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Rob Havenstein on Aaron Donald: 'Literally nobody blocked him' in practice
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Aaron Donald didn't just destroy opposing offenses. He wreaked havoc on the Los Angeles Rams ' own offense in practice.
Sean McVay even joked that Donald holding out was good for the Rams offense in 2017 and 2018 because he wasn't wrecking their game plan snap in and snap out during training camp.
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Rob Havenstein , who joined Donald in retirement this offseason, has some experience trying to block the all-world defensive lineman. He was asked on a podcast recently what it was like to go up against him in practice and he says "literally nobody blocked him."
He even said that if you did luck into stopping Donald one play, you knew the next was not going to go well.
"Everyone always asks me – especially when it comes to Aaron – it's like, 'Hey, how'd you block Aaron in practice? What was that like?'" he said. "And I was like, 'Nobody blocked him. Literally, nobody blocked him.' If you happened to block him on a play, you were being like, 'All right, coach. Time out real quick. I'm about to get put on my a--. Next play, it ain't going to go good for me, so just throw the play somewhere else.'"
Donald is a surefire first-ballot Hall of Famer and one of the greatest players in NFL history, so it's hardly surprising to hear Havenstein talk about him in such high regard. He lived in opposing backfields and couldn't be stopped by the Rams' own linemen.
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The offensive line could take a breath when he went off the field because they knew that when he was out there, they were in for it.
This article originally appeared on Rams Wire: Rob Havenstein says what it was like to face Aaron Donald in practice
