Now that it's Super Bowl LVI week, you're going to hear a lot about Aaron Donald. NBC's Cris Collinsworth has called him the best player in the NFL. Many others will gush about Donald, who has his Los Angeles Rams just one win against the Cincinnati Bengals Sunday night from their first championship since the 1999 season when the team was in St. Louis. "We were down and out. A.D. rallied us," teammate Eric Weddle said after the Rams climbed out of a 17-7, third-quarter hole to beat the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC title game. Donald's pressure forced 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo into a game-clinching interception.
I don't know if Donald is the NFL's best player. Aaron Rodgers is pretty good. So are Jonathan Taylor and Cooper Kupp, Donald's teammate in Los Angeles. T.J. Watt should win the NFL's defensive player of the year award after matching the league record with 22 1/2 sacks.
But I do know this about Donald: He's the best football player to come from Pitt.
