{"id":929830,"date":"2026-08-26T16:19:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T21:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/26\/sean-mcvay-on-aaron-donalds-tryout-i-think-he-could-make-the-team\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T16:19:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T21:19:34","slug":"sean-mcvay-on-aaron-donalds-tryout-i-think-he-could-make-the-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/26\/sean-mcvay-on-aaron-donalds-tryout-i-think-he-could-make-the-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean McVay on Aaron Donald\u2019s tryout: I think he could make the team"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"Page-content\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\">\n<div data-grid=\"span:6 md:span:12 lg:span:19 hk:span:19\" data-grid-container>\n<p>                        <bsp-page-byline><br \/>\n        <span>\u00a0<svg><use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/#dot\" \/><\/svg>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Published\u00a0August 5, 2026 09:32 PM<\/p>\n<p><\/bsp-page-byline><\/p><\/div>\n<div data-grid=\"span:6 md:span:12 lg:span:14 hk:span:12\" data-module data-grid-container>\n<p>Aaron Donald did not intend to create more comeback speculation, but the defensive tackle <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/aaron-donald-had-tryout-with-rams-to-evaluate-how-he-felt-with-helmet-pads-on\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">did just that<\/a><\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>Donald worked out at the Rams\u2019 training cap with Rams equipment, requiring the team to report his visit as a \u201ctryout\u201d on the NFL\u2019s personnel notice Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/aaron-donald-works-out-for-rams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Did it come across as a tryout<\/a><\/span>?\u201d Rams coach Sean McVay said in an appearance on the <i>NFL Daily<\/i> podcast. \u201cBest tryout we\u2019ve ever had. . . . I think he could make the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The third-time Defensive Player of the Year wanted to see how he felt in a helmet as he considers a return to the NFL after a two-year absence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was honestly our way of being able to get a workout with him within the parameters of what\u2019s necessary,\u201d McVay told NFL Network. &#8220;[Defensive line coach] Giff Smith said it\u2019s the greatest tryout he\u2019s ever had.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Rams\u2019 acquisition of two-time Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett in June prompted Donald to consider unretiring.<\/p>\n<p>Donald, 35, made 10 Pro Bowls in his 10 seasons and has 111 career sacks.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Becki Schildgen <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixgFBVV95cUxPa3FNRjFaeU1SUzlKaWd2bDJqQ3lMaHVWMnFyZTk0VVZZcEt0QUNvR3VwS0VPaGI4a01yLTRBVHJVR24wcGJwNE1XdmIwbDViMkx6VnduWGF2TTZyMWdVXzdrS2JrdkJSNHNRRXdsZGtPMnNXeG9BYlBMMGpRaFVrR2VpT0Q5X3FoRTJXZVFqWnozc25UVUUzNF9KMGNnTjA3SUQ3S05UUXB4ZzdvbUZzREZtSEIwcmNHeTdhNWNxTGFROWRFRnc?oc=5\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 Published\u00a0August 5, 2026 09:32 PM Aaron Donald did not intend to create more comeback speculation, but the defensive tackle did just that . Donald worked out at the Rams\u2019 training cap with Rams equipment, requiring the team to report his visit as a \u201ctryout\u201d on the NFL\u2019s personnel notice Wednesday. \u201c Did it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":929831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1779,24016],"tags":[14191,71453],"class_list":["post-929830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-aaron","category-mcvay","tag-aaron","tag-mcvay"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=929830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/929831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=929830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=929830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=929830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}