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RockRam
I also may be in the minority that the key to the Rams' winning is not AD. He is a great player; but he doesn't win games single handed. There are a number of players on the Rams more important that he is beginning with Goff. Sure a right minded and committed AD makes the defense better. I'm very doubtful that either of those conditions exist any longer in him.
In the short term, it's possible there are players more important to winning than AD. Goff of course, Gurley, and maaaayybe Cooks. Due to Suh, the typical impact of Donald is lessoned IMO because you have a darn good replacement player if Donald holds out.
My current feeling is: the Rams will win the SB with Donald; they have a good chance to win without him.
But over the long term, this won't be the case. I expect Suh to move on to richer pastures. Once he's gone, I see Donald's impact as being about equal to Gurleys.
Pressuring the QB is the highest premium skill set in the game after QB'ing and the man has been uncommonly great at it. I think stats show that he was singlehandedly responsible for nearly 40% of the team's pressures.
