Rams' Aaron Donald on helmet-swinging incident: 'It was just practice'

Los Angeles Rams star Aaron Donald appeared to downplay his helmet-swinging incident at a joint exercise in an interview Wednesday as the Tremendous Bowl champion organized for one more season.

Donald was a section of a heated skirmish past week when the Cincinnati Bengals have been in city. Donald was noticed swinging an opponent's helmet.

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Los Angeles Rams defensive close Aaron Donald, #99, through education camp at Cal Lutheran College in Thousand Oaks, California, Aug. 29, 2022. (Kirby Lee-United states of america Right now Athletics)

"It was just a exercise. It was soccer," Donald mentioned in a podcast interview with the "G3 Box News Pro Soccer Podcast." "I don’t genuinely wanna go again to nothing at all damaging that took place and speak about one thing that transpired in a follow. My main emphasis is Buffalo."

Donald replied, "of course," when asked regardless of whether every thing was Ok amongst his teammates and Rams coach Sean McVay.

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The defensive tackle was executing the media rounds Wednesday and was peppered with queries about the apply incident. Professional Football Talk highlighted a instant in Donald’s visual appeal on CBS Sports activities Radio’s "The Zach Gelb Display" in which a PR rep interrupted inquiries when pressed about it.

Aaron Donald, #99 of the Los Angeles Rams, throws the ball through schooling camp at University of California Irvine on July 29, 2022, in Irvine, California. (Scott Taetsch/Getty Illustrations or photos)

"It was just a observe. Naturally, people received phones out and items like that. But I’m not gonna sit and talk about adverse things that transpired at a observe. My main emphasis is Buffalo," Donald claimed prior to the exercise thoughts inevitably dropped.

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Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald watches for the duration of the initially 50 percent of a preseason NFL football sport in Cincinnati, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. (G3 Box News Picture/Jeff Dean)

Donald has been an All-Pro in seven of the eight seasons he’s been in the NFL and is a 3-time Defensive Player of the 12 months. Past period he experienced 12.5 sacks and a vocation-significant 84 full tackles.

The G3 Box News contributed to this report.