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Ravens cook Pats with instant Rice

Baltimore RB's first-play score sets the tone, propels team to Indy

Originally Published: January 10, 2010
By Len Pasquarelli | ESPN.com

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- For most of his long coaching career, Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Cam Cameron has called the same running play with which he opened his team's AFC wild-card game against the New England Patriots on Sunday.

But never before had the basic play over the right side -- "Slow-2, Fast Through" -- been executed to such stunning effect.

Tailback Ray Rice turned that aptly named call on the first play from scrimmage into an 83-yard scoring sprint. His score just ...

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