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Teams have added 254 players in the draft since ESPN's NFL Power Rankings last appeared six weeks ago. We've seen Carson Palmer join the Arizona Cardinals and Darrelle Revis join the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, among other changes involving veteran players...

Five nuggets of knowledge about the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII: Vernon Davis can be an unstoppable postseason force: The seventh-year tight end has averaged 27.6 yards per reception in four playoff games over the past two seasons. He ...

ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Rams are healthier this season than last, but not at left tackle. Joe Barksdale will make his first career NFL start Sunday and will match up against Green Bay Packers outside linebacker Clay Matthews, who has eight sack...

The NFL handed down only one fine from 16 personal fouls stemming from NFC West teams' final games using replacement officials. The low number was telling. Commissioner Roger Goodell usually metes out fines for such penalties when the league fe...

SEATTLE -- Thoughts on the Seattle Seahawks' 14-12 home victory over the Green Bay Packers at CenturyLink Field on Monday night: What it means: The Seahawks improved to 2-1 and claimed a share of second place in the NFC West with a shocking, dispu...

SEATTLE -- Receiver news highlighted the players Seattle and Green Bay named inactive for their Monday night game. The Packers will have Greg Jennings, who had missed the team's most recent game after suffering a groin injury. Seattle will play wi...

Every team in the NFC West had a 1,000-yard rusher last season. Coaches in Seattle, San Francisco and St. Louis have promoted run-first philosophies. Arizona has invested first- and second-round picks in running backs Beanie Wells and Ryan William...

NFL general managers put their reputations on the line come draft day. Some fare better than others. The chart shows how many Pro Bowl players current NFC West GMs have drafted or helped draft over the past 10 years. The numbers are not defi...

Notable NFC West appearances on the Advanced NFL Stats player pages tracking measurable contributions through Week 13: Seattle's Chris Clemons and Arizona's Calais Campbell appear with Minnesota's Jared Allen and the New York Giants' Jason Pierre...

Matt Barrows of the Sacramento Bee says San Francisco 49ers rookie quarterback Colin Kaepernick is nearly all the way back from the leg surgery he underwent earlier this offseason. Barrows: "The 49ers quarterback revealed today that he ran two ...

A couple of people thought the best questions went unaddressed during the recently completed NFC West chat (see comments at the bottom of the chat transcript). Fire away. I'm listening. Jeff (Cedar Rapids, IA): Good day Mike. Everyone seems fixat...

Counting the reasons San Francisco 49ers tight end Vernon Davis ranked behind only Antonio Gates and Jason Witten on my ballot featuring the NFL's 10 best tight ends: Production: Davis has 20 scoring receptions over the past two seasons, most amo...

Jim Thomas of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch explains why he thinks the Rams could come away with a defensive lineman in the first round of the 2011 draft. Thomas: "There shouldn't be a CB, LB or WR at No. 14 overall worth taking. (That's assuming WRs A...

ESPN.com's NFL writers rank the top 10 wide receivers in the league today. Next week: Running backs. Randy Moss and Terrell Owens must be running fade routes. Neither iconic receiver drew even one vote when ESPN.com asked eight panelists to ran...

DALLAS -- Every Aaron Rodgers touchdown pass and playoff victory makes the San Francisco 49ers look worse for drafting Alex Smith over Rodgers back in 2005. A victory for Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl 45 would only sanction addit...

The current Pro Bowl format preventing Super Bowl participants from playing in the game will pad NFC West representation this year. The Arizona Cardinals announced Larry Fitzgerald's addition to the game Sunday night after Green Bay's Super Bowl b...