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September can be an exciting, gratifying time for those NFL players deemed significant enough to earn "captain" status, usually by vote of their peers. Enjoy it while you can, gentlemen. Take a look at the St. Louis Rams' captains from 2008: Ma...

Roster turnover is a leading topic for discussion in Seattle following the release of T.J. Houshmandzadeh in particular. I've addressed the subject in depth across the division -- first May 26 and again July 30 -- and it's worth another look now t...

SEASIDE, Calif. -- Observed while watching the San Francisco 49ers conduct practice on a cool, breezy Thursday under cloudy skies at California State University-Monterey Bay: The offense is so much more competitive than it used to be. Practices a...

A player, coach or issue that should be on your radar as training camp approaches. A sore hip bothered Kurt Warner at Arizona Cardinals camp last summer. It wasn't a big deal. Two summers ago, the Seattle Seahawks downplayed Matt Hasselbeck's b...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Some things I feel comfortable writing after watching the San Francisco 49ers run around in shorts during two days of organized team activities ending Tuesday: The prevailing 49ers storyline this offseason is a legitimate o...

The earlier item quantifying NFL roster turnover since last season ranks the Seattle Seahawks and Arizona Cardinals among the three teams with the most changes. Some of the research used for that project shows up in the latest version of the anabo...

Bad teams tend to change coaches and overhaul their rosters. It should come as little surprise, then, to see the Seattle Seahawks retain a league-low 66.1 percent of their players from last season. It should likewise make sense to see the NFC Nor...

Unrestricted free agency has come and gone for the NFL in 2010 after no teams made qualifying offers to the more than 100 unsigned UFAs by June 1. The following former UFAs from NFC West teams remain free agents able to sign with any team that wil...

Albert Breer of the Boston Globe visits Seahawks headquarters as part of a piece looking at what went wrong for Pete Carroll in New England, with an eye toward what might be different this time. Breer: "Everyone who was in New England and with the...

Bad teams aren't the only ones churning their rosters during the offseason. The defending NFC West champion Arizona Cardinals have parted with 15 of the 53 players on their Week 17 roster from last season. Only the rebuilding Seahawks have parted ...

Cardinals nose tackle Gabe Watson once seriously injured a knee falling off a treadmill. It is possible, then, for NFL players to suffer freak injuries off the field. But with so much focus on which defensive players chose not to attend the 49e...

Falling Veteran cornerbacks. The 49ers appear to be moving on without 35-year-old Walt Harris and 32-year-old Dre' Bly. Their newest corner, William James, is younger (30) and has far fewer games on his odometer. The Seahawks have not re-signed 31...

Clare Farnsworth of seahawks.com says Chris Clemons projects as a stand-up defensive end for Seattle. Farnsworth: "Clemons is a 'tweener player who has been playing a hybrid position for the Seahawks since they acquired him in a March trade with ...

The 49ers gained size at cornerback by reaching an agreement with veteran William James, the former Lions, Eagles and Giants defensive back once known as Will Peterson. James, 30, started 14 games for the Lions last season. He was an unrestricted ...

We spent the last few days focusing on which players NFC West teams drafted. Sometimes it's helpful to consider which players teams did not draft (no team in the division drafted a punter, kicker or snapper, but that was expected). A closer loo...

The Cardinals remain the only NFC West team to re-sign any of their unrestricted free agents this offseason. That is mostly by design. Twenty-seven of 31 remaining unrestricted free agents from NFC West teams are at least 30 years old. Two are ...