RENTON, Wash. — The Seahawks are mum for now on talk they are about to add running back Edgerrin James. A team spokesman said the team would not comment Monday about the subject of the free agent and former star with the Indianapolis Colts and Arizona Cardinals.

The NFL has fined Arizona Cardinals defensive tackle Darnell Dockett $7,500 for his elbow to the throat of Seattle quarterback Matt Hasselbeck.

Arizona defensive tackle Darnell Dockett says he has talked to Seattle's Matt Hasselbeck and "everything's cool" between him and the Seahawks quarterback.

When Peyton Manning threw three interceptions in his first NFL start, Indianapolis Colts coach Jim Mora Sr. didn’t flinch. Mora’s reaction was the same the next week, when Manning threw three more interceptions. And the week after that, when Manning tossed two, and the week after that when Manning had three more picks.

The Cardinals call them, simply enough, The Michael Vick Rules. Follow them, and hopefully Vick, the Atlanta Falcons quarterback whom the Cards must contain Sunday, won’t shred their defense.

RENTON, Wash. — Edgerrin James signed with Seattle in an effort to revitalize his career while the Seahawks are just desperate to improve a running game that ranked near the bottom in the NFL last season.

The Cardinals find ways to scheme against Shaun Alexander. They’ll prepare for Larry Johnson, and they’ll deal with LaDainian Tomlinson and Terrell Owens. But this week is the only time they’ll have rules, because this week, the Cards face Michael Vick.

The Cardinals find ways to scheme against Shaun Alexander. They’ll prepare for Larry Johnson, and they’ll deal with LaDainian Tomlinson and Terrell Owens. But this week is the only time they’ll have rules, because this week, the Cards face Michael Vick.

ATLANTA - Darnell Dockett said he "got in my zone" Sunday morning and told fellow defensive lineman Bertrand Berry that the game against the Falcons "was going to be my breakout day."

When the NFL schedule was released, the Cardinals could have looked at today’s game at Atlanta and seen a opponent that, although no pushover, figured to be beatable.

The NFL’s built-in parity means that there are going to be surprises early in every year, and the first two weeks of this season are no exception.

The enduring moment of Saturday’s disgraceful Nuggets-Knicks brawl will be Carmelo Anthony loading up and smacking Mardy Collins – something for which Anthony will and should be justly punished today, hopefully to the tune of a double-digit suspension.

The Cardinals have a shot at another first. If they win Sunday, at home vs. Seattle, they'll have swept the NFC West, 6-0. That would be the first such sweep in franchise history.

After one game, new Minnesota Vikings owner Zygi Wilf has had enough.

Once, when there was the ongoing talk about the Cardinals firing coach Dennis Green, there was also speculation that the Cards would be in prime shape to hire whomever they wanted — because their job might be the only one open this offseason. As proved at the end of every season, that kind of stability doesn’t exist in the NFL.

On Jan. 22, Priest Willis slipped on a pair of powder blue football gloves, aligned his hands in the sign of a ‘U’ and confirmed to the college football world what everyone long suspected: He was verbally committing to UCLA.

Johnny Damon and Jim Thome were critical components in golden runs of Boston and Cleveland in recent times, but you could not tell it from the aggressive, vicious boos when they returned to their old haunts last week.

Johnny Damon and Jim Thome were critical components in golden runs of Boston and Cleveland in recent times, but you could not tell it from the aggressive, vicious boos when they returned to their old haunts last week.

Just a man: Over the last few weeks there have been a lot of ASU “fans” dogging on Rudy Carpenter.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Dennis Erickson was hired Tuesday by the San Francisco 49ers to replace Steve Mariucci as coach, a surprising end to a search that stretched nearly four weeks.

As a starting quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons, Michael Vick’s record is 27-13-1. He is a dynamic player and the face of the team. But four years into his career, Vick has gotten no better as a passer.

RENTON, Wash.  — The Edgerrin James saga with the Seahawks is dragging on.

Saguaro star running back D.J. Foster, possibly the most targeted football recruit in Arizona, will wait to see who Arizona State hires as Dennis Erickson's successor before choosing a college, he said Tuesday.

Everybody is thinking about hiring Ken Whisenhunt for their vacant head coaching job. That includes the Cardinals, who brought the Steelers offensive coordinator to Arizona for an interview Friday — which just so happened to be the same day the Steelers’ job opened up when Bill Cowher resigned.