Aaron Donald lands record-setting contra

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Aaron Donald lands record-setting contra

Welcome to the Tuesday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!When you think of June, you don't usually think of football, but there's actually going to be a lot of football this week and that's because 12 different teams will be kicking off their mandatory minicamp TODAY. There are so many teams practicing this week that I'm starting to wonder why the doesn't have a RedZone channel for minicamp practices.YOU'RE SITTING ON A GOLD MINE, GOODELL. A channel that only airs minicamp practices would pull in millions. I would never NOT watch it. While I go pitch this idea to the NFL Darius Bazley Jersey , let's get to the rundown.As always, here's your weekly reminder to tell all your friends to sign up for the newsletter. All you have to do is . 1. Today's show: Ranking the best quarterbacks of each decadeIf you read the newsletter yesterday, you may have noticed that we ranked the best NFL quarterbacks of each decade. Whenever you rank anything, the internet loves to tell you why your ranking is completely wrong, which is why we decided to bring Bryan DeArdo on the show for today's episode of the Pick Six podcast. DeArdo was the author of our QB rankings, and he came on the show to courageously defend his rankings. During the one hour episode, DeArdo and Will Brinson went through seven of the 11 decades featured in the story and DeArdo explained why he ranked each quarterback where he did.One of the most interesting parts of DeArdo's ranking came with his top quarterback for the 2000s (2000-09). Although won three Super Bowls during that period, DeArdo has ranked as the top QB of that decade and during the podcast, he explained why. What it boils down to is that Manning was at the top of his game for nearly the entire decade. Not only did he lead the to two appearances (and one win), but he also won FOUR MVP awards (2003-04, Chris Paul Jersey 2008-09) while Brady only won one.If you want to hear DeArdo explain his rankings for each decade, then so you can listen. You . 2. lands record-setting contract from If one of your star players is thinking about retiring, one way to steer them away from retirement is to give them a $40 million raise. That's exactly what the Los Angeles Rams did with Aaron Donald on Monday.After the Rams' Super Bowl win in February, it was revealed that Donald was actually thinking about retiring. However, that won't be happening anytime soon after the Rams' star signed a restructured contract that will make him the highest-paid non-QB in NFL history.Here's : Donald gets biggest contract ever for a non-QB. Going into this offseason, Donald had three years left on his deal worth a total of $55 million. Thanks to the restructure, that number is now going to shoot up to $95 million, which means Donald will make an average of $31.67 million over the next three seasons. The deal means that Donald is now the first non-QB in NFL history to crack the $30 million per year mark. As noted by Pro Football Talk, the deal is actually set up so that Donald could retire after the 2023 season without any penalty. At that point, he'll . If Donald chooses to play in 2024, then he'll make $30 million that year.Why Donald was worth the money.Since entering the NFL in 2014, Donald has basically been unstoppable. In eight seasons, he's earned eight Pro Bowl appearances, seven All-Pro nods and THREE NFL Defensive Player of the Year awards. Not to mention, he was also named Rookie of the Year in 2014, and let's not forget, he also made the game-winning play for the Rams in their Super Bowl win over the . There aren Dennis Schroder Jersey 't many defensive players worth $30 million per year in the NFL, but Donald is definitely one of the few who are. The eight Pro Bowls in his first eight seasons makes Donald to accomplish that feat, joining Lawrence Taylor and Derrick Thomas, who are both Hall of Famers.Donald has been totally dominant. If you include the playoffs, Donald of 104 sacks, 160 tackles for a lo s, 242 QB hits and 468 QB pre sures over the past eight seasons, which is the highest number for any defensive player in the NFL in each category during that span. Basically, Donald has been the most dominant defensive player in the NFL, and he doesn't seem to be slowing down.Donald had seriously been contemplating retirement.As recently as last week, Donald was still thinking about retirement. "I don't need to play ," Donald said on the "I Am Athlete" . "I was ble sed to play this game, to make the money I made, the accomplishments I made in eight years is, like, I'm complete. If I can win another one, that's great. But if not, I'm at peace."If Donald had retired, that would have been a devastating lo s for the Rams. Instead, they now feel like a viable threat to become the NFL's first team to repeat as Super Bowl champs since 2004. 3. NFC rookies not taken in the first round who could shine in 2022If there's one thing that happens in the NFL every year, it's that we see a rookie have a huge year after slipping through the cracks in the . Although first-round picks generally get all the hype, the ability to find succe sful players after Day 1 is what separates the good teams from the great teams.With that in mind, CBSSports.com draft guru Oklahoma City Thunder Hoodie Chris Trapa so went through each NFC team's roster to find one rookie -- who was taken after the first round -- who could have some major succe s this year. Here's a look at a few of the rookies who made the cut on Trapa so's list. LB (Third round, 83rd overall pick). CB . (Second round, 42nd overall pick). WR (Third round, 105th overall pick). If you want to see the full list of every rookie who made Trapa so's list, . 4. Best bets to make on NFC East win totalsIf you've been reading this newsletter regularly over the past two weeks, you may have noticed that we've spent a lot of time covering the over/under win totals for the 2022 season, so you're probably not going to be too surprised when I tell you we have even more win totals today.Since win totals are one of the most popular NFL bets you can make right now, Jordan Dajani decided to reveal his best bets for every team in the NFC East. over/under:10.5.Jordan's pick:OVER (+110).Eagles over/under:9.Jordan's pick:OVER (-145). over/under: 7.5.Jordan's pick:UNDER (-105). over/under:7.Jordan's pick:UNDER (-125).To check out the rest of Dajani's story, . We also covered this topic on the Pick Six podcast last week, and if you want to check it out, you . (The episode features me, so let's be honest, there's no reason not to watch.) 5. Vikings WR talks to CBSSports.comJustin Jefferson is going to be pretty busy this week, and that's mainly due to the fact that the Vikings Frank Jackson Jersey will be kicking off their three-day mandat
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