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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...

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...

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...

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...

Arizona Cardinals: The Cardinals did not list running back Beanie Wells on their participation report after he played 46 percent of the snaps Sunday. Wells scored three touchdowns against Detroit and appeared to be moving well. The team had listed hi...

Arizona Cardinals: The Cardinals placed quarterback Kevin Kolb on injured reserve, where he joins left tackle Levi Brown, center Lyle Sendlein, backup center Rich Ohrnberger, outside linebacker O'Brien Schofield, running back Ryan Williams and others...

NaVorro Bowman has joined Daryl Washington and James Laurinaitis as NFC West inside linebackers with new contract extensions in 2012. The San Francisco 49ers announced a five-year deal with Bowman after ESPN's Adam Schefter tweeted that an agreeme...

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...

Fullback Michael Robinson's recent declaration regarding Seattle Seahawks teammate Bobby Wagner made waves around here last week. "I call him a baby Patrick Willis because I hadn't seen a linebacker move like that since Pat," said Robinson, who pl...

The San Francisco 49ers spent the past couple years extending contracts for key players such as Joe Staley, Vernon Davis and Patrick Willis. The deals affirmed those players' status as people the organization wanted to build around. The 49ers' ...

Arizona Cardinals As training camp nears, the Arizona Republic's Kent Somers assesses the quarterback situation between Kevin Kolb and John Skelton. San Francisco 49ers Who will have a breakout season in 2012? One important voter is 49ers CE...

Arizona Cardinals There's no offseason as far as Larry Fitzgerald is concerned, as the Cardinals receiver leads a workout at the University of Minnesota on Monday. San Francisco 49ers Rookie wide receiver A.J. Jenkins, who is listed at 6-f...

The NFL trend toward a state of (pass) happiness has not swept over the NFC West. Go ahead and blame the quarterbacks, but realize, too, that the St. Louis Rams, Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers have sought run-oriented identities through ...

Peyton Manning is expected to visit with the Arizona Cardinals after leaving the Denver Broncos. That visit could begin Saturday night if suspicions are correct and Manning boarded this flight from Denver, as friend of the NFC West blog Dustin Hol...

Five things I noticed while watching the San Francisco 49ers' final game of the 2011 regular season, a 34-27 victory over the St. Louis Rams in the Edward Jones Dome: Justin Smith's hidden impact: Parys Haralson stuffed Rams running back Steven J...