Topics: Football, Sports, Basketball
**Shannon Sharpe** (0:00)
Aaron Donald worked out for the Los Angeles Rams in training camp today. According to Adam Schafter, Donald worked out in a football helmet. He did not wear pads during the workout, but used Ram team equipment, and did the workout at their facility.
That required the Rams to report it to the NFL. Here's McVay trying, AD tried out today. Let's take a listen to what he had to say.
**Chad Johnson** (0:22)
I couldn't help but note, like right before we started, I hope you're even aware of this, like the NFL transaction wire that had Aaron Donald working out with the Rams today, which I guess...
**Iso Joe Johnson** (0:31)
Did it come across as a tryout?
**Chad Johnson** (0:32)
It did come across as a tryout. Best tryout that we've ever had. Okay.
You think he could make the team?
**Iso Joe Johnson** (0:37)
Phenomenal. I think he could make the team.
**Shannon Sharpe** (0:39)
The kid's got a shot.
**Chad Johnson** (0:40)
Yeah.
**Iso Joe Johnson** (0:41)
That was honestly our way of being able to get a workout with him within the, you know, parameters of what's necessary. But Giff Smith said it's the greatest tryout he's ever had.
**Chad Johnson** (0:50)
Uh, great.
**Chad Johnson** (0:55)
Hey, I like it. I like it. There's a window of opportunity for the Rams. There's a window of opportunity for Stafford to get him one more ring, including McVay.
Listen, Aaron Donald ain't no fool. He ain't no fool. If there's opportunity for me to get another ring with the addition of Myles Garrett, who's now over here, with that offense they have with Puka Devante and Brother Williams at running back, this is it.
This is it. I don't know who wants to deal with that every Sunday, man.
**Shannon Sharpe** (1:26)
And grab me 30 million while I'm at it, Ocho.
**Chad Johnson** (1:28)
Oh, come on, man.
**Iso Joe Johnson** (1:30)
Stop, man. Stop.
**Chad Johnson** (1:31)
And honestly, it's almost unfair. What you mean?
**Shannon Sharpe** (1:34)
Why you say that? It's almost unfair.
**Chad Johnson** (1:36)
You got Miles Garrett on the end. You got Aaron Donald.
Man, come on, man.
**Iso Joe Johnson** (1:43)
Stop playing, man.
**Shannon Sharpe** (1:44)
Ash, what's that other DNA? We had him on. Young?
I think it's Young. We had him on, Ocho. Remember he's from Georgia, worked in a supermarket, got picked up?
**Chad Johnson** (2:01)
I forgot his name.
**Shannon Sharpe** (2:02)
I think his last name is Young. I know what.
Byron Young?
**Chad Johnson** (2:09)
Oh, Byron Young.
**Iso Joe Johnson** (2:11)
That sounds about right.
**Shannon Sharpe** (2:13)
Hey, Aaron Donald ain't fooling me, Uncle Ocho.
**Iso Joe Johnson** (2:17)
His ass coming back.
**Chad Johnson** (2:18)
He coming back.
**Shannon Sharpe** (2:19)
And man, you ain't doing, you ain't.
**Chad Johnson** (2:21)
Hey, Joe.
**Chad Johnson** (2:21)
Hey. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
**Chad Johnson** (2:22)
Of course he coming back, Joe. Ain't showing up at the facility for nothing, with no hammer though.
**Shannon Sharpe** (2:26)
That's all I'm saying.
**Chad Johnson** (2:27)
That's all I'm saying.
**Shannon Sharpe** (2:28)
You know, hey, hey, hey, hey.
**Chad Johnson** (2:30)
I ain't gonna lie.
**Shannon Sharpe** (2:31)
It would have enticed me to hell if I had Myles Garrett over there. You know what I mean? I'm like, what? I can come back?
**Chad Johnson** (2:36)
What?
**Shannon Sharpe** (2:39)
Man, ain't nobody gonna see them real.
The thing is, that look, I think it's gonna take him a little while because you gotta realize he's been away from the game for a minute. So, it's gonna take him some time for his spidey senses to see where that wham block coming from, to see where that pull, that scoop, all that stuff, Ocho, because when you get away from it, your spidey senses don't tangle like they once did. He would know, hey, that guard opened up, he know that wham coming. He know that tight end coming in that short motion, that crank motion. He know when they would try to scoop it, when they would try to post it. He knew all that. He knew to get skinny. Nope, nope, nope, nope. The one thing I will say about him, he never give you the whole man. You only getting half the man.
He's like a wide receiver. If you watch him at a D-tackle, his hands are unbelievable.
**Iso Joe Johnson** (3:36)
Yeah, his hands and his feet.
**Chad Johnson** (3:38)
The funny thing too, this might be a good thing too, Uncle Joe, for Aaron Donald. Now I know we say him not having the spidey senses, him taking some time off, but think about what he's been able to do for his body too. Allowing his body to heal, allowing his body to recover, coming in camp, fresh camp legs, nowhere until the body.
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