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Las Vegas Raiders' Henry Ruggs III uses slight, real or imagined, as motivation against Miami Dolphins

LAS VEGAS -- Things were said.

Insulting things. Degrading things. Things that, well, got under the skin of Henry Ruggs III and gave the Las Vegas Raiders' second-year receiver some "extra fire" against the Miami Dolphins.

Things that, apparently, could not be repeated.

"I don't like to say too much, I don't like to start nothing," Ruggs said, "and I was just ready to play and prove who I was."

Mere gamesmanship by a heralded secondary? Course of game week trash talk?

Ruggs would not elaborate. Instead, he let his play do his talking in Las Vegas' wild 31-28 overtime victory on Sunday that got the Raiders off to their first 3-0 start since the 2002 Super Bowl season.