Los Angeles Rams newcomer Ndamukong Suh can relate to Aaron Donald's holdout

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IRVINE, Calif. — Ndamukong Suh can feel your pain, Aaron Donald.

For the second year in a row, Donald is a training camp no-show for the Los Angeles Rams while embroiled in a contract dispute.

“He deserves more than what I got,” Suh told USA TODAY Sports of his new defensive line mate. “It’s only right that he continues to play at a high level and prove that.”

Suh, who joined the Rams last spring on a one-year, $14 million free agent deal, undoubtedly knows the market. In 2015, he signed a six-year, $114 million contract with the Miami Dolphins that included $60 million guaranteed and at the time was the richest contract for a defensive player in NFL history.

Donald, the reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year, is due $6.892 million in 2018, the final year of the pact signed as a rookie in 2014 after being drafted 13th overall from Pitt. Given the manner in which Donald has outperformed his rookie deal, it’s conceivable that the three-time first-team All-Pro selection could be looking for a deal that exceeds the haul Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller struck with a $19.016 million average and $70 million in guarantees as the NFL’s highest-paid defender.

Rams general manager Les Snead said that talks with Donald’s agent, Todd France, have been ongoing but would not divulge whether there’s been progress.

After missing camp last year, Donald still won the league’s highest defensive honor. The flow heading into the season could be a similar this year as Donald again states his case for a whopper deal.

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“You want Aaron here, but the thing you know about Aaron is that when he gets here, he will be in shape,” Rams general manager Snead told USA TODAY Sports.

The rub this time around includes teaming with Suh to provide L.A. with perhaps the NFL’s best inside rushing tandem as a team bolstered by several key additions seeks to take another step as a legitimate championship contender following a breakout 2017 campaign under first-year coach Sean McVay.

“Yes, we have a lot of talent,” Suh said. “But that talent means absolutely nothing, unless you put it all together.”

Which begins with having all of the talent in place — including the key cog that Donald represents alongside Suh in the middle of the defense.

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