Way Too Early NFC West Preview

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Published: May 20, 2009

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... world almost like estranged family--no one's too fond of it, no one's too impressed by it, and it certainly gets no respect.

But much like its baseball counterpart the NL West--also given hardly a shred of respect before or during the season--the NFC West division has managed to surprise doubters that think the worst football in the league is played there.

Three years ago Seattle surged through the entire conference en route to its first Super Bowl appearance, and last season Arizona defied the odds by following up its pedestrian 9-7 season with an unpredictably dominant run in the playoffs, falling only a shoe-string catch short of the Lombardi trophy.

In fact, the only team in the NFC West not to make a Super Bowl trip this decade is the one with by far the richest history, San Francisco, who could be poised for a breakout season.

So as the NFC West sets out for another year in which league-wide expectations will likely be mediocre, lets take a l...

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