NFC West News

So when asked how the league would look should there be another realignment, it was time to go for broke.

Bleacher Report David Caldwell spent his life trying to prepare for this moment.

May 14, 2013; Tempe, AZ, USA; Arizona Cardinals tight end Korey Jones , defensive tackle Dan Williams , linebacker Reggie Walker and defensive end Everrette Thompson look on during organized team activities at the Cardinals Training Facility.

Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-0 on Friday night for their third win in a row.

For the second time in less than a week, a player in the NFC West has suffered a torn Achilles tendon.

May 14, 2013; Tempe, AZ, USA; Arizona Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer and wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald looks on during organized team activities at the Cardinals Training Facility.

Prior to the draft, conventional wisdom said that the Cardinals were in desperate need of more edge-rushing firepower, but they had even more desperate needs along the offensive line.

Brandon McCarthy set the bar high his last time out, so the Arizona Diamondbacks should expect nothing less than another strong outing Friday in the opener of a three-game series versus the San Diego Padres at Chase Field.

In case you haven't heard, the NFC West has had some minor or not so minor troubles the past couple of weeks, both on the field and off the field.

The title "Greatest Comeback Victory in Each NFL Team's History" would seem to strongly insist that we are referring to each club's largest deficit in a game overcome to win.

Even from a surface level vantage point, it's readily apparent that the San Francisco 49ers 2013 draft class is abundantly more talented than its 2012 counterpart.

Ricardo Lockette already is Colin Kaepernick's favorite target -- at least when it comes to getting home-schooled in NFL terminology while sharing a house 21 2 miles from the 49ers facility.

The San Francisco 49ers have a deep, talented roster, but if a single positional group is going to be singled out as particularly vulnerable, it's at wide receiver.

Mario Manningham paused from his own injury rehabilitation Thursday to rally 49ers teammates in the wake of Michael Crabtree's Achilles tear.

December 2, 2012; St. Louis, MO, USA; San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree is pushed out of bounds by St.

He was targeted 127 times, and his receptions produced 57 first downs. The receiver who came in second in both categories- Vernon Davis -accumulated less than half those amounts Without his favorite target , Colin Kaepernick will have to find answers in the 49ers' remixed receiving corps.

One of the greatest things about the world of football is that the best players find a way to improve on a yearly basis and do it right in front of our eyes.

4. Does Crabtree's injury affect the 49ers' Super Bowl chances? No, because of Kenny Britt.

The St. Louis Rams hoped 2012 fifth-round draft choice Rokevious Watkins would compete for a starting job at guard last season.

In this Oct. 18, 2012 file photo, San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree jumps over Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman during the first quarter of an NFL football game in San Francisco.