OWINGS MILLS Youth Mark Andrews Jersey , Md. (AP) — why the Baltimore Ravens defense has been so effective this season.Mayfield, a rookie quarterback with the Cleveland Browns, faces Baltimore’s second-ranked defense on Sunday. One of the members of that unit, safety Tony Jefferson, received a text message this week from Mayfield — one former Oklahoma star reaching out to another.“He said, ‘I’m watching this film, watching you guys hold,'” Mayfield wrote, according to Jefferson.Jefferson said he replied: “They didn’t call it.”Jefferson believes Baltimore’s success on defense can be attributed to skilled players following a solid game plan.“I just think we’ve been doing a good job executing,” Jefferson said Wednesday. “We’ve worked hard throughout the week on what we want to attack and what we want to do.”Operating under first-year defensive coordinator Don Martindale Stitched Orlando Brown Jersey , Baltimore (3-1) has limited the opposition to 275.8 yards per game, a meager 29.8 success rate on third down and is yielding only 16.25 points per game.Most impressive of all, the Ravens have not yet given up a touchdown in the second half. While the players enjoy doing it, they’re not fond of hearing about it.“We didn’t even know it was a stat until you all brought it up,” linebacker Terrell Suggs said. “It’s kind of like a pitcher with a no-hitter. Thanks for bringing it up. Good job.”Coach John Harbaugh broke it down this way: “The guys have gone out and played really well. That’s really what it is. They’ve executed, make plays, turned it over a few times, stopped the run.”A solid unit should get even better this week with the return of cornerback Jimmy Smith, who missed the first four weeks of the season serving a suspension for violating the league’s personal conduct policy. Now in his eighth season, Smith will probably step right back into the starting lineup if he’s ready by Sunday.“We’ll just have to see in practice how he looks and feels. I mean Youth Orlando Brown Jersey , he hasn’t been here in four weeks,” Harbaugh said. “He says he’s been training and I’m sure he has. It will be fun to watch him play.”Although Brandon Carr and Marlon Humphrey have done well as starters, Harbaugh knows you can never have too many solid cornerbacks.“It’s going to be great to have all those guys that are good cover players,” he said. “We can play any coverage we want, the way we want. It gives us a lot of options on defense.”The Ravens bottled up veteran quarterback Ben Roethlisberger on Sunday night in a 26-14 victory over the Steelers. Pittsburgh went 2 for 12 on third down overall and was held to 47 yards in offense in the second half.“I feel like you give up 47 yards in the second half and shut out the Pittsburgh Steelers, that is noteworthy to say the least,” Harbaugh said.The next challenge is trying to stop a bold rookie in Mayfield, who has been playing with confidence since making his debut two weeks ago.“Ben’s seen it all, but Baker Mayfield is pretty advanced,” Harbaugh said. “I don’t think he’s a rookie in the true sense. He seems like he’s got a real good feel for the game.”Ravens training camp highlights & lowlights: 8/11/18 Another practice in the books for the Ravens Stitched Lamar Jackson Jersey , featuring some highlights and a few mistakes.Player of the Day: John BrownEvery day, every single day, this man runs a deep route for either a big gain or a touchdown. For fans who haven’t attended practice must call me crazy, because they haven’t seen anything from him during pre-season, but he’s doing it in practice daily. Today was no different.Brown wasn’t the only one to catch for a big gain as Jaleel Scott hauled in a touchdown grab of 25-yards.Later on, Marlon Humphrey did bat down a pas headed to Brown’s direction. He followed it up with another pass deflection against Chris Moore on the next play, also.For just arriving at practice today, Darren Waller looked rather sharp, catching multiple passes. He did drop one, but he also won in the red-zone during one-on-one drills.Chris Moore also caught several passes both wide open and in traffic. He’s undoubtedly the fourth receiver on this roster and continues to develop. The Ravens may have finally drafted a receiver and developed them into a capable threat.Lamar Jackson suffered an ugly practice Youth Lamar Jackson Jersey , throwing three interceptions, two of them being tipped. Kia Nacua caught two of them and the rookie linebacker Kenny Young caught the third.Maurice Canady had an up-and-down practice. He swatted a few passes in his red-zone drills, but he also had a dreadlock ripped out as he deflected a pass against DeVier Posey. Later on, he allowed two intermediate passes, which wasn’t the high note I assume he would’ve liked to finish the practice on.The defense produced impressive results in the 7-on-7 drills in the redzone. Twice, Joe Flacco had to roll-out and stall for over five seconds before throwing the ball. Most teams will have the heat put on you by then, and the coaches were proud. Joe also overthrew Chris Moore and Jordan Lasley in practice, which would have poured on the scoring today for the offense had they been completed.