In a game with little offense, the defenses and specail teams were responsible for most of the scoring in the Baltimore Ravens 17-10 win over the Washington Redskins in last night's Sunday game of the week. The Ravens (3-2) held the Redskins (1-4) to 107 yards, sending Hall of Fame coach Joe Gibbs to his fourth straight defeat, his longest losing streak since starting 0-5 as a rookie head coach in 1981.
Washington quarterback Mark Brunell threw for just 83 yards and was sacked three times. Washington's only points came off second-quarter turnovers that were essentially gifts. The Redskins intercepted passes on three consecutive possessions, but they could only convert the mistakes into 10 points despite starting all three drives in Baltimore territory. Washington running back Clinton Portis rushed for just 53 yards on 25 carries.
Appropriately enough, it was a defensive player who turned the game's tide. Safety Ed Reed scored a touchdown by causing a fumble on a safety blitz, stopped Portis on a third-and-1 and sprung B. J. Sams for a 78-yard punt return, all in a 2 1/2 -minute span in the third quarter. As a result, the Ravens rallied from a 10-0 halftime deficit to score 14 points without their struggling offense taking the field. Until this point the Redskin defense had held Baltimore to less than 100 yards of offense and seemed to have control of the game.
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