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Brian Hoyer's release from the Arizona Cardinals, reported Monday, clears $2 million in salary-cap room while reflecting significant roster changes at quarterback since Hoyer started in Week 17 last season. Cardinals' salary-cap charges at QB ...

The rookie wage scale and overall salary structure should increasingly make the NFL a young man's game, all else equal. Youth will be served during rookie minicamps beginning Friday, for sure. With that in mind, I've gone through NFC West roste...

The St. Louis Rams sacrificed salary-cap space in future years to create room right now when they reworked Chris Long's contract Monday. Around the NFC West: April 23, 2013 Arizona Cardinals Somers: Line thinking, draft rules ...

The Seattle Seahawks' contract extension for safety Kam Chancellor goes against the grain in the NFC West. The rest of the division has been slashing salary at the position. NFC West Safeties: Average Per Year Safety Tm. Avg. ...

NFC West teams have added four veteran backup quarterbacks with regular-season game experience this offseason. 2013 NFC West Backup QB Contracts Salary Base Gtd. Cap Stanton $1.0M $2.0M $1.7M McCoy $1.5M $75...

The San Francisco 49ers are getting backup quarterback Colt McCoy at a bit of a discount. The former Cleveland Browns starter could have earned $2.325 million in salary for the 2013 season based on contract escalators tied to performance earlier i...

Jay from Cincinnati wants to know how Colin Kaepernick's contract situation with the San Francisco 49ers might align with future increases in salary-cap allotments. "With the cap expected to jump for 2015," he writes, "that seems like perfect timi...

Passing along: the link to our Thursday chat, which begins at 1 p.m. ET. In the meantime, I recommend checking out John Clayton's column sizing up the free-agent market two-plus weeks into the signing period. He notes that the Arizona Cardinals ha...

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...

A few things to consider amid an increase in trade chatter regarding Seattle Seahawks backup quarterback Matt Flynn: Little pressure: The Seattle Seahawks can afford to keep Flynn on their roster from a salary-cap standpoint. However, somewhat un...

Carson Palmer could become available to the Arizona Cardinals and other teams with unsettled quarterback situations. A few thoughts on the possibilities: The situation: Palmer is scheduled to earn $13 million in 2013 salary from the Oakland Ra...

PHOENIX -- The record will show the Arizona Cardinals cut ties with Kevin Kolb to avoid paying an inflated salary to the former starting quarterback. There was more to it than that, however. Bruce Arians, the Cardinals' first-year head coach, s...

Pending terms for linebacker Jasper Brinkley's new contract with the Arizona Cardinals, I've put together a list showing NFC West signings, re-signings and trade acquisitions by reported average annual salary. NFC West Additions by Average Sal...

The annual salary-cap figures for Percy Harvin's new contract with the Seattle Seahawks provide an opportunity to take a bigger-picture look at how he fits. The chart shows annual totals for prominent skill position players on the team. There are ...

The St. Louis Rams valued the hits Quintin Mikell put on opponents, but not enough to offset the hit his contract was going to make against their salary cap in 2013. That explains why the Rams released Mikell in a move ESPN's Adam Schefter reporte...

Eddie from Lancaster, Calif., read the item discussing NFL contracts and wanted to know the salary-cap implications facing Seattle if the team traded backup quarterback Matt Flynn. Sando: Seattle could realize a $2 million gain against its cap for...