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ESPN's Brock Huard refused to accept "tie" for an answer Thursday. He forced me and his 710ESPN Seattle co-host, Danny O'Neil, to pick winners outright in a position-by-position run through rosters for the Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers. ...

A look at the San Francisco 49ers' offseason to this point ... What went right: The 49ers kept together their coaching staff, a major victory following a two-year run of success. ... General manager Trent Baalke continued to maximize trade value ...

The NFL released dates and times for 2013 exhibition games, pushing back the final entry in our series examining NFC West offseasons. A few thoughts: Rams: The opener at Cleveland carries one big what-if scenario. What if the Browns had succeeded...

A morning run through NFC West headlines brought to my attention Football Outsiders' annual look at how well NFL players break tackles. Around the NFC West: May 2, 2013 Arizona Cardinals Somers: No shortage of roster moves ...

Chatting with Bernie Miklasz about the NFC West in general and the St. Louis Rams in particular has become a staple each Tuesday. The run is ending this week after Bernie hosted his final show on 101ESPN St. Louis. Bernie isn't leaving, fortunatel...

Good morning, NFC West (it's still morning here). I've had a chance to run through Mel Kiper Jr.'s 2013 NFL draft grades for the NFC West. As Mel notes, "Everybody knows you can't grade an NFL draft on performance the day it ends. You can't do it...

RENTON, Wash. -- With less than an hour til the 2013 NFL draft, I've put together a chart showing which picks NFC West teams hold and how they acquired those picks. 2013 NFC West Draft Choices Rd. Overall Team How acquired ...

2013 NFC West Schedules Week SF SEA STL ARI 1 GB @CAR ARI @STL 2 @SEA SF @ATL DET 3 IND JAC @DAL @NO 4 @STL @HOU SF @TB 5 HOU @IND JAC CAR 6 ARI TEN @HOU ...

A quick run through NFC West schedules shows the San Francisco 49ers leading the way with five prime-time games in 2013. Around the NFC West: April 19, 2013 Arizona Cardinals Somers: Keim and Arians on draft Urban: Schedu...

Our Saturday series analyzing Mel Kiper Jr.'s fourth 2013 mock draft concludes with a look at his projection for the Seattle Seahawks. This Kiper mock, unlike its predecessors in 2013, runs through the second round. That provides an opportunity t...

Mel Kiper Jr.'s latest mock draft , this one spanning two rounds instead of the usual one, appeared while I was away. A quiet (so far) Saturday provides an opportunity to run through Kiper's projections for NFC West teams. As usual, I'll sample fr...

Good morning, NFC West. We're halfway through another eventful week, one that has drawn attention from outside our usual circle of media sources. Let's take a run through some of them. Around the NFC West: April 3, 2013 Arizona Cardina...

Around the NFC West: April 2, 2013 Arizona Cardinals Somers: Skelton out, Palmer near, QB Urban: No surprise, Pat's Run tweetup St. Louis Rams Thomas: LB Smith to visit Rams Wagoner: OL Williams re-signs ...

Thoughts on Todd McShay's latest mock draft projections for NFC West teams: Arizona Cardinals: Oklahoma tackle Lane Johnson (first round, No. 7 overall) and North Carolina State quarterback Mike Glennon (second round, No. 38) were the projection...

2012 Zone Read + Option + Option Pitch Tm. Plays Pct. total plays CAR 147 14.9 WAS 129 13.0 SEA 55 5.6 SF 44 4.5 NYJ 32 3.1 MIA 11 1.1 BUF 10 1.0 BAL 6 0.6 ...

Mel Kiper Jr. is back with his third 2013 NFL mock draft for the first round. Our run through projected picks for NFC West teams concludes with a look at the Arizona Cardinals, who hold the seventh overall choice. 7. Arizona Cardinals: Geno Sm...