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NEW YORK -- Jimmy Garoppolo filled in for Tom Brady quite nicely.Garoppolo was so good in New Englands season-opening win at Arizona that the Patriots moved into the top spot in the AP Pro32 poll on Tuesday.The Cardinals made it to the NFC championship game last season, but Garoppolo threw for 264 yards and a touchdown to lead the Patriots to a 23-21 victory on Sunday night. New England received five of 12 first-place votes in balloting by media members who regularly cover the NFL.With Tom Brady sitting out the first game of a four-week suspension and All-Pro tight end Rob Gronkowski out with a hamstring injury, Jimmy Garoppolo did just enough to help the Patriots to a stunning road win at Arizona, Newsdays Bob Glauber said.But the real star of this game was Patriots coach Bill Belichick, whose sideline genius makes up for the loss of his two star players.The Patriots will be without Brady for three more games, all of them at home starting on Sunday against Miami. New England is the only AFC East team to win its opener.Defending champion Denver received three first-place votes and moved up to No. 2 in the poll.Pittsburgh, which opened with a dominating 38-16 win at Washington, earned a first-place vote and is No. 3 overall.Any team that tries to cover Antonio Brown with one defender deserves what it gets -- a funky end zone celebration, said Ira Kaufman of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.Green Bay received two first-place votes and is the highest-ranked NFC team at No. 4.Carolina, which lost its opener to Denver when Graham Gano missed a 50-yard field goal in the final minute, had a first-place vote but dropped to fifth.Cam Newton, who took several hard hits in that game, is expected to play in the Panthers home opener against the 49ers.Hes tough, hes resilient and hes moving around pretty good, coach Ron Rivera said Monday.Seattle and Cincinnati, who both opened with close wins, tied for sixth.Arizona dropped from No. 2 to No. 8. 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RENTON, Wash. -- The standard in Seattle has been that the Seahawks are going to be among the better teams in the NFL at running the football.Except this year. And its not as simple as Marshawn Lynch no longer being around.Going into Sundays game against division rival Arizona, the Seahawks are near the bottom of the league in a number of rushing categories. Seattle is 25th in the league averaging just 88.8 yards per game and 30th in yards per attempt at just 3.2.They are very un-Seahawks-like numbers.Were OK. We just need more emphasis added, we just need more turns, coach Pete Carroll said. We need to run it more. We just need more numbers.There are a number of reasons that Seattles run game is off this season, from a revamped offensive line to presumptive starting running back Thomas Rawls being limited in the season opener then suffering a hairline fibula fracture in Week 2. He wont be back for a few more weeks. Christine Michael is Seattles leading rusher with 354 yards, but 106 of those yards came against San Francisco in Week 3.The biggest culprit in derailing the run game could be Russell Wilson. Or, more specifically, a combination of the ankle and knee injuries that have slowed Wilson early in the season.Through five games, Wilson has just 35 yards rushing and no run longer than 9 yards.Compare that with the first five games of previous years and its clear whats lacking. Through five games last year, Wilson had 198 yards rushing. In 2014, it was 221 yards on the ground. And in 2013, Wilson had 233 yards rushing.The running threat usually posed by Wilson simply has not been there this season and the trickle-down is affecting the rest of Seattles run game.Its a different run game that were using right now, offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell said. Its still a part of us, its still someething that weve always had, just the zone read part of it is not been used as much as weve gone to other styles of runs.dddddddddddd.Yet the Seahawks are struggling to find consistency with that different style. Seattle has 140 rushes in five games and only 11 have gone for 10 yards or more; the Seahawks have 34 rushes for no gain or negative yardage. The revamped offensive line has shown flashes of being the bullying unit offensive line coach Tom Cable wants, but also moments where simple blocks arent being made.Hitting combinations. Putting your helmet where it needs to be based on the run call, consistently. Because were doing it a bunch, Cable said. Were doing some nice things in terms of being on the same page, staying on schedule, meaning the down and the distance. But you certainly would like to have more consistency when you run the football.Thats not to say everything has gone wrong up front for Seattle. The Seahawks have been surprisingly good at protecting Wilson, allowing just 10 sacks in the first five games. Compare that with a year ago, when Seattle allowed 22 sacks in the first five weeks.The Seahawks are also getting enough production from that passing game, which is helping to make up for the lack of a ground attack.But thats not the way this team wants to achieve its offensive success.Youd like to get them both. Thats really what were chasing here, is to find that balance, Cable said. I think that makes us really dangerous and more explosive. Explosive play has been OK, but I think thats the one element that would then tie the whole thing together. I think we would be pretty tough then.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '