This Aaron Donald quote should terrify 31 other teams after shock Rams return

The Los Angeles Rams have pulled off their greatest offseason magic trick yet, convincing future Hall of Fame defensive tackle Aaron Donald to unretire and link up with Myles Garrett after two years away from the game.

The only bit of solace other teams' fans are repeating to themselves, in fear of what LA can do with this fully loaded defense, is hoping that Donald is slower after such an extended hiatus. To hear it from Donald himself, after conferring with his speed and conditioning coach, he is every bit as disruptive as he was when he was making All-Pro every single year.

"The first day I got to train with my speed trainer since high school, he looked at me and said, ‘You ain’t missed a step,'" Donald said. “[It was] a long process, but it was my process that I needed to do, to make myself feel like I could do it."

Big yikes for the rest of the league.

Aaron Donald joins a deep Rams d-line older but still himself

Donald made a Pro Bowl in all 10 of his prior seasons, making First Team All-Pro in all of them except his rookie year and second-to-last season after some injuries. To give the critics a bit of validity, Donald is 35 years old, and very few 35-year-old defensive tackles are impact players on championship teams.

Most defensive tackles, however, aren't Aaron Donald. Adjusting to NFL physicality shouldn't be too much of an issue for one of the greatest physical specimens in recent history, though the Rams likely wanted to see if his two-year sabbatical was enough to erode some of the quickness that became a trademark of his accomplished career.

Pairing Donald and Garrett would be enough to class this defensive front as elite, even if they were playing with the popcorn vendor at the other edge spot in Chris Shula's 3-4 look. Donald will also play off ascending young tackle Braden Fiske, the always impressive Kobie Turner, and space eater Poona Ford. Don't forget Byron Young on the edge as well.

No one expects Donald to be the game-changing All-Pro he was during his prime, but he still should be deadly enough up the middle to cause some havoc. With Garrett absorbing most of the attention, Donald may get more one-on-one pass rush reps than he's had since the early years of his career.

If Donald can be even half the player he was when the Rams won Super Bowl LVI, there's a good chance he can put a second ring on his fingers.

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