.

No one said anything about when Donald should come back if he comes back THIS season. If he's coming back this season he can do so whenever the fuck he pleases. The now or never remark relates to FUTURE seasons.

Lets not move Goal Posts here and lets comprehend whats being said better.

 

[Coliseum Ram]

Pardon my French (from the movie "Tremors") but I don't give a "F" when AD comes back, as long as he comes back. If it's halfway through the season, his salary cap will be less and his body will be fresh. I still believe that AD would still be (now) in the top 1-2% of all players who play that position.

Yes this is being said by myself as well. As some (not you) fail to understand, the Now or Never remark pertains to "this year or never." Not training camp or never, LOL.

 

[Tumak61]

Im being too anal? Open to it.

This might cause Micheal Sam to come out of retirement.

 

[Coliseum Ram]

This might cause Micheal Sam to come out of retirement.

One of the worst draft picks of all time, but low-key, clinched the move from St Louis to Los Angeles for us.

 

[Coliseum Ram]

Report: Aaron Donald is 'seriously contemplating' returning to Rams

Multiple league sources told one reporter that Aaron Donald is truly considering a return to the Rams this year.

theramswire.usatoday.com

Yesssss. C'mon back AD! Whether its August, October, or December.

 

[PARAM]

The thought of rivaling the 85 Bears defense is intriguing. They allowed 22 TDs (6 rush, 16 passing), 22 PATs and 12 FGs. That is 190 points or 11.8 PPG. Remember what the Dolphins did to them? 38 points; 3 passing TDs, 2 rushing TDs and a FG. The one blemish on their record. But take the 38 points off the 190 total and for the other 15 games their D allowed 10.1 ppg.

Man what would our record be if that were to happen? With our offense, which would look NOTHING like the 85 Bears offense!!!! I guess we'd have to allow for at least 1 "letdown" game like the Bears/Dolphins in 85. So 16-1 then?

There’s never been a case in NFL history where multiple-time Defensive Player of the Year winners have been on the same team, but that’s an opportunity the Rams have to make happen if Donald returns.

5 of the last 9 DPOY winners!!! Whew!!!!

 

[Mojo Ram]

I’d settle for our defense just getting off the field more often. More suffocating on 3rd and longs, more aggressive with a lead etc.

The offense will still be slow with some chunk plays thrown in, but there’s no reason for a drop off in efficiency or productivity in terms of points. The continuity is there with the personnel.

30ppg for
17ppg against

I’d drink to that.

 

[RamFanWA]

IF Donald comes back, he won’t do halfway. He doesn’t do anything halfway.

If he comes back ---
-- we can say he did retirement half-way...

 

[gogoat1]

No one said anything about when Donald should come back if he comes back THIS season. If he's coming back this season he can do so whenever the fuck he pleases. The now or never remark relates to FUTURE seasons.

Lets not move Goal Posts here and lets comprehend whats being said better.

"comprehend" better ? How about not being so full of yourself and not telling other how to think.
Like was by accident.

 

[Coliseum Ram]

"comprehend" better ? How about not being so full of yourself and not telling other how to think.
Like was by accident.

Well I didn't like being misunderstood. Thought I was very clear. Want him like mad to come back this year and if he does, he can come back August, October, December, whenever he damn well pleases. Just don't want to do this dance again after this season. But that's just me, not saying that's everyone. Sorry for seemingly coming off as "full of myself," I've actually got very mid self-esteem.

 

[RamFan503]

Where did I ever show a problem with Push-Back???

Um…..

This cannot be challenged.

 

[Coliseum Ram]

Um…..

LOL, Guil-ty...as charged. Point remains, this is definitely the best chance last gasp season for Donald to come back, and I would like someone to tell me otherwise why next year or any future years would be better for him to tackle that option.

 

[Allen2McVay]

... I've actually got very mid self-esteem.

Rumor-mill has it that you are just ... "lively"

 

[Memento]

One of the worst draft picks of all time, but low-key, clinched the move from St Louis to Los Angeles for us.

Late seventh round pick, and you're calling him worse than Alex Barron, Jason Smith, and Greg Robinson?

Michael Sam had talent, but the scouts who wanted to out him, which forced him to out himself and the media sinking their teeth into his story without regard for what it would do to his relationship with the team (notably, Mizzou players knew his sexuality in his senior year, and none of them outed him and pretty much everyone accepted him - but that was without the media circus during his professional year that he had absolutely no role in playing and just wanted to compete with his team) fucked his career up.

 

[Coliseum Ram]

Late seventh round pick, and you're calling him worse than Alex Barron, Jason Smith, and Greg Robinson?

Michael Sam had talent, but the scouts who wanted to out him, which forced him to out himself and the media sinking their teeth into his story without regard for what it would do to his relationship with the team (notably, Mizzou players knew his sexuality in his senior year, and none of them outed him and pretty much everyone accepted him - but that was without the media circus during his professional year that he had absolutely no role in playing and just wanted to compete with his team) fucked his career up.

Yes. "Per Capita" he is nowhere NEAR the worst Rams pick of all time. Obviously those 1st Round disasters are far worse.

This guy Sam was never a Major-Leaguer, that's why I said it. The League asked the Rams to do them a solid, tacitly giving the Rams back a solid in the Relocation saga, IMHO.

 

[Memento]

Yes. "Per Capita" he is nowhere NEAR the worst Rams pick of all time. Obviously those 1st Round disasters are far worse.

This guy Sam was never a Major-Leaguer, that's why I said it. The League asked the Rams to do them a solid, tacitly giving the Rams back a solid in the Relocation saga, IMHO.

Sam was literally rated as a fourth-round pick before he was forced to out himself. After he did, he dropped to sixth and later undrafted. He was the co-winner of the SEC Defensive Player of the Year Award, sharing it with C.J. Mosley, and was a unanimous First-Team All-American. He led the conference in sacks (10.5) and tackles for a loss (eighteen).

Talent was never the reason why his career fizzled. He may not have been an NFL player, but to even make it to the degree that a practice squad player has made it, you need talent, and he clearly had it. It's just that the media ruined any chance for a career.

I will continue to push back at this thought because it is flat-out wrong about Michael Sam. I watched him as a Mizzou fan. You did not. I saw his entire career at Mizzou, and he always had NFL talent.

And if you're criticizing Sam for not making it as a seventh-round pick, as being - and I quote you verbatim - the "worst draft picks of all time", I'd love to see your reaction to picks like Brian Leonard (a fullback drafted in the second round and never played meaningful minutes with us), Trung Candidate (2000 first round pick who was fast but had nothing else), Ken Shackleford (a 2007 fifth-round tackle who was cut before training camp, not because of any character issues, but because he just wasn't good enough), Claude Wroten (2006 third round pick whom Carolina scouts laughed at us for taking him - he wasn't even close on their board - because of his lacking character and talent), and many, many other picks - in the Lou, in L.A., and in Anaheim - that flat-out fizzled out or made no sense to take, even less so than Sam.

And you're saying the only reason - the only reason - why you're saying Sam was drafted was because the League wanted us to move to L.A.? With input from Kroenke, who is known for hiring the smart people and letting them work without interference? That's just a fucking conspiracy theory, and cold hard facts don't care about conspiracy theories, even if you try to warp them around to make them make sense.

 

[Coliseum Ram]

Sam was literally rated as a fourth-round pick before he was forced to out himself. After he did, he dropped to sixth and later undrafted. He was the co-winner of the SEC Defensive Player of the Year Award, sharing it with C.J. Mosley, and was a unanimous First-Team All-American. He led the conference in sacks (10.5) and tackles for a loss (eighteen).

Talent was never the reason why his career fizzled. He may not have been an NFL player, but to even make it to the degree that a practice squad player has made it, you need talent, and he clearly had it. It's just that the media ruined any chance for a career.

I will continue to push back at this thought because it is flat-out wrong about Michael Sam. I watched him as a Mizzou fan. You did not. I saw his entire career at Mizzou, and he always had NFL talent.

And if you're criticizing Sam for not making it as a seventh-round pick, as being - and I quote you verbatim - the "worst draft picks of all time", I'd love to see your reaction to picks like Brian Leonard (a fullback drafted in the second round and never played meaningful minutes with us), Trung Candidate (2000 first round pick who was fast but had nothing else), Ken Shackleford (a 2007 fifth-round tackle who was cut before training camp, not because of any character issues, but because he just wasn't good enough), Claude Wroten (2006 third round pick whom Carolina scouts laughed at us for taking him - he wasn't even close on their board - because of his lacking character and talent), and many, many other picks - in the Lou, in L.A., and in Anaheim - that flat-out fizzled out or made no sense to take, even less so than Sam.

And you're saying the only reason - the only reason - why you're saying Sam was drafted was because the League wanted us to move to L.A.? With input from Kroenke, who is known for hiring the smart people and letting them work without interference? That's just a fucking conspiracy theory, and cold hard facts don't care about conspiracy theories, even if you try to warp them around to make them make sense.

I've got TONS of hatred for Rams Draft picks. Many that you mentioned. My feeling with Sam was, the League wanted to make "a big deal" about a team Drafting an "openly gay" player.

Knowing the Rams had the L.A. move in the works, the League asked Stan for a "solid." Stan obliged. Teams dont just willingly throw away picks on non-prospects. Hell, we got contributor Konata Mumpfield in the 7th!

 

[Memento]

I've got TONS of hatred for Rams Draft picks. Many that you mentioned. My feeling with Sam was, the League wanted to make "a big deal" about a team Drafting an "openly gay" player.

Knowing the Rams had the L.A. move in the works, the League asked Stan for a "solid." Stan obliged. Teams dont just willingly throw away picks on non-prospects. Hell, we got contributor Konata Mumpfield in the 7th!

That's the thing that you're missing: Michael Sam wasn't a non-prospect. He was literally - not figuratively, LITERALLY - considered a fourth-round prospect until he was forced to out himself (and that's the ONLY FUCKING REASON he was "openly gay": because scouts were going to out him to the public before he took the initiative, even though it wasn't technically on his own terms). We grabbed him because of the talent that someone who was considered a fourth-round pick had, someone who was a unanimous All-American and Co-SEC Defender-of-the-Year Award winner had.

That he was openly gay had JACK SHIT to do with it. Fisher didn't care. Kroenke certainly didn't "give the League a solid" because he literally never gets involved with the day-to-day life of the team and lets the people who know better do it. That's what he's done with the Rams, the Avalanche, the Nuggets, Arsenal, and all of the other teams he owns. He's known as "Silent Stan" for a reason; he lets the smart people run the team, and to think that he was involved in the draft pick to "give the League a solid" is the complete antithesis of what he's shown himself to be, and what you're suggesting is nothing more than a wild conspiracy theory.

 

[Coliseum Ram]

That's the thing that you're missing: Michael Sam wasn't a non-prospect. He was literally - not figuratively, LITERALLY - considered a fourth-round prospect until he was forced to out himself (and that's the ONLY FUCKING REASON he was "openly gay": because scouts were going to out him to the public before he took the initiative, even though it wasn't technically on his own terms). We grabbed him because of the talent that someone who was considered a fourth-round pick had, someone who was a unanimous All-American and Co-SEC Defender-of-the-Year Award winner had.

That he was openly gay had JACK SHIT to do with it. Fisher didn't care. Kroenke certainly didn't "give the League a solid" because he literally never gets involved with the day-to-day life of the team and lets the people who know better do it. That's what he's done with the Rams, the Avalanche, the Nuggets, Arsenal, and all of the other teams he owns. He's known as "Silent Stan" for a reason; he lets the smart people run the team, and to think that he was involved in the draft pick to "give the League a solid" is the complete antithesis of what he's shown himself to be, and what you're suggesting is nothing more than a wild conspiracy theory.

If he was really good he'd be playing now on an NFL team. End of story.

And yes, the Rams Drafting Sam as a favor to the NFL, IS a conspiracy theory.