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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...

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...

One year ago, a visitor to the NFC West blog warned against reading too much into Russell Wilson's strong showing at the Seattle Seahawks' rookie camp. 2012 NFC West Draft: Rookie Starts Player Tm. Starts Russell Wilson SEA...

This is a time of optimism, as every team feels good about its rookie draft class. But sometimes fans in our AFC East community can go a little overboard. For perspective, here are some comments from our community immediately following the 2012 NF...

A long list of NFL mock drafts projected Oklahoma State receiver Justin Blackmon to the St. Louis Rams one year ago. It's looking like the Rams came out just fine without him. Blackmon, charged with DUI last offseason when authorities said they...

Mel Kiper looks at players from the recent NFL draft who could play a key role for teams. Today he breaks down the options in the later rounds.

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Christopher Harris forecasts the fantasy fortunes of the five skill-position players taken on Day 1 of the NFL draft.

The Miami Dolphins just traded the 12th and 42nd overall choices to the Oakland Raiders for the third overall choice. One year ago, the Washington Redskins traded the sixth and 39th picks, plus first-rounders in 2013 and 2014, to acquire the secon...

The Cowboys moved up from the No. 14 spot of the 2012 NFL draft to select LSU cornerback Morris Claiborne with the sixth overall pick. Claiborne was the second-highest rated player on the Cowboys' draft board, following quarterback Andrew Luck. ...

Just days before the 2012 NFL draft, Chicago Bears general manager Phil Emery divulged the club was "working on a core of about seven players" as potential first-round targets. While it's unclear what that number is for 2013, NFL sources count for...

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...

You might recall the high school kid who parlayed an old cell phone into a $9,000 convertible through a series of online trades. 2012 49ers Draft Parlay Partner SF gives SF gets IND 92 97, '13 5th MIA 97 103, 196,...

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...

The changing of the guard at tailback in Miami was nearly a year in the making. Following Day 3 of the 2012 NFL draft, Miami Dolphins general manager Jeff Ireland gushed about fourth-round pick Lamar Miller. Ireland traded up six spots to draft Mi...

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 ...