For Super Bowl winning Aaron Donald, it’s a dream come true – for the rest of the NFL a nightmare just became a reality.On Sunday night, as NFL teams raced to beat the roster deadline and name their 53-man squads, the Super Bowl favourite Los Angeles Rams announced that Donald was back on the team.The return of Aaron Donald would give the Los Angeles Rams the best defensive line in NFL historygettyDonald will team up again with his Super Bowl winning head coach Sean McVayGettyMore than four years after winning the Super Bowl on his own turf at SoFi Stadium with the Lombardi clinching sack of Joe Burrow, Donald decided he wanted in on this all in Rams roster.The 35-year-old retired in March 2004, bringing to an end a stellar 10-season career with the Rams, which began in St Louis when he was taken with the 13th overall pick.The Rams have embraced their all-in Super Bowl status this summer, trading for superstar Edge Myles Garrett, and cornerback Trent McDuffie from the Kansas City Chiefs.A defence that already looked ominous now takes a step forward, with a three time Defensive Player of the Year and eight-time First Team All Pro.NFL Weekly Newsletter - SIGN UP!talkSPORT is your home for NFL in the UK as we launch our biggest year of coverage yet!2026 promises to be an epic year for NFL on talkSPORT – and we want you to join us for the ride.MORE INFO & SIGN-UP HERE!This season will be our biggest ever with live commentary of 90+ games, including behind-the-scenes access to international games and all three London fixtures, plus bumper coverage of Super Bowl 61 at SoFi Stadium.Exclusive interviews, hard-hitting opinion, latest front-office drama and top breaking news – all delivered straight to your inbox each week.And the scary thing, Donald – who has been regularly working out at the Rams facility this summer – thinks he might be better than last time out.“I studied myself to a T,” he told reporters as news of his $30mmilion return was confirmed.“Watched every movement, every cut, every hip flip. In my opinion, I don’t see no difference.“If anything, it looked a little cleaner to me.”Donald’s deal is worth $20million, with another $10m in incentives.For a man with 111 sacks, the second most among defensive tackles, and paired with Garrett who just set the NFL season sack record with the Cleveland Browns, that might be considered a bargain.The Rams have already added Myles Garrett to their Lombardi chasing rosterGettyThe Rams have a case – on paper for now – that they might have the best looking defense the NFL has ever had.On the other side of the ball, MVP Matt Stafford is back for at least one more year as the Rams chase a third Super Bowl appearance under McVay, but a second Lombardi Trophy..They came up just short last year, beaten by eventual champions and divisional rivals Seattle in the NFC title game at Lumen Field.View Tweet: https://x.com/3mmanwori/status/2094243257517809666?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwSeahawks safety Nick Emmanwori could resist a little dig, posting to his social media account, “All that for us,” in reference to a loaded NFC West that also features the San Francisco 49ers.Despite the confidence you would expect from a defending champion, there’s no doubt the NFL is on notice, the Rams are the strong Super Bowl favorites with all of the oddsmakers.Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe kicked off Sunday’s edition of his Nightcap Show by saying: “Everyone’s worst nightmare became a reality today, and that is Aaron Donald is coming back.”Donald’s arrival also comes after his wife Erica gave him the green light after two years of retirement, the father of three insisted any return would have to come with his wife’s blessing.She responded with a post on X saying: ‘”I let him out the house y’all.”For Donald now, a loaded Rams roster was the clinching factor.“Obviously, seeing what was being done with this team, pieces that was getting brought here. It’s like, ‘OK, that’s a complete team.Rams fans have been pleading for Donald’s return all summerGettyDonald’s sack of Joe Burrow all but sealed the Rams Super Bowl win four years agoGetty“Then you see other moves they make and it’s like, ‘OK, I wish I was still out there playing right about now.'”“It really wasn’t an easy decision. It took a lot of hard work, a lot of long conversations with a lot of different people but felt good enough to make the decision to come back and do this.”Now it also gives the NFL a blockbuster storyline for its first ever Australia game too, which comes on Thursday in Week 1 – just under two weeks away.Not only are the Rams facing their divisional rival Niners in Melbourne, but now Donald will make his NFL return at the MCG.It’s a journey the Rams hope starts in a land far far away, and ends lifting a Lombardi.