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With OC Gary Kubiak’s run-first offense, Rice will see plenty of action in 2014. And the offense’s success will largely rest on his legs. “I think as he goes, we’ll go,” Kubiak said of Rice. “Our goal is to get him going, and he’s excited to get going and put last year behind him.”
Reported by BaltimoreRavens.com
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As the team's official web site readily conceded, Rice’s
drop-off in production is well-known at this point. He went from four straight years with more than 1,100 yards rushing to 660 yards rushing. He posted the fewest yards per carry (3.1) of his career. He scored just four touchdowns, his lowest total since his rookie year in 2008. How exactly Kubiak will fit Rice into his zone running scheme is still unknown at this point, but Kubiak has had many different sizes and styles of running backs during his years in Denver and Houston. Arian Foster was a bigger (6-1, 227 pounds), one-cut back. Bernard Pierce (6-0, 218 pounds) is in that mold. Kubiak shared the carries between Foster and backup Ben Tate in Houston. And he’ll do the same in Baltimore with Rice and Pierce. We'll be looking for indications of how the workload will be divided as the season draws nearer.
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