Tuesday came and went, and Aaron Donald continued to be a no-show for the Los Angeles Rams.

That’s been the storyline all offseason as the three-time Pro Bowler has showed no signs of ending his holdout. Tuesday was just a particularly noteworthy day because it not only marks 30 days until the start of the regular season (hooray!), but it was the last day for Donald to accrue another season towards free agency.

Per the CBA, if a player under contract doesn’t report to camp at least 30 days before Week 1, he loses an accrued season. In order for a player to become an unrestricted free agent, he has to accrue four seasons on a team. Donald is currently at three, and will stay at that point through this season.

However, it means nothing. In the end, it won’t matter in the least bit.

Donald is under contract for the next two years thanks to the Rams’ obvious decision to exercise his fifth-year option for 2018 – a clause that comes with every first-round pick. As a result, he’ll make a total of $8.6 million in the next two seasons, which is an absolute bargain for the team.

It’s not as if Donald was going to become a free agent after this season anyway, which is the primary reason Tuesday’s soft deadline wasn’t relevant to him. Had he been a second-round pick without a fifth-year option, he likely would have reported by Tuesday. He’d have been foolish not to, which would have prevented himself from becoming an unrestricted free agent in 2018.

Donald is going to be in Los Angeles for the next two years regardless of whether he showed up on Tuesday or not, which is precisely why he decided to stay away from Irvine.

The only possible way this could come back to hurt Donald is if he were to hold out for the next two years, which won’t happen. He’s going to report and play this season, and probably get the long-term extension he so badly wants.

There’s no chance the Rams will let him walk and hit free agency after the 2018 season. And even if that were to happen, Donald would almost certainly make sure he reported by next year’s soft deadline, ensuring he’d be an unrestricted free agent in 2019.

So while we’re all anxiously awaiting Donald’s arrival, don’t get too worked up about him skipping Tuesday’s deadline. It’s not a big deal.