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The rookie wage scale and overall salary structure should increasingly make the NFL a young man's game, all else equal. Youth will be served during rookie minicamps beginning Friday, for sure. With that in mind, I've gone through NFC West roste...

Around the NFC West: Jan. 3, 2013 Arizona Cardinals Somers: Horton's interview Bickley: Defending Andy Reid Urban: Norv link, Floyd, Horton St. Louis Rams Miklasz: Stable, Kroenke King: Rams' rebuildin...

NFL teams would rather have a young future Pro Bowl prospect than a washed-up player with a Pro Bowl in his distant past. For that reason, the number of players on a roster with Pro Bowl experience isn't an air-tight way to measure roster strength...

A few NFC West thoughts as we roll out all-division teams across the ESPN.com divisional blogs: Tough call: Alex Smith edges Russell Wilson at quarterback based on a stronger start to the season and his nearly perfect game against Arizona in Week ...

Revisiting three under-the-radar moves for the Seattle Seahawks to see how well these June storylines are holding up: 1. Signing Jason Jones. The Seahawks signed Jones to a one-year deal in free agency in an effort to upgrade their inside pass-rus...

NFC West teams added or re-signed 38 unrestricted free agents during the recently completed UFA signing period. They lost or did not re-sign 47 such players. One key difference between those groups: age. The St. Louis Rams in particular used th...

Alex Smith's commitment to improving his throwing mechanics promises to turn analysts into amateur position coaches during the upcoming NFL season. Every touchdown pass or interception will invite questions about whether Smith's shoulders were squ...

Michael Robinson's expected re-signing with the Seattle Seahawks would give the team a league-high four re-signings in the unrestricted free-agent market. Red Bryant, Paul McQuistan and Heath Farwell previously re-signed. Seattle and the other ...

Arizona Cardinals Key free agents: DE Calais Campbell (franchise tag), CB Richard Marshall, OLB Clark Haggans, WR Early Doucet, T Brandon Keith, G Deuce Lutui, K Jay Feely. Where they stand: A strong finish to the 2011 season on defense gives t...

The Seattle Seahawks' top priorities in free agency appear clear, at least when it comes to their own players. Re-sign running back Marshawn Lynch and defensive end Red Bryant. Lynch's agent of record, Mike Sullivan, recently took a job with th...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Brock Huard, Mike Salk and I offered thoughts on Peyton Manning, the Super Bowl and the Seattle Seahawks' free agents during our discussion Thursday. I was taking part in a chat and trying to track down Kurt Warner at the same time...

A look at my all-NFC West picks for the 2011 season, concluding with the special teams: This might go down as the most memorable NFC West season on special teams since divisional realignment. Records fell and players made dynamic, game-changing p...

Add David Akers' name to the list of special-teams players of the week from the NFC West. The NFL honored Akers with the NFC award this week after the San Francisco 49ers kicker made four field goals against Seattle, including the game winner, whi...

The facts: The Seattle Seahawks fell to 7-8 with a 19-17 home defeat to the San Francisco 49ers. The upside: Even the worst defeats tend to feature a bright spot or two. Marshawn Lynch ended two impressive 49ers streaks: 36 games without allow...

Week 16 brought great clarity to the NFL playoff situation in the NFC West. The Seattle Seahawks and Arizona Cardinals are out. The San Francisco 49ers are strong favorites to emerge as the second seed in the NFC. They can no longer challenge for ...

Five things I noticed while watching the Seattle Seahawks' road 24-7 victory over the St. Louis Rams in Week 11: The Seahawks were the aggressors. Seattle delivered nearly all the big hits in this game: Roy Lewis on Austin Pettis, Heath Farwell o...