http://assets.espn.go.com/i/tvlistings/tv_espn_original.gif en-us 10 ESPN Inc. http://espn.go.com/ Copyright 2010 ESPN Inc. We have rightfully focused at times over the years on coordinator continuity for NFC West quarterbacks. Alex Smith famously played with coordinator...]]> June 13, 2013 08:55:20 PDT Longest-tenured Head Coaches Coach Team Hired Bill Belichick Patriots 2000 Marvin Lewis Bengals 2003 Tom Coughli...]]> December 31, 2012 14:10:53 PST Musical Coordinators: Smith vs. Bradford QB Smith Bradford 2012 Roman Schottenheimer 2011 Roman McDaniels 2010 ...]]> November 08, 2012 15:02:02 PST SEATTLE -- The reigning NFL Most Valuable Player and a vicious Seattle Seahawks defense were no match Monday night for the seven guys in stripes. R...]]> September 24, 2012 22:48:16 PDT Once upon a time, Mike Holmgren and the Cleveland Browns were doing all they could to acquire from St. Louis the second overall choice in the 2012 NFL...]]> June 07, 2012 09:18:06 PDT The NFL and NFL Players Association remain vague over what triggered their investigation into the Seattle Seahawks' practices. They revoked two org...]]> June 06, 2012 14:45:50 PDT SeattleAztec from San Diego asks whether Matt Flynn might be the "most developed" quarterback in the NFC West after learning from Mike McCarthy in Gre...]]> May 17, 2012 15:58:31 PDT Imagine a San Francisco 49ers personnel group featuring Frank Gore, Vernon Davis, Randy Moss, Michael Crabtree and Brandon Lloyd. Brandon Llo...]]> March 13, 2012 22:10:00 PDT Count Frank Cignetti's expected hiring as quarterbacks coach in St. Louis as the latest career parallel between the Rams' Sam Bradford and the San Fra...]]> February 09, 2012 08:14:32 PST A few notes after participating in a conference call featuring new St. Louis Rams offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer: QB coach on way: The...]]> January 24, 2012 11:37:29 PST On the surface, the San Francisco 49ers's decision to sign Brett Swain over more established receivers doesn't make much sense. Why not sign one of...]]> October 12, 2011 05:11:00 PDT Nine of 12 dentists recommend brushing with -- wait, wrong survey. Let's try this again. Nine of 12 ESPN.com football reporters are picking the St....]]> September 01, 2011 07:19:54 PDT Matt Barrows of the Sacramento Bee says Alex Smith is picking up where he left off with Mike McCarthy in 2005. Smith on Jim Harbaugh: "Meeting with h...]]> August 25, 2011 06:46:34 PDT Our Power Rankings for NFL head coaches are out and Tim Graham has the full breakdown on the AFC East blog. General thoughts: These rankings were e...]]> April 05, 2011 09:45:19 PDT The San Francisco 49ers' changes at offensive coordinator have become an annual storyline. The team has gone from Mike McCarthy to Norv Turner to J...]]> March 29, 2011 06:57:49 PDT