Gisele Bundchen gets dragged back into NFL debate after Aaron Donald's Rams return

Aaron Donald's return to the Los Angeles Rams has unexpectedly dragged Gisele Bundchen back into the NFL conversation years after her divorce from Tom Brady .

The three-time Defensive Player of the Year came out of retirement after agreeing to a one-year, $20 million deal with the Rams .

His wife, Erica Donald , immediately celebrated the decision on social media.

"I let him out of the house y'all," Erica wrote alongside laughing and heart emojis.

That prompted NFL insider Clarence Hill Jr . to make a pointed comparison with Brady's former marriage.

"If only Gisele Bundchen had been equally supportive," Hill wrote.

Gisele Bundchen gets pulled back into old Tom Brady debate

The comment reopened discussion around Brady's brief 2022 retirement and subsequent return to football.

Brady initially retired saying he wanted to spend more time with his family, only to reverse the decision six weeks later.

Bundchen publicly supported Brady , but she later expressed concerns about his return to the NFL. Reports also emerged that the couple were experiencing marital problems before they filed for divorce in October 2022.

That history made Hill's comparison inevitable, although Donald's situation appears very different.

Aaron Donald credits wife Erica for comeback

Donald made clear that his own return wouldn't have happened without his wife's approval.

"I think my wife played a huge part in this, me making this decision, period," Donald said. "Because, if the wife wasn't happy, it wasn't gonna get done. We gotta make sure that the household was good. The kid was okay with it all, having them hard conversations, figuring things out. What I wanted to do, if I was gonna do it, how would we do it."

He said Erica ultimately gave him her full backing.

"So, my wife was onboard. She said, 'If you wanna do this, just put your 100%.' ... She played a huge part in me figuring this out because it really wasn't an easy decision."

Donald first met Erica in 2015 while she was working for the Rams, and the couple later married privately.

His comeback may belong entirely to the Donald family, but one social media comparison was enough to bring Bundchen and Brady's old retirement drama back into the NFL spotlight.