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Three-day NFL minicamps featuring no permissible contact aren't going to settle position battles. They're unlikely to set the tone for a season still three months away. They won't reveal where teams figure to stand in December. I'm en route to the...

Michael Robinson's expected re-signing with the Seattle Seahawks would give the team a league-high four re-signings in the unrestricted free-agent market. Red Bryant, Paul McQuistan and Heath Farwell previously re-signed. Seattle and the other ...

Arizona Cardinals Key free agents: DE Calais Campbell (franchise tag), CB Richard Marshall, OLB Clark Haggans, WR Early Doucet, T Brandon Keith, G Deuce Lutui, K Jay Feely. Where they stand: A strong finish to the 2011 season on defense gives t...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Thoughts on the San Francisco 49ers' victory over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday at Candlestick Park in Week 11: What it means: The 49ers can clinch the NFC West title with a victory at Baltimore and a Seattle loss to Washington....

Braylon Edwards ran routes on his surgically repaired right knee during the 49ers' bye week, giving coach Jim Harbaugh hope that the veteran wide receiver will be back for Sunday's home game with the Cleveland Browns.

Arizona Cardinals: Depth at running back remains the biggest injury variable for the Cardinals heading into Week 4. Beanie Wells hopes to return from the hamstring injury that sidelined him against Seattle. Hamstring injuries are notoriously difficu...

A few thoughts on NFC West rosters after calculating age ranks for NFL teams based on the rosters I maintain: The chart ranks teams from oldest to youngest, excluding special-teams players who can sometimes play into their 40s. The first column s...

Omar from Baltimore wants to know which late-round NFC West draft picks will likely have the greatest positive impact in the division. Mike Sando: I'll focus on the final three rounds for our purposes. These are rough projections based largely on ...

The NFL draft provides teams an opportunity to get younger. Invariably, older players wind up playing extensively when injuries strike and/or some of those youngsters prove not quite ready for the big leagues. In Arizona last season, 36-year-ol...

The most recent NFC West mailbag featured a question from Michael asking for positional age rankings. Updating rosters around the league allowed me to make calculations for each position based on to-the-day ages for each player. A few highlights: ...

Age can be a sensitive subject, even in the NFL. Especially in the NFL, where a couple down seasons past age 30 can leave even accomplished players on the outside. Teams try to find the right mix of youth, players in their primes and older veteran...

Darren Urban of azcardinals.com says some Cardinals players think Cowboys rookie Dez Bryant shouldn't resist carrying shoulder pads for veteran receiver Roy Williams as a rite of passage. Running back Jason Wright: "You can say it's hazing or messing...

Kirby Lee/Image of Sport-US PRESSWIRENFC West blogger Mike Sando correctly chose 49ers wide receiver Vernon Davis as a best-kept secret in 2009, but how did he fare with his other predictions?The question was simple: I've got a column to write for We...

Cary Edmondson/US PresswireSan Francisco's defensive line made it a hard night for Kurt Warner and the Cardinals. SAN FRANCISCO -- The San Francisco 49ers might have felt worse than the Arizona Cardinals after completing a season sweep of their NFC ...

Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando The Seahawks' decision to sign 31-year-old Edgerrin James and confer upon him "complementary" status behind "workhorse" Julius Jones showed what the team thought about its quality depth at running back: not a great de...