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He played in the 260s most of his career

August 04, 2026 03:42AM
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LMU93
Not that he'd play 10-12 snaps a game. But he's also not coming back and playing 85%+ of snaps, which is what he was doing the last 7 years of his career. He's just not. Add in the fact that they said in 2023 he got down to around 265, and has certainly only lost weight since, and part of what he's doing is putting ON (good) weight.

But at 35 and weighing in the low to mid-260s, yeah, you're not an every-down guy. And they don't need him to be. Turner led the Rams d-line, playing 67% of snaps. Fiske 48.3%. Ford 45.3%. He'll be in that ballpark.

Agreed 93.

260's is very light and would be a problem even for AD. I would think a 300+ lb OL would have an easy time pushing around a 260 pounder. I could see teams running right at AD if he's on the field.

AD would still make his share of plays but I don't see him playing anything other than a rotational player.

In his first couple of years, Donald was in the 280-285 range, but from 2018 and after, he played in the 260-267 range. And even played below 260 in the Superbowl.

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  Starting to think Aaron Donald should just come back before the playoffs.

kw13219August 03, 2026 12:42PM

  Re: Starting to think Aaron Donald should just come back before the playoffs.

Rams_4371August 03, 2026 12:57PM

  It takes time to integrate with the team.

RockRam74August 03, 2026 01:00PM

  Donald probably will be somewhat rotational

LMU9360August 03, 2026 04:50PM

  260's is very light and would be a problem

Ramsdude56August 04, 2026 02:42AM

  He played in the 260s most of his career

JYB58August 04, 2026 03:42AM

  Re: He played in the 260s most of his career

Ramsdude49August 04, 2026 06:36AM

  Re: 260's is very light and would be a problem

LMU9343August 04, 2026 04:15AM

  Re: 260's is very light and would be a problem

21Dog46August 04, 2026 04:43AM

  Why not play him at EDGE?

BigGame8142August 04, 2026 04:41AM

  More of a 3-4 DE

AvengerRam47August 04, 2026 06:12AM

  I think AD would instantly integrate....

JamesJM39August 04, 2026 06:08AM

  Disagree. The team needs time to work the rotation.

AvengerRam65August 03, 2026 01:11PM

  Re: Disagree. The team needs time to work the rotation.

Hawaii Rams Fan59August 03, 2026 02:10PM