“The greatest defensive player” – LeBron James applauds Aaron Donald, calls him the best defensive player in NFL history
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Aaron Donald has been the centerpiece for the Rams’ Super Bowl LVI win against the Cincinnati Bengals. He made back-to-back winning plays that sealed the Los Angeles Rams’ win. He is regarded as the greatest defensive player in the NFL by the majority of the league.
One more person was added to Donald’s long list of admirers, one of the greatest NBA players of all time, LeBron James. Aaron Donald showed up at the Crypto.com Arena for the L.A. Lakers’ 106-101 victory over the Utah Jazz after his victory parade and rally.
LeBron James can’t stop praising Aaron Donald after his heroics in Super Bowl LVI
“He’s the greatest defensive player I’ve ever seen play the sport,” James said in his postgame press conference. “And I’d say him and Lawerence Taylor, but I didn’t get an opportunity to see Lawrence Taylor play. He’s the greatest defensive player I’ve ever seen. Before I started watching Aaron, I always thought it was Ed Reed or [Troy] Polamalu. But Aaron Donald’s the greatest I’ve ever seen on that side of the [field].
“But obviously just being here [in L.A.] and watching him over the last few years and just seeing how he’s able to dominate a game, not only with one guy on him — two guys on him, three guys on him, you get a running back chipping him sometimes and he’s still able to get to the quarterback, get to the running back. And obviously [in] the Super Bowl, those last two plays were spectacular that he made — stopping the third-and-[1] by getting a tackle on a guy and then the fourth-and-1 being able to get to the backfield and make Burrow throw an ill-advised pass.
“But for him to come here, obviously he’d had the parade, and that looked amazing, looked like those guys had a great time. And for him to just take time out of his day to come here and watch us play, I just tried to take the inspiration from what he’d accomplished over the last few days.”
Aaron Donald has been in the NFL for 8 years and has been an absolute beast his entire career. He was Rookie of the Year in 2014, 8x Pro Bowl selection, 7x First-team All Pro, 3x Defensive Player of the Year, 2010s All-Decade Team, 90+ PFF grade every year, has missed only 2 games in his entire career (not injury related), and a Super Bowl.
With a resume like Donald’s, there is no doubt that he’s the greatest defensive player of all time alongside Lawrence Taylor of course.
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