BALTIMORE, MD. — Five things we learned during Redskins 16, Ravens 10:

• The Redskins defense has a knack for making plays when it has to. The last two weeks it was turnovers. This week they held the Ravens to no points from the first play of the second quarter on and the only takeaway, C.J. Mosley’s fumble of an interception, came when the Washington offense was on the field. They got three sacks of Joe Flacco, eight quarterback hits, and they often forced Flacco to throw off balance and before he wanted to. The third-down defense that was the worst in the league coming into the game allowed Baltimore just three conversions on 15 third downs. On a day when the offense wasn’t lighting up the scoreboard, he defense was able to come through.

• Kirk Cousins still isn’t back to his 2015 form but he gets hot in enough stretches to get the job done. Again today his numbers looked pretty good as he completed 70 percent of his passes for 260 yards. But he had an interception that could have cost the game (fortunately the Mosley fumble followed). He was able to shake off the pick and move the Redskins down for a field goal to expand the lead to 16-10. Although they didn’t score after that the points made the end of the game a whole lot easier to handle.

PHOTOS: Redskins 16, Ravens 10

• The Washington special teams are, well, special. Jamison Crowder got the Redskins on the board with an 85-yard punt return for a touchdown. Not only did he get some good blocking but Crowder showed a gear nobody thought he had. Will Blackmon added a 45-yard kickoff return. The field goal block team reacted well to a fake by the Ravens and got the ball back on downs. About the only down side on specials was a missed extra point and a missed 57-yard field goal try but the big returns made up for those issues. They have been getting the job done in the kicking game all year long.

• Matt Jones can be effective even when he doesn’t have much running room. He had just 31 yards rushing but his 14 attempts softened up the Ravens defense a bit and set up some play action passes. Jones also caught three passes for 22 yards so he helped out in that department as well.

• As a whole, the Redskins are a resilient bunch. There is a tendency to say they have been lucky to win. But getting lucky three weeks in a row shows something.

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