A.Q. Shipley was the Cardinals starting center for three years in 2016, 2017 and 2019. He and Arizona had to face Aaron Donald and the Rams twice a year in those three seasons, so he got a good taste of what it’s like trying to block the three-time Defensive Player of the Year.
Unsurprisingly, Shipley called Donald an absolute “nightmare matchup” while talking about Aaron on the “Pat McAfee Show” this week. And when he had an upcoming matchup with Donald, game planning for No. 99 was his sole focus.
“If you had my wife on this show, she would tell you what the Saturday before playing Aaron Donald was like,” he said. “I mean, if you walked in the room and talk about positive, it was, ‘Get the (expletive) out of the room.’ I need to sit here and just focus right now. I need to figure out how to stop this Freakazoid for the next 60 minutes tomorrow.”
