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An updated look at NFC West players named to the Pro Bowl after the NFL announced Larry Fitzerald's addition to the NFC squad: Arizona Cardinals Named to team initially: cornerback Patrick Peterson. Named to team as an alternate: receiver La...

The Associated Press and Pro Football Weekly/Professional Football Writers of America have announced their all-NFL first teams for the 2012 season. I've compiled the results here and compared them against our all-division team. As expected, Se...

Calvin Johnson's 225 yards for the Detroit Lions on Saturday night helped him break Jerry Rice's NFL single-season record for receiving yardage. That's quite an achievement. Around here, NFC West teams can take some pride in having "held" Johns...

Even the most enthusiastic Arizona Cardinals fan might have a hard time getting too excited about the team's Week 15 game against the Detroit Lions. Arizona is 4-9 and has lost nine in a row. Detroit is 4-9 and has lost its past five. The match...

Five nuggets of knowledge about Week 14: Chasing Brady, record: San Francisco 49ers outside linebacker Aldon Smith needs three sacks to tie the NFL's single-season record since 1982, when sacks became an official NFL stat. While Smith will be m...

RISING 1. Russell Wilson, Seahawks QB. Wilson was shockingly effective while leading 97- and 80-yard touchdown drives to beat the Chicago Bears by a 23-17 score at Soldier Field. Said Bears receiver Brandon Marshall: "He's a born leader. I listene...

CHICAGO -- Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson had much to say Sunday about his coaches, teammates and even what he termed a "spectacular" Chicago Bears defense. Everyone else was talking about him. There was so much to say after Wilson...

Good morning, NFC Westers. I'll be heading to Illinois later Saturday for a Seattle-Chicago matchup with playoff implications for both teams. In the meantime, pull up your preferred device for a few more predictions. Ross Tucker, Matt Williamso...

NFC West teams have made a few bold moves, for better and worse. Arizona trading for Kevin Kolb was one. Seattle letting rookie quarterback Russell Wilson compete for a starting job was another. St. Louis trading the second overall choice to Washi...

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...

There's little sense in taking the bait when San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh tells a radio program Michael Crabtree "has the best hands I've ever seen on a wide receiver." Anyone with a strong grasp of NFL history would place Cris Carter, R...

The latest NFC West chat went into overtime, but there's more ground to cover. Joe from Fort Worth asked about the Arizona Cardinals' chances for acquiring a second-round choice to replace the one they sent to Philadelphia in the Kevin Kolb trade....

Wide receivers Vincent Jackson, Pierre Garcon, Reggie Wayne, Robert Meachem, Eddie Royal, Laurent Robinson, Josh Morgan, Eric Weems and Harry Douglas have found new homes after hitting the NFL's free-agent market. Franchise tags essentially remove...

Brandon Lloyd's trajectory has changed dramatically and so has that of his original team, the San Francisco 49ers. The parties will scarcely recognize one another when Lloyd pays a free-agent visit to the team Wednesday. The 49ers won as many ...

A Seahawks fan I know emailed to say he "fell out of his chair" after hearing how strongly Mike Greenberg was advocating Peyton Manning for the Seahawks. The thought of a national radio host bringing up the NFC West without prompting did seem far-...

A quick look at some of the more extreme measurables from the recently completed 2012 NFL scouting combine (asterisks show categories with multiple qualifiers) ... . 2012 NFL Scouting Combine Notables Category Player Pos. College Re...