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2013 Kansas City Chiefs Schedule Week Chiefs Opponent 1 at Jacksonville Jaguars 2 Dallas Cowboys 3 at Philadelphia Eagles 4 New York Giants 5 at Tennessee Titans 6 Oakland Raiders 7 H...

2013 Salary Cap Charges for QBs Rank Team QB Cap 1 Detroit Lions $24.6M 2 New York Giants $22.1M 3 Denver Broncos $20.8M 4 Dallas Cowboys $19.6M 5 San Diego Chargers $18.9M 6 New Y...

An NFC West team other than the one recently appearing in the Super Bowl ranks No. 1 in ESPN's first NFL Power Rankings of the 2013 offseason. Call us suckers for the excitement of free agency and the trade market, but the Seattle Seahawks' recent...

NFC playoff matchups consumed much of my weekly Friday conversation with Dan Bickley and Mike Jurecki on XTRA Sports 910 AM. We also took a closer look at the Arizona Cardinals' search for a head coach. My feeling was that Arizona would be bes...

How nice of Peyton Manning to throw a couple of interceptions last week, just to change up things. The Denver Broncos quarterback had posted a 14-1 ratio of touchdowns to INTs over his previous five games. His odds for winning a fifth MVP award no...

The San Francisco 49ers opened Alex Smith's rookie season dead last in ESPN's 2005 NFL Power Rankings. Seven years later, the 49ers have emerged from Week 1 with two first-place votes from our five panelists -- nearly enough to overtake New Englan...

Yes, the start of training camps is two months away, but it's never too early to consider the coming season. A look at the best-case and worst-case scenarios for the 49ers in 2012: Dream scenario (14-2): The 49ers pick up where they left off last ...

Leave it to one of our resident San Francisco 49ers fans to issue an irresistible challenge. Thank you, 4949centennial, for giving me something (arguably) better to do on a Friday afternoon. Some background: With the 49ers finishing 13-3 last s...

Sorry, having a tough time envisioning the San Francisco 49ers acquiring Tim Tebow from the Denver Broncos. The 49ers, listed with Jacksonville and Green Bay among teams to watch in the Tebow trade talks, do have an opening at quarterback. They do...

On the surface, Peyton Manning blew his best opportunity to win a Super Bowl quickly when he chose the Denver Broncos over the San Francisco 49ers. His reasoning? Peter King, citing a 49ers source, says unrealistic expectations in San Francisco...

Five considerations now that Peyton Manning has told the San Francisco 49ers and Tennessee Titans he plans to sign with the Denver Broncos: Big sighs of relief: Arizona, Seattle and St. Louis no longer must worry about defending against a Manning...

Take a bow, Green Bay Packers. You sailed through ESPN's NFL Power Rankings as the top team from Week 1 through the regular season. There was lots of movement beneath you, however. Our Power Rankings voters -- John Clayton, Paul Kuharsky, James...

There can be no fourth-quarter comeback victories in football without a team first falling behind. That partly explains why Drew Brees (three), Tom Brady (one) and Aaron Rodgers (zero) have combined for fewer of them than either Alex Smith (five) ...

Three NFC West teams went into the most recent NFL offseason with unsettled quarterback situations. Among the potential options: acquiring veteran Kyle Orton from the Denver Broncos. It never happened, but Orton's viability is worth revisiting now...

Grading Alex Smith's play during the San Francisco 49ers' 6-1 start has become one of the more fascinating pursuits of this 2011 NFC West season. Smith, long a divisive subject among 49ers fans, remains one even during the team's best start since ...

SEATTLE -- The best NFL head coaches know how to manage games. They appreciate the critical role quarterbacks increasingly play in winning. They know how to evaluate the position and manage it, too. The best coaches call for field goals with the f...