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Predicting which teams will draft specific players can be tough work. Last year, for instance, the seven-round mock draft from Scouts Inc. went 0-for-28 in projecting players to NFC West teams. Some of the projections lined up from the standpoint...

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...

Isaac Sopoaga had been with the San Francisco 49ers continuously since 2004, when Dennis Erickson was head coach. Around the NFC West: March 13, 2013 Arizona Cardinals Somers: Stanton and Kolb, Rashad Urban: Winning Marc...

The Chicago Bears are visiting the Arizona Cardinals in Week 16 for the first time since the 2006 game that launched Dennis Green into beer commercial history. The Bears overcame a 20-0 halftime deficit to win, 24-23. Green was not happy about it....

Five nuggets of knowledge about Week 13: Seeking historic start: The San Francisco 49ers have gone 2-0 in Colin Kaepernick's first two starts at quarterback. A victory against the St. Louis Rams on Sunday would make Kaepernick the first 49ers quar...

A veteran NFL official mistook Vinny Testaverde's green-annd-white New York Jets helmet for the football crossing the goal-line plane back in 1998. The gifted touchdown lifted the Jets to a 32-31 victory, dropping the Seattle Seahawks' record to 6...

Five rookies are scheduled to start at quarterback in Week 1 this season. The NFL has previously had no more than two rookie starters at QB on opening day since the 1970 merger, ESPN Stats & Information notes. Seattle's Russell Wilson isn't...

Conventional wisdom says quarterback Alex Smith held back the San Francisco 49ers' offense last season. It's also possible coach Jim Harbaugh held back Smith simply because Harbaugh prefers to run an offense that way. Matt Barrows of the Sacrament...

The Mike Nolan era in San Francisco produced more heartache than the 49ers would care to revisit, but the long-term legacy isn't so bad. Eleven draft choices, including eight current starters and five Pro Bowl selections, remain on the 49ers' rost...

Back-to-back seasons with a 7-9 record felt like progress for the Seattle Seahawks under coach Pete Carroll. Another season with that record would feel like stagnation. That is one reason the Seahawks would be best off, at least in theory, usin...

The San Francisco 49ers twice lost close games against New Orleans in the Superdome when the Saints were allegedly eavesdropping on visiting coaches from 2002-2004. Coincidence? Evidence of malfeasance? "There's something missing here," said Bi...

Rich Saul's former Los Angeles Rams teammates recalled his Pro Bowl talent, scary toughness and, humorously, a legendary appetite that waned only in the retired center's final days. Early in Saul's career, when he was putting on weight to fulfill ...

The NFL took a break from dominating the sports news cycle over the weekend. The silence will not last long. Bounty-related punishments for current and former New Orleans Saints players await. The NFL will address recent bounty-related appeals ...

Greg from Seattle thought Victor Cruz's first-quarter non-fumble in the Super Bowl, rendered irrelevant by a penalty for 12 men on the field, resembled the forward-progress call involving Ahmad Bradshaw that hurt San Francisco during the 49ers' game...

"Fiery" and "abrasive" are among the adjectives Gregg Williams has attracted during more than two decades as an NFL coach. Throw in "combative" as well. Williams' addition to the St. Louis Rams as defensive coordinator further enlivens a divisi...

A little perspective is in order for those of us (me included) growing weary of the wait for Jeff Fisher to cast his coaching future with the St. Louis Rams or Miami Dolphins. Sometimes, these things take time. The Rams' previous coach, Steve S...