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The trade sending Gabe Carimi from the Chicago Bears to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers shines light on the 2011 draft for offensive linemen. 2011 First-Round Offensive Linemen Pk. OL Tm. Starts 17 Nate Solder NE 32 15 ...

An NFL-high five of the Seattle Seahawks' 11 draft choices from 2013 played in the Southeastern Conference. Christine Michael, Jesse Williams, Tharold Simon, Spencer Ware and Ryan Seymour joined K.J. Wright, Pep Levingston, Kris Durham, James Carp...

The Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers, among others, tried to maneuver in the 1983 NFL draft for a shot at selecting John Elway. So did the Los Angeles Raiders. Now, former Raiders coach Hue Jackson says via Peter King that the team also...

FRISCO, Texas -- When the Dallas Cowboys selected left tackle Tyron Smith with the ninth overall pick of the 2011 NFL draft, it was of the expectation that big things would happen in the future. At the time, Smith said he wanted to be more than a ...

Kent Somers' piece about NFL rookies combining to start more games than in the past caught my attention Friday. I wanted to know how many games NFC West players have started as rookies in recent seasons. I wanted to break down the numbers by team ...

You might recall our March discussion from the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference regarding NFC West team-building strategies. St. Louis Rams chief operating officer Kevin Demoff, addressing conference attendees, noted that his team expected to...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Chicago Bears guard Gabe Carimi missed his second consecutive organized team activity on Tuesday, raising questions about his long-term future with the team that made him the 29th overall selection of the 2011 NFL Draft. Read...

Former Bears' first-round pick Gabe Carimi missed his second consecutive organized team activity on Tuesday, raising questions about his long-term future with the team that made him the 29th overall selection of the 2011 NFL draft.

Anthony Sherman should not go down in Arizona Cardinals history as a disappointing draft choice just because the team traded him after two seasons. The 2011 fifth-round pick quickly became a solid starting fullback. But with new head coach Bruce A...

Monday, Scott Van Pelt and Ryen Russillo review the first weekend of the NBA playoffs, examine the 2011 NFL draft and more. Listen to the best highlights of the show below! ESPN NFL analyst Bill Polian says the Buccaneers took an enormous risk by tr...

The 2012 battle for NFC West supremacy between the San Francisco 49ers' and Seattle Seahawks' has turned into a perceived battle this offseason. "It just feels like the Seahawks make a move, then the Niners make a move," former NFL quarterback Dam...

In 2010, Pete Carroll's Seattle Seahawks famously drafted in the first round a safety from the University of Texas (Earl Thomas) over one Carroll coached at USC (Taylor Mays). That turn of events came to mind upon reading an NFC West mailbag submi...

2010-12 Drafts: Total Picks by Round Tm. STL SEA SF ARI 1st 3 4 4 3 2nd 5 2 3 2 3rd 3 2 2 3 4th 3 6 2 3 5th 4 4 2 3 6th 3 4 7 5 7th 8 6 5 ...

Prior to the 2011 NFL draft, NFL Network analyst Michael Lombardi speculated that Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett was going to be a first-round pick. In early January, Lombardi said selecting quarterback Brandon Weeden at No. 22 last year was a "pa...

Around the NFC West: Dec. 12, 2012 Arizona Cardinals Somers: Myth vs. reality Bickley: Pressure on Michael Bidwill St. Louis Rams Strauss: Reason to believe in Rams Thomas: Finishing on D, Rams chat Wa...

There has been some angst among San Francisco 49ers fans over a 2012 draft class that hasn't gotten a chance to play this season. First-rounder A.J. Jenkins, second-rounder LaMichael James and the rest of the class was inactive Monday night, as us...