While the Los Angeles Rams are fighting to keep Aaron Donald, the defensive star is now probably considering another option: a break at the end of his career, just like Michael Jordan once did in the NBA.

Los Angeles/Munich – Is Aaron Donald doing Michael Jordan?

The basketball superstar said goodbye to the league at the age of 30 at the zenith of his career and with an NBA title he had just won, only to return a year later. NFL star Donald is also now 30, has just won the most important title with the Super Bowl and could now make a similar move.

At least that’s what Donald told Sports Illustrated’s Greg Bishop. “Right now he’s considering all options,” Bishop reports of his conversation with Donald: “He’s not ruling out leaving football for a season or two and then coming back, like Jordan once did. He’s also not ruling out playing several more seasons.”

The defensive tackle left his future open after his Super Bowl win in February. The Rams would like to keep their top performer, but he has yet to make a commitment to return next season despite a contract through the end of the 2024 season.

Aaron Donald names conditions for staying

A condition for staying with the Rams, according to Bishop, is that the Rams would have to “re-sign key players like (Von, ed.) Miller and Odell Beckham Jr.” “And more than that, Donald says McVay would have to be his coach,” Bishop said.

After all, if Donald really did like Jordan, Rams fans could hope for a big comeback. After Jordan’s baseball intermezzo in 1995, it was “I’m back! He returned to the Chicago Bulls and won three more NBA championships.