Aaron Donald: I’m playing, I never said I wasn’t

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Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald says he won’t retire.

Donald caused a stir by changing his Twitter bio to say he was a former NFL defensive lineman, then changed it back to NFL D Lineman for the Rams. On Twitter Wednesday, Donald indicated he would continue playing.

Responding to a tweet that played a podcast clip of Donald’s former teammate Chris Long saying that Donald would play this season, Donald indicated that Long was right.

Tell them C Lo [Chris Long] Yeah, I didn’t say I wasn’t, Donald wrote.

But while the real Donald never said he wasn’t playing, changing his Twitter bio to call himself a former NFL defensive lineman certainly suggests he’s done playing. And there’s a long history of players using their social media accounts to drop vague hints that they’re considering retirement, or requesting a trade, or a new contract.

And in the same podcast clip that Donald agreed with, Long said that Donald probably wouldn’t want to be part of a rebuild and that the Rams might prefer to trade him to a team better positioned to contend in 2023 .Long even named the Steelers and Eagles as two teams that Donald, a Pittsburgh native, would like to play for.

So while Donald says he’s playing, he doesn’t say he’s playing for the Rams. Which means his status remains worth watching.

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