When is the last time there was a list of the best defensive linemen in the NFL that Aaron Donald wasn’t at the top of? He’s been at the peak of his position mates for several years now, earning first-team All-Pro selections every year since 2015.
Touchdown Wire is the latest outlet to rank the top interior D-linemen in the league, unsurprisingly putting Donald at the top once again. There are some excellent defensive linemen in the NFL right now, including Jeffery Simmons, Cam Heyward and Chris Jones, but Donald is still a step above all of them.
Donald made some nebulous noise about retirement after he won his first ring, but the Rams wisely put an end to that with a three-year, $95 million contract re-do that makes him the highest-paid non-quarterback in the history of professional football.
Because we are not quarterbacks, running backs, or offensive linemen, we can say that we’re very happy to see more of Aaron Donald over the next few years. It’s not exaggeration or cliché to say that we won’t see his like again for a very long time.
