Ray Rice

Baltimore Ravens Running Back

Ray Rice (Raymell Mourice Rice) was born January 22, 1987 New York. Rice’s interest in football began back in high school, when he was the main running back of the Huguenots team, coached by Lou DiRienzo. Rice’s High School team was almost unbeatable during the three seasons when Ray was part of the team, losing a single game in each of the three seasons. Rice is the state record holder in yards distance in one full game, during which he has scored a total 462 yards on 42 carries. During his college years at Rutgers, when Ray Rice played for the Scarlet Knights team, he led the team to its first victory in 25 years. In 2006 his team got it’s highest ever season ending rank in the national polls.

Professional Career:

Rice’s first NFL game was in 2008 season against Bengals. He achieved a team-high 22 carries, in a total of 64 yards. Ray Rice completed his 2008 season with 107 carries in 546 rushing yards and 273 receiving yards in thirty-three receptions. During 2009, Ray Rice was chosen to the 2010 Pro Bowl, for the first time in his career. He was recruited by the Baltimore Ravens in the 2008 NFL draft and agreed to a 4-years deal worth $2.8 million plus plus a $1.1 signing bonus. In 2012 Rice has signed a 5-year contract with the Baltimore Ravens for $35 million, after he was franchise tagged during the off-season. On February 3, 2013, in Super Bowl XLVII, the Baltimore Ravens won against San Francisco 49-ers , and Rice earned his first Super Bowl Ring.

Career Statistics:

During his professional career, Ray Rice has played a total of 92 games with 1430 Rushing attempts totaling 6,180 yards and 369 receptions for a total of 3,034 yards. Throughout his career, Rice received several awards:
Super Bowl Champion (XLVII), AFC Rushing touchdowns leader (2011) and NFL scrimmage yards leader (2011).
Rice was selected for Pro Bowl three times (2009, 2011, 2012) and twice for Second-team All-Pro (2009 and 2011).

Contribution to Baltimore Ravens:

During his career in the Ravens, Rice has achieved several records for the team. On December 20, 2010 in a game with the New Orleans Saints team, Rice made a career-best 233 yards and two touchdowns. That was the third biggest distance in the history of the Baltimore Ravens. Following that achievement, Rice has been awarded with his first “AFC offensive player of the week” award. On January 9, 2011, in a game versus Kansas City Chiefs, he became the first running back of the Ravens team to get a receiving touchdown within a playoff game. While he was suspended for domestic violence, Rice got released by the Baltimore Ravens on September 8, 2014.

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New England Patriots vs Denver Broncos Review Highlights 2016

The Broncos went into game week 15 of the 2016 NFL season for the playoffs locked after losses by the Oakland Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs. The Broncos knew that a loss would mean falling to 8-6 and make it harder for them to sneak into the playoffs. Though the departure of Payton Manning from the Broncos made the rivalry (Brady-Manning rivalry) lose some of its lusters, this still promised to be a premiere game especially with the stakes the Broncos had riding on it. It remained to be seen whether Tom Brady would have a stellar game against the lock-down defense of the Broncos. The Patriots ran away with the game 16-3. However, the final score does not tell the story of the whole game, far from it!

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Game Result & Analysis

The Broncos high energy defense forced Brady to miss on his first six passes and fumble several times before he could finally complete a pass. To put this into perspective, the last time Brady had an entire first quarter without completing a pass was way back in 2009. Brady did not have a very good field day. He ended up only completing 16 of his 32 passes for 188 yards. Nevertheless, and this is where things get interesting, Brady did things that typically do not show up on the stat sheet; that propelled his team to victory eventually. Typical Brady, he worked the pocket, had a stellar throwing game (which I might add is always tough to have against the Broncos) and avoided sacks (thanks to excellent protection by Patriot’s offensive line).

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Brady’s performance coupled with a career performance by the Patriot’s running back – Dion Lewis and an above average performance by the Patriot’s wide receiver Julian Edelman (who had one of the catches of the season) gave the Patriots the edge. Lewis ran 18 times for 95 yards displaying his incredible athleticism, excellent vision and shifty moves that had the Broncos’ porous front exposed. Julian had six receptions for 75 yards. The Broncos aggressive defense meant the Patriots had to rely on additional contributions by other wide receivers: Chris Hogan and Malcolm Mitchell who combined for two catches for 32 yards. It would be inhuman not to mention the linebackers’ performance against the Broncos. Van Noy and company offered some strong coverage holding the Broncos to a single field goal.

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Coach’s Remark

For a team to beat the Broncos, it had to win the battle up front and on the day, the Patriots dominated! After the game, Coach Kubiak admitted they unlike their team identity: “we have to find a way to be successful down there and we didn’t do that.”

”we have to find a way to be successful down there and we didn’t do that.”

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