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The NFL roster crunch hit hard on Sunday as all thirty two teams finalized their fifty three man rosters ahead of the two thousand twenty six season. The cuts were sweeping and swift, with veterans and depth pieces across the league hitting the waiver wire in a matter of hours. Every roster spot tells a story, and today a lot of those stories ended.
Speaking of stories, Aaron Donald is writing a new chapter. The three time Defensive Player of the Year is back with the Los Angeles Rams on a one year, twenty million dollar deal, and he made his return official in pure Jordan fashion — two words, channeling the same energy as the greatest comeback announcement in sports history. Donald practiced with the Rams on Sunday, and the buzz around that defense just got very real very fast.
Meanwhile up in New York, the Yankees didn't just beat Boston, they buried them. A disputed diving catch attempt by Red Sox outfielder Ceddanne Rafaela set the whole thing off — replay upheld the no catch ruling, Boston fell apart, and New York rolled to a sixteen to one blowout. That's not a loss, that's a statement.
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