As DeMarco Murray scampered past the century mark on Sunday against the New York Giants, he became the only player in NFL history to begin a season with seven consecutive 100-yard rushing games. The Dallas Cowboys
running back came into the game tied with the legendary Jim Brown, who
started off on a six-game streak in 1958. With a 3-yard carry in the
fourth quarter, Murray put himself in rarefied air.
Through seven games, only
Terrell Davis in 1998 (1,001 yards) and Jamal Lewis in 2003 (977 yards)
have rushed for more yards through seven games. Murray is well
out-pacing his contemporaries this season:
The fourth-year pro entered
Week 7 leading the league in rushing and averaging 131 yards per game.
He's been the catalyst for a Dallas offense that has led the team to a
5-1 start.
Murray's monster start has been
one of the league's biggest surprises in 2014, but not because anyone
doubted the 2011 third-round pick's abilities. It's been injuries that
have allowed him to break the 1,000-yard mark just once in his first
three seasons. He missed 11 games in that span, and was constantly
hampered by nagging issues even when he was healthy enough to make it
onto the field.
If he can stay healthy, Murray
is on pace to become just the eighth player in league history to break
2,000 yards rushing in a season and the first do so since Adrian Peterson in 2012. So far, so good.
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