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Chatting with Bernie Miklasz about the NFC West in general and the St. Louis Rams in particular has become a staple each Tuesday. The run is ending this week after Bernie hosted his final show on 101ESPN St. Louis. Bernie isn't leaving, fortunatel...

Carson Palmer is the 27th veteran player NFC West teams have acquired since 2010. The Seattle Seahawks have acquired 13 of them, including current contributors Percy Harvin, Marshawn Lynch, Chris Clemons and Clinton McDonald. Palmer, acquired b...

PHOENIX -- The Seattle Seahawks and especially the San Francisco 49ers added to their 2013 NFL draft hauls Monday when the NFL awarded compensatory selections to offset net losses in free agency last year. The 49ers received the 131st overall pick...

With the NFL deadline for naming franchise players passing at 4 p.m. ET Monday, we await official word from the league as to whether any NFC West players received the designation. This can be a nerve-racking time for teams and fans hoping to keep ...

Marshawn Lynch had quite possibly run his course in Buffalo. The production he has sustained since Seattle acquired him probably exceeds what the Bills would have gotten from him. That makes it tough to criticize the Bills too harshly for making a...

Jim Thomas' piece on Sam Bradford's improvement in the deep passing game matches up with charting from ESPN Stats & Information. 2012 Passes Traveling 36+ Yards Downfield Unit STL O BUF D Comp. 6 1 Att. 16 9...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Congrats to jasonmetrick for outscoring the more than 1,500 Gridiron Challenge entries for Week 5 in our little NFC West blog wing. He got 51 points from his wide receivers, Brandon Marshall and Marques Colston, while amassing 169 po...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Good morning from Candlestick Park, where parking lot attendants have been on duty since 4 a.m. local time, bracing for a busy weekend in the Bay Area. With so much going on, I wasn't going to sit around and wait for traffic to cu...

San Francisco 49ers fans seeking reassurance following a rough Week 4 will find it in Tom Carpenter's latest column for Gridiron Challenge players. "The 49ers should be the best fantasy defense play this week in just about any format, and they com...

Larry Fitzgerald is the NFC's offensive player of the week after playing a key role in the Arizona Cardinals' 27-6 victory against Philadelphia. Fitzgerald's key 37-yard scoring reception and the Cardinals' 3-0 record combined to make him a worthy...

Cornerback Patrick Peterson showed up on the Arizona Cardinals' injury report Thursday. The Cardinals are going to need him against Brandon Lloyd and the New England Patriots' other receivers Sunday. It's impossible to know if Peterson's groin inj...

The St. Louis Rams used two mid-round draft choices for wide receivers in 2011. They also acquired veteran Brandon Lloyd during a trade. Those moves fit the Rams' plans at the time, but times have changed. The Rams have a new general manager...

Pittsburgh's Mike Wallace and Philadelphia's DeSean Jackson belong on any list featuring wide receivers with the ability to make plays well downfield. New England's Brandon Lloyd, formerly of St. Louis, lacks their breakaway speed, but he's decept...

Steven Jackson, Justin Smith, Larry Fitzgerald and CenturyLink Field came to mind when discussing NFC West "bests" with Dave Benz on 680 KNBR in San Francisco on Monday. They've made available the audio. I didn't have a firm answer when asked t...

NFL teams drafted five wide receivers among the first 33 picks in 2012. Teams from the NFC West selected three of them. 2012 TD Receptions by WRs Rank Team TDs 1 Packers 38 2 Cowboys 27 3 Lions 25 ...

Mike Jurecki of XTRA Sports 910 AM called Monday to discuss leading NFC West topics, including where the St. Louis Rams stand in acquiring help for quarterback Sam Bradford. In addition to passing along the full audio and a partial transcript from...