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Aaron Curry's recent signing with the New York Giants invites a look back at the 2009 NFC West draft class, painful as it might be in some cases. 2009 NFC West Draft by Career Starts Player Drafted By GS James Laurinaitis STL...

Our post-draft amendments to pre-draft positional rankings continue with Matt Williamson, NFL scout for ESPN.com. Up next: linebackers. NFC West teams drafted six of them if we count the San Francisco 49ers' Corey Lemonier and the Arizona Cardi...

2013 Rams Picks At Present Rd. Pk. Player 1 8 Tavon Austin 1 30 Alec Ogletree 3 71 (from BUF) 3 92 (from ATL) 4 113 (own pick) 5 149 (own pick) 6 184 (own pick) ...

The San Francisco 49ers placed three linebackers on the Associated Press' All-Pro first team for 2012. A fourth 49ers linebacker earned second-team All-Pro honors. Matt Williamson Ranks West by Position Team SF SEA STL ARI QB...

Players reaching NFL free agency are, by definition, players teams are prepared to lose. That has become clearer in the one month since 45 NFC West players became unrestricted free agents March 12. The Arizona Cardinals, St. Louis Rams, San Franci...

Top NFC West ILB Contracts ILB APY Gtd. Patrick Willis $10.0M $29.0M NaVorro Bowman $8.9M $25.5M James Laurinaitis $8.3M $23.6M Daryl Washington $8.0M $5.0M Source: ESPN Stats & Informatio...

Steven Jackson's career with the St. Louis Rams was finished. Jackson made that pretty clear last week. His contract agreement Thursday with the Atlanta Falcons makes it official. How does it feel, Rams fans? As breakups go, this one couldn't ...

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Wayne Hunter, one of 16 players to start on the St. Louis Rams' offensive line over the past two seasons, was scheduled to earn $4 million in 2013. 2013 Projected Salary Cap Hits Rk. Rams Player Cap 1 Cortland Finnegan $1...

Around the NFC West: March 4, 2013 Arizona Cardinals Giblin: Hearing-impaired lawsuit Urban: Cardinals cutting under cap St. Louis Rams Some guy: Rams' plan for future San Francisco 49ers Maiocco: M...

A look at the NFC West's best and worst from the past five NFL drafts, one team at a time. St. Louis Rams Best choice: James Laurinaitis, LB, 2009 second round. Chris Long provided the only serious competition for Laurinaitis, although that cou...

Atlanta safety Thomas DeCoud was one snap short of being one of only a handful of defensive players to participate in 100 percent of their team's snaps last season. DeCoud was on the field for 1,021 of Atlanta's 1,022 defensive snaps. Green Bay sa...

Many of Ohio State's greatest players weren't five-star recruits, from A.J. Hawk to James Laurinaitis to Nick Mangold to many others. They came Columbus under the radar and went on to have solid careers both at Ohio State and in the NFL. BuckeyeNa...

The item Friday on the St. Louis Rams' blitz tendencies showed how many sacks the team has collected by the number of pass-rushers deployed. This followup shows which players collected those sacks. Rookie first-round pick Michael Brockers is on...

Arizona Cardinals: The Cardinals placed second-year tight end Rob Housler (shoulder) on injured reserve. Receiver LaRon Byrd (knee), receiver Early Doucet (concussion), guard Mike Gibson (calf), tackle Nate Potter (ankle), fullback Anthony Sherman (k...

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- As recently as a month ago, Minnesota Vikings tailback Adrian Peterson insisted his preference was to run out of a one-back set rather than behind a fullback. These days, however, not even Peterson can deny the effectiveness an...