The story of the season for the Los Angeles Rams thus far has been the play of Jared Goff, Todd Gurley and the offense. The unit has scored at least 33 points in all but one game this year, continuing its dominant ways from last season.

However, the Rams defense – as inconsistent as it’s been through seven weeks – was outstanding on Sunday against the 49ers. They sacked C.J. Beathard seven times, forced four turnovers and limited San Francisco to 228 total yards, playing stout defense from front to back.

Aaron Donald was at the center of it all with four sacks himself, putting together arguably the best performance of his career. He had nine tackles, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery, as well as six tackles for loss to go along with those four sacks, stuffing the stat sheet in a big way.

Yet, he’s not satisfied. After the game, Donald was asked if that was as dominant a game as he’s ever had. His response shows why he’s such a great player.

“I don’t know, but I know I’ve got room for improvement. We all got room for improvement. We just got to keep getting better, stay hungry and keep this roll on because being 7-0 feels good, but we’ve got to stay hungry,” he said.

As a follow-up question, Donald was asked if it felt like the defense put together a complete game against the run and pass. Again, he found things where the Rams can improve despite being so dominant.

“Yeah, but I feel like we did things wrong as far as the run, especially me. I jumped into my gap a couple of times and hurt us. Just got to clean up little things. It’s a part of the game just trying to make a play happen, but just got to be more sound at times,” he added.

Good players know they’re good. Great players are never satisfied with even an outstanding performance. Donald has shown incredible work ethic throughout his career, from late-night film sessions to his offseason workouts during his holdout.

This guy eat, sleeps and breathes football, and it’s why he’s now the NFL’s sacks leader with eight through seven games.

He doubled his season total in one day by sacking Beathard four times on Sunday, but his daughter might not be happy that he didn’t reach her goal.

“You never know what can happen,” Donald said when asked if he ever envisioned a four-sack game. “But I know my daughter wanted me to get 10 and my son wanted me to get three, so I hope they’re going to be happy with four.”

This is a perennial Pro Bowler who’s playing at an even higher level than ever before.