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NFC West News and Rumors

Ravens Fans Storm M&T Bank Stadium After Super Bowl Parade

Sean Newell, deadspin.com

As we have come to learn, Baltimore was pretty fired up for the Ravens victory over the 49ers in Super Bowl 47. The zeitgeist continued Tuesday as most of Baltimore attended a victory parade and later spilled into M&T Bank Stadium for a rally. More »

ESPN.com

Super Bowl week can be a bit of a blur with so much coverage coming from so many angles. That's my excuse for missing the "Secrets of Super Bowl Quarterbacks" package featuring previously untold stories. NFC West alums Kurt Warner, Steve Young…

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A fiery crash hours after the Super Bowl killed relatives of San Francisco 49ers tight end Delanie Walker, Louisiana State Police said Wednesday.

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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) Donald Driver rewrote the Green Bay Packers record books and on Wednesday morning, the wildly popular wide receiver might've rewritten the book on how a player should call it a career.

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The Arizona Cardinals should be watching closely as Ahmad Bradshaw and other running backs hit the market for various reasons this offseason. They could use a boost at the position. Bradshaw's release from the New York Giants one year after the team dum…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

The 49ers blocked the Saints from interviewing secondary coach Ed Donatell for their defensive coordinator job, a right that teams hold over coaches under contract unless the opening is for a head coaching job. Donatell addressed that possibility during…

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) New Orleans' mayor defended his city days after a power outage plunged the Super Bowl into 34 minutes of darkness, while authorities still baffled by the cause announced they were bringing in a consultant to help investigate.

ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com

Donte Whitner has no doubt that the San Francisco 49ers are ready to become Super Bowl champions.

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San Francisco 49ers defensive end Justin Smith is expected to need two or three months to recover from triceps surgery scheduled for this week. That gives Smith ample time to ready himself for the 2013 season. 2011-12 DL Snaps Counting Playoffs One ques…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

The 49ers made it all the way to the Super Bowl this season despite getting next to nothing from first-round pick A.J. Jenkins. Jenkins played just three games during the regular season and caught no passes even though the 49ers lost wide receivers Mari…

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There's a New England Patriots flavor to the Arizona Cardinals' front office. Player personnel director Jason Licht and newly hired director of football administration Mike Disner both have Patriots ties. 2013 Cardinals Personnel Department The Cardinal…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

The 49ers came close to winning the Super Bowl a year after making it to the NFC Championship Game, leading one member of the team to believe that they have the makings of a dynasty. Safety Donte Whitner answered in the affirmative when asked if the Nin…

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We have at various times ranked NFC West plays by how much they changed a team's chances for winning, based on swings in win probability. The chart ranks the five most pivotal five plays from Super Bowl XLVII regardless of whether they helped or hurt th…

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

The Rams’ low-risk waiver claim of wide receiver Titus Young isn’t the kind of move that impacts a team’s overall plans. Specifically, it shouldn’t change the way they view negotiations with pending free agent wideout Danny Amendola, at least acco…

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

Cardinals coach Bruce Arians filled out his coaching staff Tuesday, with the team announcing the addition of 13 assistants. Some of the names have trickled out previously, but, with a deep breath, here’s the complete list: Special teams coordinator Amos…

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

Candlestick Park, the stadium that hosted Jerry Rice, Joe Montana and Steve Young in their primes, the site of The Catch and the home field for the 49ers for more than four decades, is slated for implosion within weeks of the 49ers’ last home game next …