The Rams want to forget Australia. Head coach Sean McVay made that clear Thursday, Sept. 17.

"It's almost like you try and do the 'Men in Black' thing … where you say all right, 'hey I don't remember what happened,'" McVay said, according to the Los Angeles Times. "We're not playing in Australia ever again, I hope."

Los Angeles hosts the New York Giants on Monday Night Football at SoFi Stadium on Monday, Sept. 21, at 5:15 p.m. on ESPN. The biggest question heading into the game: whether Aaron Donald will finally suit up.

Donald, 35, ended a two-year retirement in August but did not travel to Melbourne for the Sept. 10 opener. McVay said Thursday the team still had not decided whether the three-time Defensive Player of the Year would play against New York. Donald practiced in full Thursday, and McVay said he was "hopeful."

McVay said limited practice time had slowed Donald's ramp-up. He added that if Donald "says he's ready to go, then we'll be excited to see him rock."

Donald struck a cautious tone before the Australia trip. "I'm 35 … You don't play football in two years, you got to be smart," he said on Sept. 7, days before the opener.

The Rams need reinforcements. Their 27-7 loss to the San Francisco 49ers at Melbourne Cricket Ground before a record crowd of 100,021 was the franchise's lowest-scoring game since a 20-3 loss to the Green Bay Packers in November 2023. Reigning NFL MVP Matthew Stafford completed 15 of 25 passes for 155 yards with no touchdowns and one interception. The offense managed just 190 total yards despite returning every starter from a unit that led the league in scoring in 2025.

The defense fared no better. San Francisco rushed for 174 yards, and Brock Purdy threw three touchdown passes. The Rams did not record a sack.

Star edge rusher Myles Garrett, acquired in a June trade that cost the Rams Jared Verse and a 2027 first-round pick, had knee surgery Sept. 14 and landed on injured reserve. He will miss at least four games. Garrett played 40 of 65 snaps in Australia and did not record a tackle. He later called it "the worst version of myself that I've put out there."

McVay said on Sept. 14 that the decision to play Garrett despite training-camp knee trouble did not pan out. "Our job is to put our players and our team in positions to have successful outcomes," McVay said then, per the Los Angeles Times. "But that wasn't the case, and so the next right thing for us is to be able to get this thing fixed."

By Thursday, McVay offered a brighter update: Garrett had ditched his crutches. "He's like Wolverine, healing fast," McVay said.

With Garrett sidelined, Josaiah Stewart, Desjuan Johnson and rookie Wesley Bailey will handle pass-rush duties against the Giants. New York enters at 1-0 after a 28-20 win over the Dallas Cowboys in Week 1.

Kickoff is Monday, Sept. 21, at 5:15 p.m. at SoFi Stadium on ESPN.