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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. ...

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...

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 ...

Welcome to Eight in the Box, an NFL Nation feature that will appear each Friday during the offseason. This week's topic: Who will be each team's biggest salary-cap casualty this offseason? Arizona Cardinals: Quarterback Kevin Kolb is scheduled to ...

The $26.7 million in salary-cap space Indianapolis committed to offensive players in 2012 was the smallest amount in the NFL. It was less than half what the Seattle Seahawks and Washington Redskins allocated -- a testament to the role Andrew Luck ...

The Seattle Seahawks ranked seventh in defensive EPA last season. That was very good, but it was even better given the team's No. 30 ranking in salary-cap space allotted for defensive players. By that measure, Seattle led the NFL in bang for the sala...

Chris Clemons' decision to skip a mandatory minicamp won't cost him $1 million in 2012 salary, after all. The veteran defensive end reached agreement Monday on a multi-year contract extension to remain with the Seattle Seahawks, according to sourc...

The San Francisco 49ers' Jim Harbaugh, known to walk past the first-class cabin to his seat in coach, should be relieved to have missed Forbes' list of 10 highest-paid coaches. 2012 Forbes Salary Estimates Coach Team Salary B...

A reduction in pay generally wouldn't qualify as a vote of confidence. The one Jason Smith accepted from the St. Louis Rams might be an exception. Smith's return to the team for 2012 once appeared unlikely given his scheduled $10 million salary...

NFC West thoughts as NFL free agency runs through its second day: The Seattle Seahawks' free-agent visit with Steve Hutchinson calls attention to the team's situation at left guard. Robert Gallery's $5 million salary and $1.5 million bonus repres...

The salary cap can present challenges for NFL teams looking to add expensive players. The cap rarely prevents teams from getting what they have to have, however. Where there's a will, there's almost always a way. And there will be plenty of wil...

There are good reasons relatively few prominent NFL players transition into coaching. Salaries are much lower for coaches, especially at the entry level. Hours are much longer. There is very little glory compared to the rush players experience rou...

Surprise move: There really weren't any because the Seahawks had already parted with so many familiar names over the past couple seasons. Colin Cole was the most established player shown the door. He had been injured, his salary was $3.75 million and...