GREEN BAY, Wis. – As the Los Angeles Rams’ fate became distressingly clear in the final minutes of Saturday’s game, cameras showed a tearful Aaron Donald on the sideline.The unanimous All-Pro defensive tackle had worked tirelessly to play after a rib injury knocked him out of a playoff victory at Seattle a week earlier, but he clearly wasn’t himself and had just one assisted tackle.Without Donald in peak form, the NFL’s top defense simply couldn’t slow down the league’s highest-scoring offense.
The Green Bay Packers scored on their first five series and beat the Rams 32-18 in the NFC divisional playoffs.“I love Aaron Donald,” Rams coach Sean McVay said. “It means a lot to him.