Los Angeles Rams defensive lineman Aaron Donald tried to explain his actions in a wild practice brawl with the Cincinnati Bengals last week.
Donald was swinging two Bengals helmets around during last Thursday’s fight, which certainly went above and beyond the average practice scuffle. On Wednesday, however, Donald sought to downplay the incident, telling Rob Maaddi of the Associated Press that it was “just a practice” and not something he wanted to discuss.
“It was just a practice. It was football,” Donald said. “I don’t really wanna go back to nothing negative that happened and talk about something that happened in a practice. My main focus is Buffalo.”
This most definitely was not just a practice, but Donald is probably better off saying little here. As unsavory as the scenes were, he did not actually get seriously punished for them. The best he can do at this stage is just move on.
The Rams and Bengals do not meet in the regular season. Unless they cross paths in the Super Bowl again, this issue is probably settled.
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