Seahawks again among the best at stopping the run

(AP) — Adrian Peterson was leading the NFL in rushing, about to face a Seattle defense that he had darted through three years earlier for 182 yards, the most allowed by the Seahawks in Pete Carroll's tenure.

By the time last Sunday was done, Peterson had just 18 yards rushing and the Seahawks had taken another step in re-establishing themselves as a dominant run defense.

Heading into Week 14, the Seahawks rank third in the NFL at stopping the run, trailing only the New York Jets and unbeaten Carolina.

The 31 yards allowed against the Vikings were the 10th fewest in Seattle franchise history for a regular-season game.

We're going to continue to try and play fundamentally sound and disciplined up front and try to take advantage of our scheme and our guys' knowledge of it.

[...] when you do that and play really hard, it's hard to run it at us, Carroll said.

Carroll said he spoke with BYU AD Tom Holmoe regarding offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell as a potential candidate for the Cougars' head coaching job, but that Bevell was remaining with the Seahawks. ...