Being 3.5-point favorites on the road, many expected the Los Angeles Rams to knock off a depleted Giants team on Sunday. No one, however, could have predicted the final score would be 51-17 – the most points allowed by New York at home since 1964.

It was an eye-popping game for both the Rams and Giants with the former establishing themselves as one of the premier teams in the NFL. The Giants, on the other hand, were embarrassed in a way they hadn’t been for a very long time.

While the offense received most of the attention, it was the Rams’ defense that Pro Football Focus highlighted in their top-five grades from Sunday. Todd Gurley, Rob Havenstein and Andrew Whitworth were among the five highest-graded players, but two defenders topped the list.

It should come as no surprise that Donald was No. 1 yet again. He’s been the Rams’ best and most consistent player all season, and it continued on Sunday. He pressured Eli Manning on 18 percent of his pass-rush snaps, which is about his average mark this season. He had one sack, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery, while Donald forced a second fumble that was negated by a penalty.

Ogletree probably had his best game of the season on Sunday, recording a team-high eight tackles. He and Mark Barron have meshed well together inside and has showed why L.A. gave him a big extension.

Jared Goff just missed the top-five, but he had a very respectable grade of 77.4. Here’s what PFF had to say of his performance.

Sometimes Goff didn’t have to do much to exploit defensive breakdowns, like when Goff his the wide open touchdown pass to Robert Woods. Sometimes though, he was asked to do a lot. Goff’s pinpoint deep ball to Sammy Watkins after Landon Collins lost track of Watkins was a case in point of that, hitting Watkins perfectly in stride for the score. The Rams were never troubled on the scoreboard and with a litany of defensive breakdowns, Goff was rarely troubled finding his receivers. A forced throw against a corner blitz on a rollout to the right was a rare blemish for Goff in a game where he did plenty enough to exploit a misfiring Giants secondary.

As for the not-so-good, Tanzel Smart had an overall grade of just 36.3 as he continues to struggle as the team’s starting nose tackle. It’s been a weak spot all year, and it has to change relatively soon if the Rams want to take their defense to another level.