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We have a video chat extravaganza coming up this afternoon at 1 p.m. ET. I will join NFC East blogger Dan Graziano and NFC West blogger Mike Sando to discuss a variety of topics around the NFL. Here is the link to join the party via Spreecast. ...

2010-13 PED Suspensions Team Suspensions Seattle Seahawks 5 Denver Broncos 4 New York Giants 4 New England Patriots 3 Washington Redskins 3 Cincinnati Bengals 3 Houston Texans 3 ...

The Seattle Seahawks lead the NFL in suspensions for performance-enhancing drugs since Pete Carroll became coach in 2010, research by ESPN Stats & Information shows. Defensive end Bruce Irvin's four-game suspension, announced Friday, was the fifth...

You might recall our March discussion from the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference regarding NFC West team-building strategies. St. Louis Rams chief operating officer Kevin Demoff, addressing conference attendees, noted that his team expected to...

Twenty-three of 32 NFL teams have rookie minicamps scheduled for Mother's Day (May 12). Every team is off for Father's Day (June 16). What, are a bunch of men running the NFL? Yes, with the occasional exception. Blame the labor negotiators f...

Despite a stellar free agency and a solid draft, the Miami Dolphins still cannot get any respect in ESPN.com's Power Rankings. Miami is remains in the bottom half of the NFL at No. 18, according our panel. NFC West blogger Mike Sando ranked Miami the...

Teams have added 254 players in the draft since ESPN's NFL Power Rankings last appeared six weeks ago. We've seen Carson Palmer join the Arizona Cardinals and Darrelle Revis join the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, among other changes involving veteran players...

NFL teams made five trades during the first round of the 2013 draft. NFC West teams made three of them. The opportunity is ripe for viewing these deals through the alternative draft-value charts discussed in March, powered by the calculator on Ste...

Five trades during the first round of the 2013 NFL draft changed the dynamics for what awaits over the final six rounds. I was curious to see how many picks each team holds by round. The chart breaks down the totals entering the second round. Shad...

Good morning, NFC West. The weekend passed quietly for the division, but the wide receiver market moved in a way that caught my attention. Around the NFC West: April 15, 2013 Arizona Cardinals Bickley: Stanton waits his turn ag...

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...

PHOENIX -- New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft's comments regarding the Wes Welker situation made for compelling theater at the NFL owners meeting Monday. Reporters long familiar with the Patriots' ways could not believe what they were hearing...

The numbers for Danny Amendola's new contract with the New England Patriots have come into clearer focus. It's still tough to know what keeping Amendola off the market would have cost the St. Louis Rams had the team pushed for a long-term contract...

A quick look at the contract figures suggests the New England Patriots valued St. Louis Rams free agent Danny Amendola more than they valued their own Wes Welker. After all, they gave Amendola a five-year deal for $31 million after watching Welker...

News that New England Patriots receiver Wes Welker is signing with the Denver Broncos could create an opening for St. Louis Rams receiver Danny Amendola. In fact, I suspect the Patriots risked losing Welker in part because they knew Amendola would...

Good news for the five or six people who have asked me about our Inside Slant podcast over the past few months: It's back! Mike Sando and I recorded a post-combine/pre-free agency show that happened to take place on the day the story broke that the ...