Seemingly every week this season, a new player has stood out for the Los Angeles Rams. Everyone from Jared Goff to Todd Gurley to Brandin Cooks to Marcus Peters has shared the spotlight, which shows just how complete this team is.

On Sunday against the 49ers, it was the Aaron Donald show.

Against the Rams’ division rival, Donald proved to be unstoppable. He sacked C.J. Beathard four times – Los Angeles had seven as a team – made six tackles for loss, hit the quarterback five times, forced a fumble and recovered it and made nine total tackles.

He’s the first player in NFL history to have four sacks and six tackles for loss since the latter became a stat in 1999. He set a career high in sacks and tied his best single-game mark with nine tackles, absolutely destroying everything the 49ers tried to do.

On this week’s film breakdown, we take a look at seven key plays and analyze what makes him so good.

Play 1

Second quarter – 3rd-and-13: 6-yard sack

On this play, Donald is lined up just outside his normal position. He’s playing 4i-technique, shading the left tackle’s inside shoulder. He makes quick work of the left guard (75) with a swim move before simply bull rushing the center into Beathard for a sack. Too easy.

Play 2

Second quarter – 1st-and-goal: 5-yard TFL

Here, the 49ers try to get creative from the 5-yard line. From a weak I-formation, Beathard hands off to the fullback, Kyle Juszczyk, who comes across the formation to his right. Donald engages the right guard while keeping his head up and his eyes on the ball. He brushes the blocker aside as if he weighed 150 pounds and takes Juszczyk down for a 5-yard loss.

Play 3

Third quarter – 1st-and-10: 9-yard sack

Donald lines up on the left side of the defensive line on this play, but he doesn’t rush inside. Instead, he bursts outside to take on the right tackle, looping all the way around the line to trip up Beathard, who tries to escape to his left. The assist goes to Samson Ebukam for a solid rush from the weakside.

Play 4

Fourth quarter – 1st-and-10: 5-yard sack

This was Donald’s third sack of the game, but he can’t get all of the credit for it. Michael Brockers helped collapse the pocket from the right side while Donald makes the right tackle (69) look foolish on a whiffed block. The tight end (88) tries to come across the formation to block him, but to no avail. Donald gets by him, too, as Brockers and Donald meet at Beathard for a sack party.

Play 5

Fourth quarter – 3rd-and-5: 9-yard sack

This is a well-designed blitz by Wade Phillips. Marqui Christian (41) and Blake Countess (24) come crashing in as Christian occupies the space left by Donald, who breaks inside for a one-on-one rush with the center.

Advantage: Donald.

He pushes the center all the way back into Beathard’s lap, preventing him from escaping the pocket by wrapping his right arm around the QB while still taking on the block.

Play 6

Fourth quarter – 2nd-and-10: 3-yard TFL

One of the more pedestrian plays from Donald in this one, but still an impressive one, nonetheless. He lines up across from the right tackle before taking on the guard in a one-on-one matchup. It’s a draw to Alfred Morris, who thinks he sees a hole between Donald and Ndamukong Suh through the right side. He was wrong. Donald keeps his sights set on Morris, disengages from the guard and makes the 3-yard stop on the play.

Play 7

Fourth quarter – 3rd-and-13: QB hit/pressure

On the very next play, Donald flashes yet again. He gives the right guard a little hesitation before using a club move to break inside. That gives him a free run at Beathard, who gets rid of the ball just in time to avoid the sack. The pass falls incomplete thanks to a good play by Countess, but Donald is the one who made this happen.

There’s no questioning who the best defensive player in the game is right now, and it’s remained Donald since last season. He’s well on his way to another Defensive Player of the Year award with a league-high eight sacks, just three off his 2017 total.

Sunday’s performance against the 49ers just goes to show why he was worth the six-year, $135 million extension the Rams gave him. One game obviously doesn’t warrant that sort of money, but he’s putting together outings like this more often than anyone else.