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RENTON, Wash. -- The 15th overall choice marked that point in the 2012 NFL draft when a team's selection sent me diving into a draft guide to find out more about the latest selection. Bruce Irvin? Yes, Bruce Irvin. Never mind that my preferred ...

Doctors are tending to St. Louis Rams right tackle Jason Smith after a frightening collision that compressed Smith's head and neck. Smith was diving to make a tackle following a turnover when the left-front portion of his helmet struck the right t...

A few thoughts and programming notes upon returning from summer vacation: Stepping away from the NFC West blog for the past 10 days brought me closer to actual football. While the NFL lockout dragged on, I spent four days last week watching my ol...

The latest NFC West chat generated debate over how the Arizona Cardinals and other NFC West teams should value Kevin Kolb in a trade scenario relative to other quarterbacks, including rookies. A few highlights: chris (mesa az): Hey, Mike, I was just...

CHICAGO -- It's been an interesting, eventful and ultimately surprising 2010 season in the NFC West. Thanks for coming along. I'm heading home from Chicago on Monday night and looking forward to diving into the offseason with full force as the ...

Playing the Seattle Seahawks is turning into a costly enterprise for Arizona Cardinals defensive lineman Darnell Dockett. The Pro Bowl defender incurred a $15,000 fine from the league for diving into receiver Mike Williams' back after Williams was...

Jason Smith of ESPN's Allnight wise-cracked on the state of the NFC West to open our weekly conversation before diving into the key issues: How many victories will win the NFC West? Is Seattle good enough at home to win the division with only ...

You know you've got it pretty good when your wife takes the lead in signing you up for a couples fantasy football league. I had no idea such things existed. Before diving into the NFC West Gridiron Challenge last season, I hadn't played fantasy fo...

Looks like putting "Mike Singletary" and "Cards" in the same headline gets people talking. While diving into the 200-plus comments on the item with Singletary's thoughts on Arizona, I ran across a note from crabman82 seconding my thoughts on the S...

INDIANAPOLIS -- The 49ers won't be diving aggressively into free agency just because the salary cap is going away. "We're going to go forward as if there is a cap," general manager Scot McCloughan said at the NFL combine Thursday. "We have a good ...

Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando Redskins defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth faces a $5,000 fine for unnecessarily diving into Rams quarterback Marc Bulger in Week 2. The play did not draw a penalty, but I thought it should have and the Rams pr...

Rank NFL Team Average age for offensive starters in Week 1, minus QBs 1 Patriots 31.3 2 Cowboys 29.7 3 Browns 29.5 4 Broncos 29.4 5 Redskins 29.4 6 Jets 29.2 7 Titans 29.1 ...

Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando I'm guessing Matt Hasselbeck won't be diving into the Columbia River to swim anytime in the near future. The Seahawks' quarterback says he has an inner and outer ear infection. He at first wasn't qu...

Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando Len Pasquarelli's piece about undrafted free agents sent me diving into my league-wide roster database to see how many such players achieve Pro Bowl status. I found 38 such players: 14 specialists, seven offens...

Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando RENTON, Wash. -- Ten things I saw during the Seahawks' first minicamp practice since the draft: Third-round choice Deon Butler diving to catch a 50-yard touchdown pass after outrunning cornerback Kevin Hobbs....

Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando Diving into the mailbag one more time before heading over to University of Phoenix Stadium for the NFC Championship Game. Ant from San Francisco writes: Sando, As you prepare your thoughts on the NFC title game, I ...