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Aaron Donald has completed two official Rams workouts this month, pushing his potential 2026 unretirement from rumor into a real decision he has until Week 14 to make. The catch: he is 35, has been away 2.5 seasons since his March 2024 retirement, and still holds a $30M cap hit against a Rams team with only $15M in space — a gap Adam Schefter says both sides now have to compromise on. Supporters point to the résumé (3 DPOYs, 8 All-Pros, 111 sacks) and argue even a 70% Donald reshapes any defense he lines up on. Critics counter that no interior D-lineman has ever returned this well from a 2.5-year layoff at 35, and that the Rams would be paying elite money for a player who himself keeps hedging on whether he can still be Aaron Donald.