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Dan Beyer: "I honestly think for a guy who spent 10 years in the NFL and was an 8-time All-Pro - not Pro Bowler but 8-time All-Pro - you're going to have a lot of GOATs, I don't know if I'm willing to go that far cause Reggie White and Lawrence Taylor are the top 2, but I would have no problem with saying that Aaron Donald is a top-3 defensive player I've seen in my lifetime. The honors and the accolades for Aaron Donald are just through the roof. Ray Lewis was a guy that we associated with a certain time period in the NFL. Same with White and Taylor. Aaron Donald takes that torch, even more so than Warren Sapp."
Mike Harmon: "When we get into the advanced metrics that's where the extra damage was done. Yes, he piled up sacks, but we talk about disruption, double-teams, triple-teams, how much it takes to slow him down. That was one of the things with Chris Jones when he got his new deal, everything was about how he compares to Aaron Donald in all these categories. The way he disrupted the game was a thing of beauty."
Dan Beyer and Mike Harmon react to the news of 8-Time All-Pro DL Aaron Donald retiring. The guys praise Donald's incredible 10-year career and explain how the level of disruption he brought to every game will leave a lasting legacy that the league will remember forever.