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Recommended video: ESPN's Merril Hoge sat down recently with new Arizona Cardinals coach Bruce Arians for a discussion covering Carson Palmer, Tyrann Mathieu, calling plays and taking over for Indianapolis Colts coach Chuck Pagano on an interim basis...

Bruce Irvin's suspension from the Seattle Seahawks for the first four games of the 2013 NFL season will force additional shuffling early in the season. The team was already expected to be without starting defensive end Chris Clemons, who is recove...

Bruce Irvin apologized and claimed "full responsibility" for incurring a four-game NFL suspension, announcing he would not appeal the punishment. The second-year Seattle Seahawks defensive end did not ask for sympathy, and he's not getting any fro...

The Seattle Seahawks' first four games of the 2013 season became a bit more challenging from a personnel standpoint when the NFL announced Bruce Irvin's four-game suspension for allegedly using performance-enhancing drugs. Irvin will miss games ag...

Russell Wilson, Colin Kaepernick, Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III have dominated NFL headlines as young quarterbacks on the rise. NFC South blogger Pat Yasinskas expects Cam Newton to upstage them all in 2013. "Call it bouncing back, breaking t...

Kent Somers' piece about NFL rookies combining to start more games than in the past caught my attention Friday. I wanted to know how many games NFC West players have started as rookies in recent seasons. I wanted to break down the numbers by team ...

A look at key players for each NFC West team who are coming back from injuries: Arizona Cardinals: Levi Brown, left tackle. A torn triceps sidelined Brown last season, but the Cardinals expect him to be at full strength for 2013. A healthy Brown m...

Good morning, NFC West. We've spent more time this week discussing St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford than we've spent discussing his NFC West counterparts at the position. It's been a refreshing change, frankly, and the discussion has carrie...

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...

The St. Louis Rams have added six and subtracted four in remaking their personnel department heading into their second season with Les Snead as general manager. The chart lays out the changes in personnel and titles for the scouting department. ...

Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman's outstanding play warrants the kind of in-depth study Cian Fahey conducted analyzing Sherman's every snap from 2012. Richard Sherman #25 CB Seattle Seahawks 2012 STATS Tot64 Solo53 Ast11 FF3 ...

ESPN's Brock Huard refused to accept "tie" for an answer Thursday. He forced me and his 710ESPN Seattle co-host, Danny O'Neil, to pick winners outright in a position-by-position run through rosters for the Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers. ...

Via the NFC West mailbag, Ryan from Montreal sees parallels between Eli Manning and Sam Bradford through their first three seasons. Both quarterbacks were drafted No. 1 overall in their classes. Both endured criticism during some rocky stretches. ...

Rolando McClain's early retirement from the NFL comes three years after the Oakland Raiders made him the eighth overall choice in the 2010 draft. NFL Games Started By 2010 First-Rounders Pick Player Starts 10 Tyson Alualu ...

Some of the complications associated with evaluating St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford also apply to the team's offensive coordinator, Brian Schottenheimer. Around the NFC West: May 16, 2013 Arizona Cardinals Somers: Fitz...

Good morning, NFC West. This is your four-hour warning to drop everything and head on over to our next chat, set for 1 p.m. ET. We can continue discussing what's at stake for St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford, how teams from this division ap...