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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...

NFC West teams added or re-signed 38 unrestricted free agents during the recently completed UFA signing period. They lost or did not re-sign 47 such players. One key difference between those groups: age. The St. Louis Rams in particular used th...

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...

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...

The St. Louis Rams' 0-3 start contrasts sharply with the 3-0 beginning for Detroit after the Lions rose from similar franchise depths. Of course, the Lions have faced the Bucs, Chiefs and Vikings to this point, while the Rams had to play the Eagle...

49ers wide receiver Braylon Edwards underwent a surgical procedure on his injured right knee and a league source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter that Edwards is likely to miss three weeks.

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...

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: ...

What it means: The NFC West appears more wide open than anticipated. Yes, it's only one game, but this outcome served notice on a few fronts, whereas a convincing San Francisco 49ers victory would have affirmed suspicions. The Seattle Seahawks weren'...

Jesper from Denmark continues to see his NFC West blog legacy grow. What began as his critical look at the St. Louis Rams has turned into a four-part series. We're back with a look at the San Francisco 49ers after covering the Seattle Seahawks on ...

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...

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...