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NFC West News and Rumors

Jake Long still holding up the tackle market

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

Tackle Jake Long, the No. 1 pick in the 2008 NFL draft, made a quick trip to St. Louis once the free-agency period opened. Since then, there has been nothing quick about Long’s search for a new job. After an extended visit with the Rams, Long left witho…

CNNSI.com

Trying to spend their way into the playoffs has been a losing strategy for most teams, but Don Banks found a few teams who spent wisely and may have changed their fortunes.

ESPN.com

The San Francisco 49ers added veteran depth to their secondary Saturday by signing St. Louis Rams unrestricted free agent Craig Dahl to a three-year contract. This is not a flashy signing, but Dahl has the potential to help in multiple ways. Dahl, 27, h…

Field Yates, ESPN.com

The New England Patriots have reached an agreement with free agent safety Adrian Wilson, his agent confirmed Friday night via Twitter.

ESPN.com

The St. Louis Rams have not been scrambling to add wide receivers after watching Danny Amendola and Brandon Gibson sign elsewhere in free agency. 2012 Rams Receiving Leaders That should tell us what the team thinks of its young receiving targets. "…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

After running back Steven Jackson left the Rams but before he joined the Falcons, he considered another option. “I was thinking about maybe retiring,” Jackson said Friday, via D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.  “I really con…

ESPN.com

Recent trades by the Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers have affected draft choice counts for NFC West teams in 2013. The chart shows how many picks each team in the division holds at this time. The counts will change when the NFL hands out 32 com…

nydailynews.com

John Elway was 37 years old in his 15th season when he won his first Super Bowl. He was one of the great quarterbacks of all time, but he lost his first three Super Bowls to the Giants, Redskins and 49ers by a combined score of 136-40 and was labeled as…

ESPN.com

The numbers for Danny Amendola's new contract with the New England Patriots have come into clearer focus. It's still tough to know what keeping Amendola off the market would have cost the St. Louis Rams had the team pushed for a long-term contract with …

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

Brian Westbrook, a running back who played eight seasons for the Eagles and one for the 49ers before retiring two years ago, says he is experiencing memory loss that he believes was caused by concussions suffered on the field. The 33-year-old Westbrook …

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

Former Rams wide receiver Danny Amendola got a good deal from the Patriots, just not as good as initially advertised. According to Howard Balzer of the Sports Xchange, the deal which was reported as five years worth $31 million tops out around $28.5 mil…