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Good morning, NFC West (it's still morning here). I've had a chance to run through Mel Kiper Jr.'s 2013 NFL draft grades for the NFC West. As Mel notes, "Everybody knows you can't grade an NFL draft on performance the day it ends. You can't do it...

Our latest NFC West chat ended with a discussion on Mel Kiper Jr.'s recent success projecting first-round selections to the Arizona Cardinals. Turns out Mel did not have the Cardinals taking Michael Floyd at No. 13 in his final 2012 mock . Still, ...

Our look at Mel Kiper Jr.'s fourth 2013 mock draft continues with projections for the Arizona Cardinals. We previously considered projections for San Francisco and St. Louis. The Seattle Seahawks do not have a first-round choice. They do have a s...

Various 2013 NFL mock drafts have the Arizona Cardinals selecting West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith with the seventh overall pick. The logic is sound in that Arizona has needed quarterback help for years. The problem is that Cardinals coach Bru...

Mel Kiper Jr. is back with his third 2013 NFL mock draft for the first round. Our run through projected picks for NFC West teams concludes with a look at the Arizona Cardinals, who hold the seventh overall choice. 7. Arizona Cardinals: Geno Sm...

Mel Kiper Jr. is back with his second 2013 NFL mock draft for the first round. We're running through the projected picks for NFC West teams in reverse order. Arizona is last up. The Cardinals hold the seventh overall choice, the second time in th...

Recent pieces from Adam Schefter and Mel Kiper Jr. have focused attention on some of the strongest decisions NFC West teams made during the 2012 NFL draft. With Kiper's 2012 draft re-grade in mind, I've put together a list showing the NFC West ro...

Mel Kiper Jr. has released his initial 2013 NFL mock draft for the first round. We discussed his St. Louis Rams projections earlier and will continue with a look at Kiper's thinking for the Arizona Cardinals, who hold the seventh overall choice. ...

The San Francisco 49ers' NFC West rivals might as well start working on their divisional concession speeches. That is because the 49ers, after one good season, suddenly tower over the Seattle Seahawks, Arizona Cardinals and St. Louis Rams by just ...

Aldon Smith's 14-sack rookie season and Bruce Irvin's recent first-round selection have obscured another young NFC West pass-rusher with great potential. Not for long, perhaps. The St. Louis Rams' Robert Quinn, chosen 14th overall in 2011, show...

Good morning. The 2012 NFL draft flew by, I thought, and now it's time to pass along tentative, highly qualified assessments on how teams fared. ESPN's Chris Mortensen singled out the San Francisco 49ers for praise at the 1:50 mark of the video ab...

Seemingly out of nowhere, Syracuse defensive end Chandler Jones has become a regular projection for the Seattle Seahawks in the 2012 NFL draft. I made the connection Monday, albeit after an admittedly far-fetched trade. Mel Kiper Jr. and Scout...

Mel Kiper Jr. is back with his fifth and final 2012 NFL mock draft for the first round. The San Francisco 49ers (Kevin Zeitler), Arizona Cardinals (Melvin Ingram) and Seattle Seahawks (Chandler Jones) went first in our analysis, reflecting revers...

Mel Kiper Jr. is back with his fifth 2012 NFL mock draft for the first round. The San Francisco 49ers (Kevin Zeitler) and Arizona Cardinals (Melvin Ingram) were first up. The Seattle Seahawks, picking 12th, are next. 12. Seattle Seahawks: C...

Mel Kiper Jr. is back with his fifth and final 2012 NFL mock draft for the first round. We discussed the San Francisco 49ers' projection at No. 30 (Wisconsin guard Kevin Zeitler was the choice). The Arizona Cardinals, picking 13th, are next up...

Exhale, NFC West head coaches. ESPN's Trent Dilfer, Mel Kiper Jr. and Chris Mortensen did not mention your names in the video above when discussing which coaches face the most pressure in 2012. I'll do the honors for them, ranking NFC West coac...