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NFL quarterbacks play in different systems with different coaches under different circumstances. Some are going to suffer additional turnovers for reasons beyond their control. Alex Smith would know this better than most quarterbacks after chan...

Five nuggets of knowledge about Week 15: Forget about running the ball: The San Francisco 49ers own the NFL's longest ongoing streak of games without allowing an individual 100-yard rusher. The streak dates to Ryan Grant's 129-yard game for Green ...

Significant quarterback considerations affect every game involving NFC West teams in Week 15. That makes the picks tougher than usual. Seattle Seahawks at Chicago Bears, 1 p.m. ET. The Bears should win home games in December against West Coast te...

The San Francisco 49ers have changed head coaches and coordinators multiple times in recent years, but there has been at least one constant. The team keeps defeating division opponents at home. The 49ers have won their last seven NFC West games...

Cool note from ESPN Stats & Information: First-year San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh is the last quarterback other than Peyton Manning to start a regular-season game for the Indianapolis Colts. That will change when Kerry Collins replace...

A few notes on the choices NFL teams hold in the 2011 draft: The Seattle Seahawks have acquired a league-high four selections from other teams. They have a fourth-rounder acquired from New England for Deion Branch; a fifth-rounder from Baltimore ...

With the offseason in full swing, let's take a look at one major question facing each NFC West team as it begins preparations for the 2011 season: ARIZONA CARDINALS What happens to the offensive line? We've been asking, answering and asking...

Heard on ESPN Radio during my drive home from the airport Monday night: analyst Trent Dilfer explaining why he thought Washington Redskins coach Mike Shanahan benched Donovan McNabb in Week 8. Dilfer pointed to what he calls "critical situations" ...

Arizona Cardinals Last year, the Cardinals announced their roster cuts to the 53-man limit one day before the deadline. If they hold to form this year, they'll announce 2010 reductions Friday, and those reductions could bring clarity to Matt Leina...

The division that produced Joe Montana, Steve Young and Kurt Warner finds itself fawning over Charlie Whitehurst. Such is the state of quarterbacking in the NFC West, where even A.J. Feeley and David Carr have a chance to start in 2010. It's st...

Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando More: Chadiha: The plan | Scouts: Rating QBs | Rank 'em | Clayton: Next Cassel? Arizona Cardinals: If Kurt Warner is unavailable, their situation is better than most. Matt Leinart owns a 7-9 record as a star...

Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando Quarterback situations are supposed to settle out during the course of an NFL season. The opposite is happening in the NFC West. The Seattle Seahawks can't be sure when -- or if -- Matt Hasselbeck can return from inju...

Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando Kenny from Phoenix writes: So Tony Romo got sacked in the end zone and obviously tucked the ball to take the hit. He fumbles and Cardinals recover for the touchdown. Refs dust off the tuck rule and enforce it. I'd prob...