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The Chiefs took Eric Fisher of Central Michigan to begin the NFL draft Thursday night, then Jacksonville went for Texas A&M's Luke Joeckel. Not until EJ Manuel went to Buffalo at No. 16 was a quarterback taken.

USA TODAY Sports, Getty ImagesLuke Joeckel (left) or Eric Fisher (right) could be drafted first overall.The first selections of the NFL Draft are just a day away. Here are our Top 10 overall stats to know on this year's selections. A lineman is li...

For those of us who grew up with the lopsided Super Bowls of the 1980s, it seems as if we've had an unusual run. The past few years of Super Bowls have stayed tight, the result in doubt until the very end. It's almost miraculous we haven't had one go...

Skip Bayless proposes that football would be better off without field goals, extra points and kickoffs.

All the numbers said San Francisco wouldn't be this good, so how did it happen?

Denver's Von Miller means more to his team than any other Defensive Player of the Year candidate, writes Ashley Fox.

Seahawks (+7) over 49ERS I've been mangling the meaning of "irony" since the eighth grade, so tell me if this scenario qualifies ... A writer recklessly picks the 2012 Seahawks to win the NFC because he likes their charismatic QB, then push...

ESPN recently published a list of the 25 greatest playoff performances in NFL history. The ballot I submitted featured five performances for franchises currently aligned in the NFC West. It included three performances for the San Francisco 49ers a...

A trio of ESPN.com experts rank the top 25 individual playoff performances in NFL history.

There's little sense in taking the bait when San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh tells a radio program Michael Crabtree "has the best hands I've ever seen on a wide receiver." Anyone with a strong grasp of NFL history would place Cris Carter, R...

On the surface, the headline story of the Thanksgiving night game is San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh taking on his brother, Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh, the first brother vs brother head coaching matchup in NFL history. In fact, ...

Ronnie Lott witnessed one of the greatest coaching jobs in NFL history during the Bill Walsh years in San Francisco three decades ago. The Hall of Famer thinks the 49ers' current coach, Jim Harbaugh, might be doing something more spectacular in le...

The accolades keep flowing the San Francisco 49ers' way following their 5-1 start to the season. Winning tends to validate every aspect of an operation. Scott Ostler of the San Francisco Chronicle praises team president Jed York for naming Tren...

The biggest stories from Week 7 include a coaching failure for San Diego, questionable behavior from the Lions and plenty of quarterback news.

Jerry Jones had true admiration and friendship for the late Al Davis.

Ted Ginn Jr. shrugged off a pay cut in Week 1 and made his case that speed rules on kickoff returns, writes Ashley Fox.