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Rams' Sean McVay: 'Had a Sense' Aaron Donald Would Retire From NFL After 2023 Season

Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay told reporters that he "had a sense" all last season that the 2023 campaign would mark the capstone of defensive lineman Aaron Donald's stellar career.

"We have such a good relationship, I knew the whole year," McVay said at the NFC coaches' breakfast at the annual league meetings in Orlando, per Jourdan Rodrigue of The Athletic.

"Or, at least I had a sense. There was kind of an unspoken understanding—even when we convinced him to come back after we won the Super Bowl in '21, there was kind of always an understanding that it would be a couple of years.