Aaron Donald grateful for Defensive Player of the Year award, but has sights set on bigger goals

Earning the highest individual honor bestowed upon an NFL defensive player is nice, but Rams defensive lineman Aaron Donald has bigger goals in mind.

It's not that he doesn't appreciate the AP Defensive Player of the Year Award – he expressed gratitude during his video conference with reporters Sunday afternoon. He just wants the highest honor earned by an NFL team – a Super Bowl trophy – more.

"It's a blessing," Donald said. "I always say the same stuff, you know – anytime you're rewarded for the body of work you put in and people notice that, you'll be happy about that. You're accomplishing great things building to a legacy, but never satisfied. I know I still got a lot of work to do, a lot of room for improvement. The ultimate goal is to be holding that trophy up. That's what we're chasing, that's what I'm chasing, that's what I want to accomplish. And I until I accomplish that, I ain't going to be satisfied."

That body of work in 2020 – 13.5 sacks, 28 quarterback hits, 14 tackles for loss, four forced fumbles and one fumble recovery – led to a record-tying third AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year award Saturday night for Donald, who joined Hall-of-Fame linebacker Lawrence Taylor and current Texans defensive lineman J.J. Watt as the only players to accomplish the feat. Donald edged Steelers outside linebacker T.J. Watt 27-20 in voting by the panel of 50 media members who regularly cover the NFL.

Now, as he looks ahead to the 2021 season, Donald's pursuit of his preferred hardware will come under the direction of a new defensive coordinator.

The Rams agreed to terms with Raheem Morris to be their next defensive coordinator last month after Brandon Staley was hired as the Chargers head coach. Echoing Rams general manager Les Snead's comments toward the end of January, Donald expects the Rams defense to retain Staley's Vic Fangio-influenced scheme, with Morris adding his own twist to it.

"Overall, I feel like we're going to have similar things, but at the same time different things. So just learning a new scheme, trying to see how they want us to play certain stuff," Donald said. "I'm excited. I hear nothing but great things about (Morris), so I'm definitely pumped up to have that opportunity to work with him and have him be a part of that organization."

On an individual level, Donald is doing his part to ensure he maintains his high level of play that will help Los Angeles accomplish its Super Bowl goal. He said "it's right back to work tomorrow" after last week being the first week he took off from working out.

"I'm definitely getting older, I'm definitely feeling the aches and pains a little different," said Donald, who turns 30 in May. "I'm always going to work hard. For me, I can't slow down the way I work, the way I train. I've just got to make sure I take care of my body, do that much more to make sure that even if I do have a little bit of aches and pains through this offseason from training, I'm on top of it and taking care of it to the point where I won't let it linger. Doing everything I can to be in great shape, be prepared come gametime before football is back, but at the same time making sure I'm healthy enough so I won't be limited or slowed down by (anything)."

Fittingly, Donald accepted the 2020 AP Defensive Player of the Year Award inside SoFi Stadium, which will be hosting next year's Super Bowl.

When asked Sunday if he would be watching this year's Super Bowl – his video conference was held three-and-a-half hours before kickoff – Donald indicated a short viewing experience. "If ain't me playing in there and my team, I don't really care too much about it," he said.

He's much more focused on hoisting a different trophy in the same stadium next year.

18 teams went home after week 17.

13 teams ended on the sour note of a playoff loss.

Only 1 team is truly satisfied. The rest are wondering what went wrong, and trying to decide if they are on the right path, or need to make a drastic change.

The Rams, though, jump started their offseason by making a huge move to bring in Matthew Stafford. The impact is palpable. There’s a level of excitement and optimism that is rare for a team only weeks removed from a playoff loss. The talking heads are talking, Vegas is on board, and there are rumors of the Rams being a desired destination for players looking for a title shot.

Is all this fair to Jared Goff? No.
Does Stafford deserve the praise he’s receiving? Time will tell.

But, right now...in February...I’m feeling the buzz.

Sure beats a hangover.

It’s hard to understand. I have a temper and dealt with neighbors pulling into my shoveled spots when I had on street parking. I just stopped shoveling because my wife and I had all wheel drive.

Is WR John Ross a reasonable possibility for the Rams or is he really way out of reach? Seems like his SPEED and Stafford’s ARM could be a good combination IF the price is right!

Let's do one more PTS contest for the season


who- anyone that wants to play
what- TF are you talking about Rhody?
where- right here at ROD
when- right now
why- because I am drunk already



100k Sportsbook Credits to the closest...200k Rod sportsbook credits for an exact score winner.


The rules are the same as regular season. First person to post a score claims it. Duplicate score guesses go to 1st poster. Winning team must be specified..... blah blah blah blah blah


Get to guessing

Now maybe Leonhard's long term goal is to be a College Football Head Coach, but IMHO, he's about to come irrelevant and he's not exactly with a high end program as Wisconsin is very good, but easily forgettable and just a couple of losses away of being mediocre.

I understand to a degree of being at your Alma Mater, but one should strike when the iron is hot and either Leonhard has a different plan or is just satisfied of staying where he is. He turned down McVay last year, maybe he didn't want to make the move from Madison to Los Angeles, God knows why? Bowling is huge in Madison because you can't go outside, however, Matt LaFleur copying everything Sean McVay does, offered Leonhard the job as the Packers DC, he didn't have to move, could stay in the snowy badger state and if it a family thing, well, they would be able to keep everything in tact, but he turned down the Packers too and why, to stay under Paul Joseph Chryst for a team IMO with not much chance at National Championships...Egad!

Again some will debate me here, well, maybe he truly has a love for the place and maybe his long term goal is to be their Head Coach and I guess that's possible, however, so he's working for someone he wants to fail? Chryst is not going anywhere either, he's a former Badger player too and left Pittsburgh to come home and quite frankly, IMO, won't be leaving to take another job. Leonhard had an opportunity to coach under McVay and propel himself into being a NFL Head Coach, look at Staley and if the goal was to stay in Wisconsin and enjoy cheese & sausage, he had that opportunity too with the Green Bay Packers, but he turned them down too.

So Jim enjoy coaching defense in college football, where, it's all about the offense and enjoy being at a program, that although has had a better program then Michigan, nobody has noticed. 8-3 is nice and trying to figure how to stop Ryan Day & the Buckeye's might pay off eventually, but right now, one has to wonder why Leonhard won't move up and soon nobody will know his name.

Super Bowl LV (55) Prediction and Preview: Kansas City Chiefs vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

As COVID-19 rages on, the fact the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers are playing Super Bowl LV is impressive enough. The championship game (Sunday, Feb. 7 at 6:30 p.m. ET on CBS) ends a 2020 NFL season like no other, completed with just a handful of postponements despite a pandemic that seemingly wipes out half the college basketball schedule every week.

But as the opening skit of "SNL" illustrated this past weekend, despite so much being different in the world today, this Super Bowl has a hint of familiarity. The Chiefs are back for a second straight year, seeking to be the first back-to-back Super Bowl winners since... Tom Brady and the New England Patriots (XXXVIII & XXXIX). It's a record set 15 years ago, the first sparks of a dynasty as Brady was entering the prime of his late 20s.

But who's that sitting across the field from the Chiefs? In position for Super Bowl title number seven? None other than the GOAT himself, Brady at age 43 and hungry for revenge after work divorcing the Patriots-slash-head coach Bill Belichick last summer. Brady's brought along a hungry cast of characters, luring former top target Rob Gronkowski out of retirement and making the Antonio Brown experiment work where it failed in New England. Add in head coach Bruce Arians, who would be the oldest Super Bowl winner at his position (age 68), and there's plenty of people desperate for a first ring to mesh with Brady's unyielding competitive fire.

The question is whether Father Time can give Brady one last crack at besting Mahomes, the young MVP quarterback redefining the way this position is played. The duo is 2-2 against each other, but Mahomes has won two straight, besting Brady 27-24 this November in a game in which he threw for a season-high 462 yards.

Most see these two quarterbacks in an epic duel, forgetting there are 52 other players on these teams. But there's plenty to delve into for a game that feels fairly even, particularly given the Bucs' home-field advantage. (It's the first time in Super Bowl history one of the participants has played in their own stadium). Let's take a closer look at what to look for as this game unfolds down in Tampa.

Super Bowl LV: Kansas City vs. Tampa Bay

Kickoff: Sunday, Feb. 7 at 6:30 p.m. ET
Where: Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, Fla.)

TV: CBS

Spread: Chiefs -3

Three Things to Watch

1. Patrick Mahomes vs. Tom Brady

Super Bowl Media Week was a bit different in the midst of the pandemic; players taking questions in isolation instead of cornered by thousands of sweaty reporters. But a Zoom Room didn't stop both these elite quarterbacks from gushing internet bromance on just how much respect they have for each other.

"He's got that nice, sweet little whippy arm that I used to have when I was a little bit younger," Brady said of Mahomes. "He's got the athletic ability to extend plays. He's got all the physical and all the mental tools. He's gonna be in this game quite a few more times, in my opinion."

Mahomes, not to be outdone by Brady, returned the platitudes. "As I continue in my career, I am still trying to do whatever I can to watch the tape on him. Because he is doing it the right way, and you can tell be how many Super Bowl championships he has, and the rings on his fingers."

Trash talking, they're not. Legends? Now that's more like it. It's true Mahomes has a ways to go in order to catch Brady's 10 Super Bowl appearances. Then again... a second Super Bowl win Sunday would give him one more Lombardi trophy than Brady had at age 25. A 44-9 record (.830 win percentage) leaves him on a record pace for a quarterback with more than 50 starts.

That early edge transfers into the 2020 postseason. Mahomes has been magical, playing turnover-free football, completing 73.5 percent of his passes, and producing a 118.5 passer rating. His only scare had nothing to do with performance; a concussion suffered late in the Divisional Round snuffed out momentum and nearly cost his team the game against the Cleveland Browns.

Brady's been more inconsistent, struggling during the NFC Championship Game against Green Bay. After building a 28-10 lead, he nearly took it down singlehandedly by throwing picks on three straight drives in the second half. While the Buccaneers held on to win their third straight road game, those types of ugly turnovers happened a bit more regularly this year to a pocket quarterback lacking speed. Brady's 12 regular-season interceptions were the most since 2011, while six rushing yards pale in comparison to Mahomes' 308.

That said, it would be silly to count out Brady. He threw for 345 yards in a losing effort this November; in the 2018 AFC Championship Game, he had two picks and a pedestrian 77.1 passer rating.

The Patriots won. Then they went on to take the Super Bowl. Don't question the intangible leadership qualities of the GOAT, a QB who was winning these games when Mahomes was literally in kindergarten. The 18-year difference between these two signal-callers will go down as a Super Bowl record unlikely to be broken.

2. Can Tampa Bay’s defense slow down Kansas City?

Oh, you're saying other people are involved in this game? Tampa Bay has actually advanced through its defense, producing an NFL-high seven takeaways during the postseason. Five of those have been interceptions, including four from former MVPs and future Hall of Famers, Drew Brees and Aaron Rodgers.

How do they break through to Mahomes, a quarterback so immune to pressure he hasn't lost a yard on a sack since Dec. 20?

"Discipline," says inside linebacker Lavonte David. "Everybody just latching onto a man whenever we're in man-to-man or if we're in zone coverage just matching onto a guy, being able to take away his zones and reads. At the end of the day, you've just got to get to him as quick as you can, as fast as you can, any way you can because he makes magic outside the pocket."

That laser focus was lost too often back in November, allowing big plays to top Chiefs receiving target Tyreek Hill. Each of Hill's three touchdowns went for 20 yards or more as he piled up 269 yards overall. More than 200 receiving yards in the first quarter alone (on seven catches) left the Bucs with a 17-0 deficit they never overcame. Needless to say, the defense can't do that again but they're still vulnerable; their passing defense ranks 10th out of 14 teams this postseason.

First impressions will mean everything Sunday. It's notable that on the Chiefs side, Mahomes has led the team to just six first-quarter points during his last three games as a starter. (He sat out Week 17 against the Chargers). That type of slow start could invigorate the Bucs D in the same way they gut-punched Rodgers early.

3. Rob Gronkowski vs. Travis Kelce

Gronkowski has been tethered to Tom Brady his whole career. His reward has been three Super Bowls wins in eight years, the key cog in the second half of Brady's Patriots dynasty. But after a successful regular season, the duo hasn't connected yet when it matters most in the playoffs; Gronk has two total catches for 43 yards. Little-known Cameron Brate has more than 100 yards more by comparison.

Can the Brady-Gronkowski connection find its spark again this Sunday? Gronk had his only 100-yard receiving game this season against the Chiefs, nabbing six catches for 106 yards, including a season-best 48-yarder in that razor-thin defeat.

It's Gronk, not the others on this team, who's earned the trust of Brady in big moments. Even in low-scoring Super Bowl LIII against the Rams, it was Gronk who got a sputtering Pats offense over the finish line with the key catch in a 13-3 victory. Even with talents like Brown and Mike Evans on the roster, you feel like Gronk's history leaves him a higher receiving option on Sunday's list than recent stats might make you believe.

It puts him in direct competition with Travis Kelce, the Chiefs' All-Pro tight end who's been on another level this postseason (three touchdowns in two games). Yet the Bucs were able to contain him somewhat back in November, limiting him to just 82 yards (10.3 ypr) and no touchdowns. It's the last NFL game Kelce played in where he didn't score and Gronk simply outplayed him. Will it happen again?

X-Factor: Placekicking

In a high-scoring game, a missed extra point could make the difference. Ryan Succop has been lights out for the Bucs, going 8-for-8 on field goals this postseason, but he did miss an extra point in the Wild Card Round. Six missed PATs overall is a little higher rate than you'd like; only one NFL kicker has missed more.

Who was that? None other than the Chiefs' Harrison Butker, missing one this postseason and seven overall. Butker also botched a field goal attempt vs. Cleveland, adding up to four points that made the difference between a two-possession game and the Browns having the ball with a chance to win. It's a weakness worth tracking in a close game where the simplest mistake changes strategy for two of the game's best head coaches in Bruce Arians and Andy Reid.

Final Analysis

The Chiefs have more talent on both sides of the ball. The Buccaneers have better intangibles with Brady, Arians, and the way this team has filled itself with loose, competitive players who have solid chemistry. Tampa Bay is peaking at the right time to make this game a nail-biter and give Brady a chance at a seventh Super Bowl victory. Arians, like Reid, has nostalgia on his side in trying to get an 0-fer off his back with a dwindling number of chances at the Lombardi Trophy.

Like it or not (and I know many are tired of hearing about him) this game comes down to the play of Brady himself. One interception won't cut it on Sunday, let alone three. He needs a picture-perfect game while the defense pressures Mahomes just enough to create a stop or two.

Expect a high-scoring game, one that comes down to the final possession with the ball in Brady's hands. How confident you feel about him making another miracle should determine which side of this Super Bowl LV coin flip you're on.

As for me? I tend not to bet against the best to ever play at that position.

Athlon Editors' Super Bowl LV Predictions
AthlonSports.com NFL/Fantasy Contributors' Super Bowl LV Predictions

So I have been offered the vaccination due to my volunteer and board member status for a charity I am apart of.
I can‘t complain that it has been offered. Feel a bit awkward that I could be taking this from someone who may need it way more than I do. Plus, I have a blood condition that might worsen with the shot.

Has anyone else received the vaccination? If so, any advice or stories after getting it?

Thanks in advance!

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Leon Spinks, who surprised the boxing world by beating Muhammad Ali for the world heavyweight title in 1978, died Friday night at age 67, according to the Firm PR, a public relations firm that represents him.

Spinks, who had been suffering from prostate and other cancers for five years, died with his wife, Brenda, by his side, the firm said.

The St. Louis native, a former Marine who won a gold medal as a light heavyweight at the 1976 Olympics, was just 13 months and eight fights into his pro boxing career when he stepped into a ring against Ali on Feb. 15, 1978, in Las Vegas.

But Spinks -- a heavy underdog who had never gone beyond 10 rounds -- came right after the champ, who was 36 years old and clearly on the downside of his career.

Spinks, then 24, had enough endurance to survive a 15th-round flurry from Ali -- and provide one of his own in the closing seconds. The split decision went to Spinks, who flashed his famous gap-toothed grin after becoming the only fighter to take a title from Ali in the ring.

"In that fight everything clicked,'' promoter Bob Arum said Saturday. "He came in with a game plan and he beat Ali. It wasn't that Ali wasn't at his best, but Leon shocked everybody with how good Leon was.''

Suddenly, Spinks was the heavyweight champion of the world, memorably proclaiming afterward, "I'm not The Greatest. Just the latest.''

But that would turn out to be the highlight of Spinks' career. First, he was stripped of the WBC title for refusing to defend against top contender Ken Norton. Instead, Spinks chose a rematch with Ali, who took back the WBA title in a unanimous decision at the Superdome in New Orleans seven months after their first bout.

It was the last win of Ali's career.

Spinks would fight just once more for the heavyweight title, a TKO loss to Larry Holmes for the WBC belt in June 1981. He then dropped down to the cruiserweight division, but lost his only title shot to Dwight Muhammad Qawi on a sixth-round TKO in March 1986. At points during his professional career, he had Mr. T, the future movie and television star, as his bodyguard.

Spinks retired at age 42 after losing a unanimous decision to Fred Houpe in December 1995 and finished his career with an unremarkable record of 26-17-3 (14 KOs).

Spinks, who battled in wrestling and mixed martial arts later in his career, dealt with financial and medical problems later in life.

"I was a poor young guy," Spinks told the New York Daily News in 1997. "I never had nothing. All of a sudden I had something. I tried to do too much. I was crazy. I didn't care about nothing. You think it's never going to end."

After moving to Las Vegas, Spinks was married to Brenda Glur Spinks in 2011. The two were often seen at boxing-related activities, including Spinks' 2017 induction into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame.

"He was happy-go-lucky, the salt of the earth,'' Arum said, chuckling at the memories. "Leon was nutty but you couldn't get angry at the guy. He never meant any harm to anyone. You couldn't help but love him even though you shook your head at how he acted.''

In 2014, he suffered intestinal damage and was hospitalized after swallowing a piece of chicken bone. It led to multiple surgeries. In 2019, he was in and out of the hospital while undergoing treatment for prostate cancer.

Spinks was the brother of Hall of Fame former heavyweight and light heavyweight champion Michael Spinks and the father of former undisputed welterweight world champion Cory Spinks.

So Kroenke can have concerts on top of the stadium now. What a stadium.

LETS GOOO!!!!!

Most dominating Defensive Player I'll ever see!

Congrats AD!

I could use some help in understanding what is about to go down.

After being upset with our trade for Stafford, I began to understand it a little better after sleeping on it and coming to the realization that we had to "pay" to get out of Goff's contract (ala Osweiller a few years ago).

Soon we are going to hear about Philly RECEIVING major draft capital in trading Wentz (rumored to be at least two 2's and/or a 1st plus).

Both guys have eerily similar stats, require a strong cast around them, have their issues (Goff with processing, Wentz as a prima donna), and signed large deals in the same year. I'm not here to argue who is better as I'd even give that to Wentz if one was solely going to base it on their respective ceilings. I would, however, argue they are in a very similar range/tier in terms of being an NFL QB (and perhaps I am way off in my opinion).

Is there something in the way the contracts were written that makes acquiring Wentz more advantages? Can anyone help me understand what I'm missing?

I am talking about players who played less than 5 Seasons.

There are a ton of potential greats that we never got to see reach potential.

I was watching ID network and they are covering the story of Sean Taylor's murder. When telling my wife who he was. It made me realize he is the only Safety that could have dethroned Ed Reed as the best in the last 20 years.

Sean Taylor was a fucking monster. He was a great cover guy and could bring the wood.

Had he not been murdered, I think him and Reed would have been amazing to watch grow and compete for that "Best Safety in the NFL" title.

Chris was known to lots of NFL fans across the world as one of the "heroes" of the Around the NFL podcast. He passed away from recurrent, aggressive cancer this weekend. He was a good guy. Just wanted to post to recognise Chris and to send best wishes to his wife Lakisha (rams fan fwiw) and his baby son Lincoln.

It's weird that people you never meet can have an impact on your life... I listened to the pod 3 times a week for a decade and it's sad to know that we will never hear from Chris again.

13 has been laying down some X's and O's through the playoffs so far. Here's some of his takes on the Super Bowl:

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I'm not real excited about this game due to the two teams in it. However, I will admit I think it has potential to be an absolutely great game!

I am going to make a big pot of Gumbo. I am so excited! Gumbo makes the house smell so good.

Kurt Warner tells crazy story of how a bug bite led to him signing with Rams over Bears

Kurt Warner holds the title of being one of the most remarkable comeback stories in NFL history. He went from being an undrafted free agent in 1994 to playing in the Arena Football League to eventually winning a Super Bowl with the Rams, turning into a two-time All-Pro and two-time NFL MVP.

It was the Rams who gave him a shot after the Packers gave up on him in 1994, signing him as a free agent in 1998 after he spent three years in the AFL. But his Rams career almost never happened – and it may not have if not for a bug bite.

It sounds ridiculous, but Warner has a true story to tell, and he shared it on Pardon My Take this week. In short, a bug bite prevented him from working out with the Bears before he signed with the Rams in 1998.

Here’s how he told it, which sounds like something out of a book.

“So I’m playing Arena Football and obviously I’m waiting for my chance. So the Bears call me and said, ‘Hey, we want to bring you in for a workout.’ As soon as I get off the phone, I go running into my wife and I’m like, ‘Honey, the Bears, they’re bringing me in for a workout this Friday. I’m flying, I’m going right now.’ And my wife just kind of gave me this look and I’m like, ‘What’s the problem here? Why are you not excited for me? We’ve been working for this forever.’ And she goes, ‘Dude, we’re getting married on Saturday.’ Blew off my whole wedding, didn’t even think about it because I just wanted to work out for the Bears. So I had to call the Bears back and say, ‘OK, sorry, I know it sounds stupid, but forgot all about my wedding. I can’t work out this Friday, but any other time.’”

Warner and the Bears decided that he would work out the next week in Chicago, but Warner’s wife gave him a look again after rescheduling because they would be on their honeymoon. So while on his honeymoon, he and the team rescheduled again for a time when they got back from Jamaica.

This is when things get crazy.

“The night before we left, I woke up the next morning and my throwing elbow was swollen about the size of a grapefruit,” he continued. “To this day, we still don’t know what it was that bit me. They said it was maybe a centipede or a spider. They really don’t know. Of course, I had to call the Bears back again and go, ‘OK. You’re not going to believe this. Yes, the first time it was my wedding, the second time it was my honeymoon. And now, I got bit on my throwing elbow by something in Jamaica,'” Warner said. “And you can only imagine what was going on on the other end of the line, going, ‘Who is this dude? Like, we’re trying to give him a chance to make it in the NFL and this is what he comes up with three times?’

“And so, basically, after that, they hung up and they never called back and I never got the workout. And then about two weeks later is when I got the call from the Rams and flew in and did the workout and they ended up signing me.”

As you’d imagine, the story is better when told from Warner’s perspective, which you can see below.

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Warner turned out to be a Pro Football Hall of Famer and became one of the greatest players in franchise history with the Rams, and they have a mysterious bug to thank for it. Of course, there’s a chance the Bears wouldn’t have signed him and he would’ve gotten a chance with the Rams anyway, but you just never know.

The Rams are just thankful he did wind up in St. Louis and helped win them a Super Bowl.

YARDS
5000

TOUCHDOWNS
40

NFL CHAMPIONSHIP (With a few more player additions/Why Not?!)


I don’t think McVay made that huge trade for Stafford to hand the ball off! I think we will be seeing a Very Explosive Offense by the Rams next season!

Leonhard turned down the job.

Goff's career playing for the California Golden Bears (college)

He had 24 fumbles and 30 interceptions over three seasons.

Goff fumbled the football 24 times in three seasons (37 games) at Cal.

I believed he would clean this up with NFL coaching but it became part of his mantra at the professional level.

When he got to the NFL his turnover issues got better under McVay but then they regressed back to his college days.

NFL Career

Goff's 62 turnovers since 2017 are the second most behind only Jameis Winston.

This is why Goff is no longer a Ram.


Spin it anyway you want.

His turnover issues from college carried over to the NFL.

This is why he is no longer the Rams quarterback.

Point Blank.....