Shannon Sharpe & Chad Johnson react to Aaron Donald announcing retirement from NFL | Nightcap

hey guys it's your favorite Unk here go ahead and click that subscribe button below so you don't miss a single episode of night cap that button right here come for the sports stay for the stories oo one of the great defensive players one of the great NFL players of all time decided to call of the career Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald announced his retirement Friday after 10 dominant seasons in those 10 seasons Aaron Donald a three-time defensive player of the year he's one of three players to win that award at least three times along with Lawrence Taylor and JJ wat he's also an eight-time First Team all pro and a 10- Time Pro Bowl selection he was a Pro Bowl selection every single year of his career and he was an eight-time First Team all proo Donal is one of the two two defensive players since the merger happened in 1970 to earn a Pro Bowl selection each of their first 10 seasons alongside Hall of fam and Lawrence Taylor Donald Aaron Donald and Barry Sanders are the only players in NFL history to play 10 seasons get elected to the Pro Bowl in each of those Seasons Barett Sanders played exactly 10 season retiring in 1998 Aaron Donald played 10 season ended his career with 111 sacks the second most among primary defensive tackles Johnny Randle got kicked out the defensive end later in his career he ended his career with 137 and a half the sack became an official stat in 1982 he is the greatest uh uh Defensive Player of his Generation Um will we see another Aaron oh man that's a good one that's a good one because I didn't even know Aaron Donell was going to be Aaron Donald coming out of pit I had no idea he would turn into the monster that has chastised offensive lines and quarterbacks the past decade I had no idea I'm not sure at what point it clicked for him once he got to the next level but it did it did obviously the the defensive line position is something that I've never really paid attention to so maybe other people that did pay attention to him in college knew what he was before he even got to NFL you can see it I thought oo I watched him at pit and I was like damn this but I I didn't know he was that small I didn't know he was that short he's not small now he might be compact but he put He St he put together and so I remember seeing him I remember seeing him his Rook uh heading into the draft at and I was like I like is that Aron I like damn but you watch his hands you watch the way he has hands like a wide receiver getting off The Bu his feet his feet Aaron Donald Aaron Donal is one of the few one of the few defensive players that I've seen at that size and his footwork is exactly and I'm I'm not exaggerating chat his footwork is exactly just as quick just as just as um B ballerina like a wide receiver just as quick I mean the his movement his lateral movement is I'm like man what the hell you're not supposed to be moving the way he moves at that size at that position which gives him advantage against anybody I I don't care whether you're double teaming him or not right off the ball his first step off the ball oh my God the way he can turn speed to power he can bend the edge I mean he has no weakness rushing the quarterback he can bull you he can hump you uh he could bend the edge uh he turned like I said he could turn uh he could the way he could set you up I mean he he's this his in chop and he by you and because he's playing that cop three he's in that three technique and so now he's right there on your quarterback now you better not miss it with your hands your hands better be good because he's right there on your quarterback he's right there and then they started moving him up and down and so now he's turning e door handmer okay that one's locked that one locked uh oh left this one open he's in so that's what you do with your line you slide him up and down the line okay where's the weak link you better not be the weak link that day cuz he gonna wear your ass out and that's and that's what he was able to do man uh he play the under tackle he could play the five uh and the funny thing about itend on where he's positioned on the field his technique changes his technique changes B that I could watch him to watch him get skinny on a double team and still get through his hands is good on on contact you can't get you can't get hands on him cuz he oh he he can get small he can go low he can dip a shoulder left or right man he just everything about him is phenomenal and on top of that it's what I call being well-rounded some people are just strong and have no technique some people have great technique and AR strong but when you got both and you're able to put it all together at one listen you youon that's what you get he was so good he was so good with that Mr Miagi off I mean you I just wish people like could like understand the intricacies of rushing the passer because obviously you know I didn't block a lot but I did have to understand so I had to watch what was his move what was the guy's setup move what was he initially trying to do okay was he oh was he trying to get me to set my feet because now if I set my feet he gon bull me I understood that okay if I got lazy with my hands he's gonna chop me and now I ain't got no I I always had to be strong with the outside I understood that because hey I know John's taking seven and the last thing I want to do I can let him step up so I'm never going to let the guy beat me across my face because if he gets around the edge I can push him around John can step up in the pocket so you just have to understand who you're dealing with and what's his what's his setup move okay once I shut down his setup move now we can play football never let him beat you with his initial move oo if a guy likes to Bull no you got to set heavy if a guy likes to get around the edge no you got to take that kick you hey you got got kick harder than you think you can't get lazy with that hey you got to get up out of the O CU if you don't R The Edge and so that's the thing once once once you make contact okay you stuffed his initial move now you play football now hey now oh we in a street fight right he trying to throw me I'm trying not to get thrown and then another question yeah another question that I I thought about someone that has played so well as he has were they trying to was he trying to beat them to the punch and trying to make a take a pay cut I'm trying to think hell no he even though but I'm just trying to think why would Aaron Donald at such a great point in his career when he's playing so well why would you want to retire I don't think he's not one that's been injured much you know um battles oo because the thing is the thing is with him is that he's one of the few players they bang every time you know you don't get no you don't get no BL he got he in that fer he in that guard they banging yeah okay I I got so he played he played no 50 play cuz you know there's 65 plays and he's probably playing 45 to 50 of those is boom boom boom boom the double team I mean think about it they double team they triple team they're doing everything they possibly can because when you go into an offensive meeting they normally have we had we had the Reggie White Circle we had the Bruce Smith Circle we had the Derek Thomas Circle we had the Johnny R you couldn't beat him if you couldn't block those guys now we played Minnesota when they had when they had Purple Rain they had Chris dolman they had Chris Mard they had Hank Henry Thomas if you're from Minnesota if you're a football fan you know who I'm talking about and they had Al noga and boy they start blowing that hor noo and that Dome Make It Stop Lord Make It Stop hey they was hell so you know going into the game who you must neutralize to have a chance because if you couldn't block Aaron you couldn't beat them LT was the same way LT L you couldn't block LT everybody that LT made too and I tell people this this is why you can make a case LT is the greatest greatest player because he made two positions famous because if you didn't have a left tackle you couldn't beat the Giants and then everybody wouldn't got they wouldn't got the Cornelius Bennett they wouldn't got the Derek Thomas they wouldn't got the Bon Millers they wouldn't got all those guys the TJ Watts that's LT All The Chop see LT wasn't good enough to drag the quarterback down LT was with the chop so that's when I say it's hard for me to say the greatest greatest player in NFL history because he's the only guy that made two positions famous the nobody thought that no left tackle yeah you better get one Minnesota went I got gar Zimmerman and they went I got Jo and they went got all these guys jimo because if you couldn't block 56 you couldn't beat the Giants you couldn't that's crazy man I'm I'm I'm mad I'm I'm s I'm say I'm sad to see him got damn go man I am too I I am too he wrote on on social media throughout my career I've given my everything to football both mentally and physically 365 days a year was dedicated to become the best possible player I could become I'm excited about off field opport possibilities I'm looking forward to spending more time my wife Erica my kids Jada AJ aric and Alia the greatest reward was being able to play this game with them by my side and I can't wait to watch them live out their dreams just as they watch that's live that's dope that's dope that's dope Aon i g see I wish you the best I wish you the best he man he a great dude man had an opportunity to speak had talk talked to him a little bit got a chance to to know man like I said oh I came up in in in in an era where you know we had a lot of those great defensive players the reggies the Bruce the LTS the Derek Thomas uh Johnny Randall uh this hey when it's all said and done now you can rank up how you want to but he got those three defensive players for me I give LT a slight nod because uh I mean you win the L LT W MVP as a defensive player no I'm not saying Defensive Player of the Year oo I'm saying MVP the award that Lamar Jackson got a defensive player got it yeah he was do I don't think people I don't think people understand because they they weren't had to be you had to been there to see it to understand how effective and dominant Lawrence Taylor was you you and remember when he first got to now he was Rookie of the Year and defensive player of the year yeah so that'll be that be equivalent of who's ever coming out in the draft this year wins Defensive Rookie of the Year and defensive player of the year in the same season and remember when LT came out the sack wasn't an official stat the sack didn't become a stat until the year later that's that's crazy and you know what's funny you know um on on Wednesday on Wednesday and Thursdays you know I always always go to Twin Peaks I always go to Twin Peaks to watch my soccer games and who you think is always coming from the golf course with his boys they come smoke us every time every time same time every time three three o'clock when the games come on at 3:00 alt always right there [Music]