"It was just a decision that talking to my agents, talking to my family — it just happened how it happened," Donald said. "It wasn't something I chose. It wasn't a certain date they were shooting for — it just happened."

Now that he's returned, Donald said he felt "a lot of love" from his teammates.

"Happy to be back, happy for them to have me here," Donald said. "They understand the business side of things, but there were just glad I was back."

"Everything he went through, hopefully he's seeing that guys are still supporting him," outside linebacker Robert Quinn said. "Great to have him back out there to get ready to start playing football again."

"You see his explosiveness — he didn't lose any explosiveness from him not being here," Quinn added. "I think guys said from the first day he didn't show up, 'We know his work ethic, we know the type of person he is.' We knew he was going to come back in shape. So it's just great to see that he still stayed committed — that's a great sign. And, again, just great to have him back with the fellas and get on the field and have a little bit of fun."

On the field, Donald was apparently his usual disruptive self, continuing to be the type of player who's earned a reputation as a practice wrecker.

"It's nice seeing him across the line of scrimmage again, making practice hard for us again," quarterback Jared Goff joked. "But no, It's good to have him back and it's good to see him around the building again, for sure."