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Monday Wrap-Up: A Plan for Donald's Return
Myles Simmons
Defensive tackle Aaron Donald reported to the Rams on Saturday morning and was a participant in all club activities on Monday, according to head coach Sean McVay.
And while McVay did not make any definitive statements about Donald’s status for Sunday, the head coach did say the goal is for the defensive tackle to play.
“He’s back here and that’s a step in the right direction,” McVay said. “I think, like we’ve mentioned, just getting him back here is the first step and definitely want to try to get him on the field.”
Donald attended the Rams’ team meeting, positional meetings, and the workout on Monday. McVay said he didn’t want to make a “big deal” out of Donald’s return, and went about the team meeting as he would have otherwise.
“You’re showing some of the things that guys did great on special teams, defense, and offense, guys supporting each other — that was really what the team meeting entailed,” McVay said.
But now that Donald has reported, the plan is to get him back to being one of the premier defensive players in the league as quickly as possible. Tuesday is the players’ day off, but Donald is slated to go through the normal process of team activities from Wednesday on through the rest of the week. If he will play — and how much — will be determined in conjunction with head trainer Reggie Scott.
“The plan is get him going just back into the flow of a normal weekly rhythm like all of our players do. He’s back here with us now and looking to get him going,” McVay said.
And as far as how he’ll be utilized in this game and kind of exactly what that plan entails is going to be predicated on how he feels going out to practice and getting involved. And those will be things that Reggie, myself, and the rest of our coaching staff will discuss as far as how he’s feeling.”