According to Jason Fitzgerald of OverTheCap.com, the Rams recently restructured the contract of DT Aaron Donald and in turn, created $9.2 million of cap space.
The Rams specifically converted $13.79 million of salary into a signing bonus that was prorated over the remainder of his contract.
Retirement has come up for Donald in the past couple of seasons, especially after the Rams won the Super Bowl in 2021.
The 32-year-old Donald has accomplished just about everything a player could hope to accomplish in a career, and he’s entering the final year of his contract in 2024.
Rams GM Les Snead said they’re hoping Donald will be part of the team in 2024.
“You know, we’re definitely hoping Aaron is,” he said via Andrew Siciliano. “I know Aaron is spending time away with the goal of being revitalized.”
Donald, 32, is a former first-round pick of the Rams back in 2014 out of Pittsburgh. He was in the final year of his four-year, $10.136 million rookie contract when the Rams picked up his fifth-year team option for the 2018 season, which cost them around $6.892 million.
Los Angeles signed Donald to a record six-year, $135 million extension back in August of 2019, which included a $40 million signing bonus and $86,892,000 guaranteed.
Donald had three years remaining on his deal with base salaries of $9.25 million, $14 million and $14 million when he agreed to a $40 million raise with the Rams following the 2021 season.
In 2023, Donald appeared in 16 games for the Rams, recording 53 total tackles, 16 tackles for loss, eight sacks and three pass deflections.
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