Christmas and Hanukkah are over, but the Ravens had a few more gifts, including one surprising one, for their fans.

The 35-10 win over Cleveland was expected, even if the Ravens were one of just three teams to lose to the struggling Browns this season. The win crowned the Ravens the AFC North champions, but that was also expected.

The Ravens’ offense, quarterback Lamar Jackson and running back Derrick Henry making NFL history and multiple players hitting milestones put a nice, shiny wrap on the season, too.

But nose tackle Michael Pierce’s fourth-quarter interception put an unexpected bow on the victory. And it was a historic play, too. There had not been a 355-pound player to make an interception in the NFL in at least 25 years, according to TruMedia.

“That was the best play I’ve ever seen,” said a fellow big man, defensive lineman Broderick Washington. This was especially true because it came on a play call that defensive linemen don’t love to carry out.

“Because we don’t never want to drop” into pass coverage, Washington said. “But we dropped this time — and he caught a pick.”

Outside linebacker Odafe Oweh was on the field. He knew the play call. He still did not expect to witness what he did.

“I don’t usually see someone that big on the hook catching the pass,” Oweh said. “And then, when he caught it, I was like, ‘Go for six! Go for six!’”

Pierce did go for 6 — yards. Then he elected to slide. Pierce said he knew history wasn’t on his side, so he decided to be happy with the interception.

“There’s a long history of turning big-guy interceptions and fumbles into memes, so at the risk of turning myself into one of those, I decided it was just time to go home,” Pierce said. “Plus, I was out of gas, so it was good.”

Oweh thought Pierce hurt himself on the slide. Outside linebacker Tavius Robinson, who was on the field ready to block for Pierce on the way to the end zone, ended up hurting himself on the play — from laughing too hard.

“I thought we were gonna go crib, and then he took a knee,” Robinson said. “I was dying. Like I lost my voice from laughing so hard. Actually. It was so funny. So excited for him, though, and it was a sick-ass play.”

Six yards or six points, it iced the game and the regular season.

Pierce’s interception was by far the most unexpected, and thus the most exciting, but it wasn’t the only milestone the Ravens’ defense celebrated Saturday.

Like Pierce, rookie cornerback Nate Wiggins also had his first interception. Unlike Pierce, Wiggins returned his for a touchdown. While Pierce’s interception iced the game, Wiggins’ kicked off the scoring.

“That brought a lot of energy, for sure,” Robinson said. “As a defense, we’re just growing and building.”

Two drives later, outside linebacker Kyle Van Noy closed the first quarter with a 4-yard sack of Dorian Thompson-Robinson. He leapt up and did a money dance — because sack No. 12.5 earned him a $250,000 bonus. Van Noy had never had more than 6.5 sacks in a season before coming to Baltimore. He has 21.5 in two seasons here.

Two quarters later, Oweh sacked Bailey Zappe and joined Van Noy in an exclusive club, the double-digit sack club. Oweh’s 10 sacks double his production from last season. It was the first 10-sack season of his whole life, not just his NFL career, he said.

Meanwhile, inside linebacker Roquan Smith wracked up 10 tackles, bringing him to 1,005 career tackles. At 27, he is the youngest NFL player to hit 1,000 tackles.

As coach John Harbaugh likes to say, individual accomplishments lead to overall team success, and that was the case for the defense Saturday. The Ravens held the Browns to 250 net yards, a bad mark even for this 3-14 team. They’d finished under 250 just five times previously. The Browns’ 56 rushing yards were their fewest this season.

It was a great way to end the season, especially after the defense and its first-year coordinator, Zach Orr, faced a lot of doubt and criticism early.

“It’s cool if, first year, you just win,” Oweh said. “But when you’re able to go through adversity and right wrongs and fix it, it’s a testament to the team and then your relationship with the players on the team too. So I feel like Zach really showed something this year.”

The regular-season stats and records are in, but this team has at least one more game to play.

It has been building momentum — it’s first in a long list of defensive statistics since Orr made adjustments in Week 11: yards per game allowed (261.7), yards per play allowed (4.4), passing yards per game allowed (171.6), “expected” points added per play (0.15) and success rate (60.2%). And it didn’t stall against a lesser opponent.

Outside of bad penalties, which have been a problem all season, this was the performance the players wanted to launch them into the postseason.

“We peaking at the right time,” Washington said. “And as long as we keep doing what we doing, man, I don’t know too many teams that’s going to play us.”