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This is not the same as Philip Rivers returning in 2025, when Philip Rivers was already showing major signs of decline when he retired five years earlier.
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Rivers showed decline before retiring; Donald did not, making comparison invalid.

The source uses Philip Rivers as a cautionary comparison: Rivers showed major signs of decline when he retired five years prior to 2025, making a return scenario fundamentally different from Aaron Donald's situation. Donald, by contrast, was still elite when he retired with no evidence of decline, making the Rivers comparison inapt.

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