Aaron Donald was absolutely dominant against the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, racking up five quarterback hits, 2.5 sacks and three tackles for loss in the Los Angeles Rams’ 36-31 win. The Seahawks had no answer for the three-time All-Pro, as has been the case for them in the past.

Tempers boiled over in the fourth quarter when Justin Britt shoved Donald to the ground well after the defensive tackle went out of bounds. Donald retaliated by grabbing Britt and getting in his face, each drawing 15-yard penalties.

It didn’t end there, though. Donald went after Britt in the post-game formalities, strapping on his helmet before chasing down the Seahawks center. Donald was clearly still upset about Britt’s cheap shot and his frustration boiled over after the game.

Sean McVay is well aware of Donald’s actions – how could he not be? – and talked to his stud defensive tackle about it.

“Yeah, I did see it. I love Aaron. We talked about it. We can’t allow the emotions of the game to affect our responses and how we control different things,” McVay said on Monday. “It’s a fine line because there’s some different things where if you feel like you’re being threatened where guys are trying to do things intentionally to try to hurt you, that’s never something that we condone. But, we always try to learn from these experiences and these are things that as I’m learning as I navigate through the first couple years as a head coach. How do you make sure we always demonstrate – from some of our most important players like an Aaron – that these are learning opportunities that we can’t allow the emotions of the game to affect our responses that could potentially hurt the team and something bad could’ve happened to him?”

Ultimately, neither player was hurt and the scuffle ended after just a few moments, but this certainly isn’t how McVay wants his players to react, especially after the game. Granted, it’s hard to blame Donald for being upset with Britt after that late hit out of bounds, but he probably shouldn’t have let it boil over into the post-game pleasantries.

McVay wants Donald and other players to stay out of situations like that one, aiming to learn from this experience.

“We’ve got to avoid those situations. He’ll learn from that,” McVay said. “We’ll all be better and these are things that we can all use to make sure that we do a better job of making sure that the standards, the expectations, how we want to respond with regards to our poise in some of these moments is indicative of the type of football team that we want to be moving forward. I trust that Aaron will do the same.”

It’s unclear if any fines or punishments will be handed down for Donald’s actions, but it wouldn’t be the least bit surprising to see his now-fat wallet take a small hit from the league.