West is Best in the NFC and the NFL
Richard Sherman may not be a favorite of football fans in the Bay Area, but after his Seahawks destroyed the Broncos in Sunday's Super Bowl, he acknowledged that the real Super Bowl had been played two weeks before."The NFC Championship was the Super Bowl," said the Seahawks All-Pro cornerback. "The 49ers were the second-best team in the NFL."And the NFC West is beyond a doubt the toughest division in the league, with the Seahawks and 49ers at the top of the pack and the Cardinals and Rams just steps behind.The Seahawks went 13-3 and the 49ers were 12-4 in the regular season to both gain playoff spots, but Arizona, too, could have advanced through the postseason the way it was playing at the end of the season. The Cardinals finished 10-6, had the league's sixth-ranked defense and, over the final weeks of the season, beat Seattle in Seattle and almost toppled the 49ers in Arizona. The Rams, meanwhile, finished just a game below .500 at 7-9 while having to play the Seahawks, 49ers and Cardinals six times. They went 1-5 against their division mates – meaning they were 6-4 against the rest of the NFL.As Don Banks of Sports Illustrated noted this week, the NFC West clearly was...
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Ricky Pearsall, WR
Round 1, Pick 31
College: Florida
Height: 6-1
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