“Honestly, I have so much respect for his play and what he does,” Carroll said. He also out-ranks all defensive players with an overall grade of 93.1, according to Pro Football Focus.Ĭoming up with a blueprint to neutralize Donald won’t come easy. 2 scoring defense at just 19 points per game.ĭonald is once again a frontrunner to take home Defensive Player of the Year honors after recording nine sacks, seven tackles for loss, 15 quarterback hits and three fumbles through eight games. The Rams defense has allowed just nine passing touchdowns through eight games and has the No. Seattle has one of the league’s best offenses at the midway point of the season, averaging a league-high 34.4 points per game, but the Rams vaunted defense featuring Donald is also one of the NFL’s top. It’s hugely important for us to be able to handle him and not let him be a factor and that’s what we’re going to try to get done. It’s good for us, we need the work, we need the challenge. He’s a dominant football player, as good as you can get, he’s as good at his position as anybody has ever been, and so, it’s a real challenge to go against him. I think he’s got something like 40 times he’s effected the quarterback by himself, nine sacks, and there’s a lot of times when he’s close as well. “He continues to really draw the attention and make the plays. “Just to keep coming back and being great again is a great accomplishment,” Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said of Donald on Wednesday. The next quarterback on his radar is Seahawks star Russell Wilson. Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald has been dominant in nearly every facet of his game and terrorizes a quarterback like no other.

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