Aaron Donald Gives Rams Parting Gift With Contract Restructure – Details.

Aaron Donald’s retirement is still being processed by the Los Angeles Rams, but at least they have more cap freedom.

The NFL community is still in disbelief over Los Angeles Rams star defensive tackle Aaron Donald’s stunning retirement more than a day later.

Unless he has a change of heart later in life, his career is officially ended. It is reasonable to argue that Donald is the best defensive player in NFL history.

With 111 sacks over the course of his ten-year career, the No. 13 overall pick in the 2014 NFL Draft hardly scratches the surface of his influence on opposition offenses’ game plans. Among his innumerable honors are three Defensive Player of the Year titles, eight first-team All-Pro selections, and a Super Bowl LVI ring.

A legend like Donald will never be replaced, but at least he eased the transition’s pain.

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In addition, the Rams will probably handle his retirement as a move that takes effect after June 1 in order to spread out the cap charge over several years as opposed to taking it all in this season.

dified his deal with the Rams just before he retired, which helped free up cap space and added to the shock of his departure because restructures typically guarantee a player’s stay with the team.

Pro Football Talk claims that in order to reduce Donald’s pay to the required $1.21 million, the Rams turned the majority of his $10 million salary to a signing bonus and shifted his $5 million guaranteed roster bonus to a signing bonus. The Rams were able to restructure and save roughly $9.2 million in cap space overall.