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NFL rosters are mostly set until training camp, making this a good time to revisit a subject we hit pretty hard after the draft: how much raw playing time from last season each NFC West team will have to replace in 2013. A few highlights and notes...

An NFL-high five of the Seattle Seahawks' 11 draft choices from 2013 played in the Southeastern Conference. Christine Michael, Jesse Williams, Tharold Simon, Spencer Ware and Ryan Seymour joined K.J. Wright, Pep Levingston, Kris Durham, James Carp...

Free-agent addition Jared Cook excites the St. Louis Rams. "He can add a dimension to our offense we didn't have," coach Jeff Fisher told reporters Thursday. 2012 Receptions for Current NFC West TEs Rank TE Tm. Rec. 1 R...

Around the NFC West: May 31, 2013 Arizona Cardinals Somers: Risk and reward with CB Weinfuss: Gill's up there for rookie St. Louis Rams Rosenthal: RB by committee San Francisco 49ers Barrows: Who be...

How nice of the Baltimore Ravens' Terrell Suggs to give the San Francisco 49ers' Michael Crabtree a primer on recovery from a torn Achilles tendon. Around the NFC West: May 30, 2013 Arizona Cardinals Somers: DB Mathieu and WR S...

Around the NFC West: May 28, 2013 Arizona Cardinals Azcardinals: Tillman in his own words St. Louis Rams Van Bibber: Long against 18 games San Francisco 49ers Barrows: All not lost with Crabtree Bra...

Good morning, NFC West, and Happy Memorial Day. Around the NFC West: May 27, 2013 Arizona Cardinals Somers: Cards' new-look secondary Bickley: Safety Bell chased his dream Urban: On the Cardinals' need at TE ...

How does each NFC West team look at running back, and what still needs to be done? Arizona Cardinals: This is a transitional year at the position for Arizona. Free-agent addition Rashard Mendenhall gets a shot to revive his career following a disa...

We interrupt ongoing coverage of Michael Crabtree's surgically repaired Achilles tendon to continue our recent discussion on average ages for projected 2013 NFL starting lineups. Offense went first. Defense is up next. 2013 Starter Age Rank...

Around the NFC West: May 23, 2013 Arizona Cardinals Bordow: RB Williams played scared Somers: Attacking DEs, Crabtree Urban: Injury affects Boldin, Peterson Weinfuss: 'Grind' for young players St. Louis Rams ...

Much thanks to @groomoo for delicately suggesting we take a more detailed look at the recently published average ages for projected NFL starters. 2013 Starter Age Rankings (Offense) Rank Team Avg. 1 Saints 28.95 2 T...

Good morning, NFC West. Here's hoping you made it through the weekend without testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs. Around the NFC West: May 20, 2013 Arizona Cardinals Urban: Safety Bell not horsing around Wei...

The San Francisco 49ers' Michael Crabtree was the only 1,100-yard receiver in the NFC West last season. He was the only 1,000-yard receiver, the only 900-yard receiver and the only 800-yard receiver. The breakthrough could have ramifications for t...

A look at the Arizona Cardinals' offseason to this point ... What went right: Carson Palmer became available by trade and the Cardinals were able to acquire him for late-round draft considerations, instantly upgrading the one area where Arizona ha...

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...

Sometimes it takes a few years to fully assess an NFL draft class' impact. Imperiled veterans can't afford to wait that long. Among the NFC West veterans on alert as 2013 rookies arrive for minicamps Friday: Arizona Cardinals: Adding guards Jo...