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NFC West News and Rumors

Richard Sherman likely to sue league if suspended

Curtis Crabtree, profootballtalk.com

Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman continues to wait for the ruling on his appeal of a four-game suspension for a violation of the league’s performance-enhancing drug policy. It’s been over a month since it was first reported that Sherman and…

ESPN.com

Arizona Cardinals: The Cardinals placed second-year tight end Rob Housler (shoulder) on injured reserve. Receiver LaRon Byrd (knee), receiver Early Doucet (concussion), guard Mike Gibson (calf), tackle Nate Potter (ankle), fullback Anthony Sherman (knee…

seattletimes.com

It would take a minor miracle, but there is still a chance to win division title

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Richard Sherman hung around the Seattle Seahawks locker room on Wednesday getting ready for practice as though it was any other week during the regular season.

ESPN.com

Perfect sense: The San Francisco 49ers put nine players in the Pro Bowl. The Seattle Seahawks were next among NFC West teams with five. Arizona had one. St. Louis had none. These results were not shocking. The 49ers sent two-fifths of their starting off…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

The unveiling of this year’s initial Pro Bowl rosters is coming a bit later on Wednesday evening, but news of some selections and omissions is starting to leak out. J.R. Rickard, the agent for Seahawks left tackle Russell Okung, tweeted out congratulati…

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For the past couple years, the St. Louis Rams could point past their on-field struggles to a brighter future with a franchise quarterback. Sam Bradford was what separated the Rams from their division rivals, at least over the long term. The Rams have im…

Associated Press, ESPN.com

The Arizona Cardinals will give Brian Hoyer his first NFL start, less than three weeks after the team claimed him off waivers from Pittsburgh.

ESPN.com

Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III were favorites to become offensive rookie of the year in 2012. The online sportsbook Bovada gave odds for Luck, Griffin and 15 other rookies back on Aug. 12. Russell Wilson wasn't one of the other 15. The Seattle Seaha…

CNNSI.com

BEREA, Ohio (AP) BEREA, Ohio (AP) - The Cleveland Browns are down to their third-string quarterback.

Doug Farrar, yahoo.com

Perhaps it was his time with the Chicago Bears of the 1980s that gave St. Louis Rams head coach Jeff Fisher a sense of how to bring the best out of players that other teams would find too much of a challenge. When your quarterback (Jim McMahon) is mooni…

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Beanie Wells needs 766 yards rushing in Week 17 for his second consecutive season with at least 1,000. The odds are higher that Wells will return to the Arizona Cardinals for a fifth season with the team. How much higher? That one is open to interpretat…

Jack Dickey, deadspin.com

Nineteen years ago, Darrell Bevell, a redshirt freshman transfer fresh off his Mormon mission, led Wisconsin to its first Rose Bowl win—an ugly 21-16 victory over UCLA that featured seven fumbles. Bevell's clinching touchdown came on a particularly un-b…

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Seattle Seahawks rookie Russell Wilson was already part of our MVP Watch list before tossing four touchdown passes against San Francisco in Week 16. While working on the next MVP Watch, scheduled for publication later Wednesday, a non-scoring play from …

Toni Monkovic, nytimes.com

The Colts' Bruce Arians may win it. Bill Belichick seemingly deserves to win every season. But Seattle's rise is too much to overlook.

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Around the NFC West: Dec. 26, 2012 The NFL realigned into eight four-team divisions in 2002. That remains the only time the NFC West in its current form brought back all four head coaches from the previous year and stuck with them through the next seaso…