How Aaron Donald Made Jared Verse Eat His Words

Jared Verse had quite the week. He kicked it off on the Adam Schefter Podcast with some fairly big words sent subtly in the direction of Aaron Donald, then ended the week with a platter of roasted crow.

“Nah, you don't want that,” Verse told Schefter on Monday, explaining why the reigning NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year doesn’t work out during the offseason with Donald.

“You're not ready for that?” asked Schefter.

“He's not ready for that,” said Verse.

OK, then. Shots fired. And, if that wasn’t clear enough, Verse made it as clear as dropping a 500-pound dumbbell on a foot.

“All I need is a date and time,” Verse added on his social media Wednesday. “You just give me a date and time and I’m there. As a matter of fact, while we’re at it, let’s make a bet. I finish your old-man workout and you come back here and finish my young-man workout, and I’ll show you how I get down. I’ll show you how we get down nowadays.”

Well, Donald was ready for that, alright. The 10-time Pro Bowler, who retired the same spring in which the Rams drafted Verse in the first round, had his own message for Verse. And he didn’t need to give Verse a date and time.

“Somebody put the word out,” Donald said while saturating a Rams sweatshirt on his treadmill. “I’m looking for you, Verse. I’m looking for you. Come to the house. I just wanna talk.”

Sure enough, they talked. Verse came to Donald’s house and, at least an hour into one of Donald’s ridiculous workouts, Donald had a simple question for the young fella.

“You feeling it?” Donald asked while completing rapid pushups, to an exhausted Verse sitting idle on a bench.

“Oh, I’m feeling it.”

“As long as you’re feeling it! This ain’t just one day; this is everyday for me. Mr. Retirement? … You ask, and you shall … receeeeeive.”