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Dylan Hernandez: Rams great Aaron Donald close to achieving Super Bowl absolution

LOS ANGELES — Aaron Donald sounded more like a Japanese baseball player than a Rams defensive tackle. His postgame news conference at Super Bowl LIII was a master class in self-flagellation.

Downplaying the part he played in slowing down the New England Patriots in the lowest-scoring Super Bowl in history, Donald keyed in on what he didn't do in the 13-3 defeat.

He mentioned how only one blocker was assigned to him on Tom Brady's 29-yard pass to Rob Gronkowski that set up Sony Michel's two-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.

"I didn't win my one-on-one clean," Donald said. "He was sitting back

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