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RENTON, Wash. - For all the attention heaped on Seattles talented secondary, right now its the Seahawks ability to stop the run thats standing out.Seattle leads the league giving up just 62.3 yards per game on the ground and is the only team giving up less than 3 yards per rush. But that early success is about to get a major test facing DeMarco Murray when Dallas comes to town on Sunday.The whole group is functioning really well, Seattle coach Pete Carroll said. Were not doing a lot of special stuff. Were just trying to base really good base defence and good technique and play really solid ball there. I just think its a continuation a little bit. Well see how it goes. Were just a few weeks into it.Some of the success is opponent driven. The Seahawks opened the season with the passing trio of Aaron Rodgers, Philip Rivers and Peyton Manning. But each of those teams also wanted to try to establish balance in their offence and couldnt. Green Bays Eddie Lacy was held to 34 yards rushing. San Diegos Ryan Mathews had just 31 and Denvers Montee Ball was held to 38.And last Monday against Washington, Alfred Morris was limited to 29 yards on 13 carries. It was the second-fewest yards rushing for Morris in his three seasons.But Seattle has yet to see a running back on a roll like Murray is on to start the season. Murray is the first running back to rush for at least 100 yards in each of the first five games of the season since O.J. Simpson in 1975. He can become the first with six straight to start a season since Jim Brown in 1958 if he can solve Seattles front.I think Demarco has always been running at a high level, Dallas quarterback Tony Romo said. I think sometimes what you find in such a team-orientated league and once you get some complementary players who play at a pretty high level around you, you really get to see how good certain guys are.If Murray can reach the 100-yard mark, hell join a rare fraternity. Only five players have rushed for 100 yards in Seattle since the start of Carrolls tenure in 2010: Jamaal Charles in 2010 (179 yards), Roy Helu in 2011 (108 yards), Adrian Peterson in 2012 (182 yards), Mike James in 2013 (158) and Colin Kaepernick (130 yards) in the 2013 playoffs.Keep him under 100. Thats the challenge, linebacker Bobby Wagner said. Its a fun challenge though. I look forward to it. Hes a great running back and has been on a roll and Im going to try and be the person to stop that.Dallas has committed to the run in a similar way as Seattle. The teams rank Nos. 1 and 2 in yards rushing a€” Seattle at 167.3, Dallas at 160.0. The Cowboys are tied for the league lead in rushing attempts per game (32.6) while the Seahawks arent far behind at 30.8.But Dallas run defence is giving up almost double what the Seahawks are allowing.Last season, Seattle had the best overall defence in the NFL on the strength of its secondary. The Seahawks run defence slumped for a short stretch in the middle of the season but rebounded to be the seventh-best run defence in the league by the end of the year.Whether Seattle could match what it did defensively last season was in question after defensive linemen Red Bryant and Chris Clemons were released during the off-season. Bryant was the big-bodied defensive tackle moved to defensive end to help hold the edge against the run, while Clemons had proven to be an every-down defensive end capable of rushing the passer and playing the run.Thats my best friend, Seattle defensive tackle Brandon Mebane said of Bryant. I definitely miss my best friend but I knew we still had talented guys on the defensive line, linebackers, secondary. Things like that in this business happen, but youve got to continue doing your job to keep your job.NOTES: CB Richard Sherman said one dreadlock got pulled out when it was yanked by Washington WR Pierre Garcon in Mondays game. 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Amare Stoudemire had 22 points and 10 rebounds, Carmelo Anthony scored 21 and the New York Knicks won their eighth straight game, 93-92 over Philadelphia on Friday night, sending the Sixers to their 23rd straight loss. Buy Asics Shoes Cheap . Dr. James Andrews is to operate next week on the 24-year-old pitcher, who made the AL All-Star team last year. Moore will be the first Rays pitcher to undergo Tommy John surgery since Jason Isringhausen in June 2009.Got a question on rule clarification, comments on rule enforcements or some memorable NHL stories? Kerry wants to answer your emails at cmonref@tsn.ca. Hi Kerry: I was watching the Hawks-Blue Jackets game on Friday night - the game in which the Hawks scored with less than four seconds remaining to claim victory. My question concerns the face-off for that game-winning goal. Let me describe what I saw the previous play. With less than thirty seconds remaining, the puck was shot on the ice in front of the Jackets bench. Two Jacket players jumped on to the ice while two others went to the bench. The puck went just inside the Jackets zone where a Jacket defender got the puck with just over 20 seconds left. A linesman whistled down the play indicating that the Jackets had too many men on the ice and there would be a penalty with a faceoff deep in their end. As it turned out, the two referees counted the players on the ice and determined there were not too many players and NO penalty would be assigned. The face-off was still held deep in Jacket territory. The Hawks took control from the face-off and scored. My question to you is should not that face-off been held outside the Jackets blue line or at centre because the linesman blew down the play incorrectly? Since the Jackets had control of the puck when the "too many men" whistle blew, it seems to me unfair they should be penalized with the deep faceoff. Im sure the Leafs, Flyers and Devils agree with the call; however, I didnt and I am a Hawks fan. Could you please give me your take on this as I am sure it cost the Blue Jackets a very important point or two. Thanks, Doug MacLean --- Hi Doug: I have little doubt that the former Blue Jackets GM with the same name as yours would have been waiting near the officials dressing room looking for some clarification on this play as well if he still occupied thaat position.dddddddddddd The linesman clearly made an error in judgment when he determined the Blue Jackets were in violation of rule 74 - too many men on the ice - with 21.6 seconds remaining in regulation. Even though play was stopped through an officials error the face-off location in this case is determined by where the puck was last played under rule 76.2. “When the game is stopped for any reason not specifically covered in the official rules, the puck must be faced-off at a face-off spot in the zone nearest to where it was last played.” Defenceman Jack Johnson had the puck on his stick a couple of feet inside the Blue Jackets end zone when the linesman blew his whistle to stop play. As per rule 76.2 the face-off had to be conducted on the nearest end-zone face-off dot of the Blue Jackets. The only provision within the rules to relocate a face-off in the neutral zone following a linesmans error is contained in rule 81.2 - If the linesman shall have erred in calling an “icing the puck” infraction (regardless of whether either team is short-handed), the puck shall be faced-off on the center face-off dot. It is most unfortunate for the Blue Jackets that the whistle was not blown by the linesman when Jack Johnson first touched the puck when it rested on the blue line and prior to entering the defending zone. Had that been the case, the ensuing faceoff would have taken place on the neutral zone face-off dot. It might be unfair, Doug, that the Blue Jackets lost so much territorial advantage following the linesmans error but there was no option to locate the face-off in the neutral zone on this play. While the Blue Jackets did have some opportunities to get the puck out of their end zone following the face-off with 21.6 seconds remaining, I acknowledge it was a tough way for a team to lose such an important game. ' ' '