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	<title>The Purple Chaos &#187; retirement</title>
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		<title>The story of the 2012-13 World Champion Ravens</title>
		<link>http://thepurplechaos.com/2013/02/12/the-story-of-the-2012-13-world-champion-ravens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>conoonk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A week removed from the Super Bowl thriller in which the Baltimore Ravens stunned the world and outlasted the San Francisco 49ers, it&#8217;s still hard for me to let it all sink it. It&#8217;s amazing how only a couple days after the February 3 win, the Ravens went right into preparations for the upcoming 2013 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will the 2012 season be Ray Lewis&#8217; last?</title>
		<link>http://thepurplechaos.com/2012/06/06/will-the-2012-season-be-ray-lewis-last/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2012 00:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Silberman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[He&#8217;s 37 and is set to enter his 17th season in the NFL. But will this be Ray Lewis&#8217; last? Lewis, who turned 37 in May, was emphatic after the Ravens&#8217; AFC Championship Game loss that he was returning for 2012, but there has to be speculation and questions about whether he will play beyond [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foxworth&#8217;s playing days likely over</title>
		<link>http://thepurplechaos.com/2012/05/19/foxworths-playing-days-likely-over/</link>
		<comments>http://thepurplechaos.com/2012/05/19/foxworths-playing-days-likely-over/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 20:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Silberman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s unfortunate that one of the classiest guys in the NFL had to limp his way to the finish line. Former Ravens cornerback Domonique Foxworth, who missed all of the 2010 and most of the 2011 seasons, will likely retire before this upcoming season, according to Matt Vensel of The Baltimore Sun. Foxworth, 29, was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ricky Williams placed on reserve/retired list</title>
		<link>http://thepurplechaos.com/2012/03/05/ricky-williams-placed-on-reserveretired-list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Silberman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thepurplechaos.com/?p=13263</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baltimore Ravens placed running back Ricky Williams on the reserve/retired list last Friday. By placing Williams on the reserve/retired list, the Ravens would retain Williams&#8217; rights should he return for the 2012 season. Williams, 34, is under contract through next season, but Baltimore gets to take his $1.5 million base salary off its salary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birk plans to return next season, not retire</title>
		<link>http://thepurplechaos.com/2012/02/25/birk-plans-to-return-next-season-not-retire/</link>
		<comments>http://thepurplechaos.com/2012/02/25/birk-plans-to-return-next-season-not-retire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 02:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Silberman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thepurplechaos.com/?p=13021</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Baltimore Ravens center Matt Birk plans to return for the 2012 season after strongly considering retirement, according to his agent, Joe Linta. Birk, 35, decided to comeback for a 14th NFL season after weighing his options following the Ravens&#8217; 23-20 defeat to the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship Game. &#8220;Matt feels great,&#8221; agent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Randy Moss to the Ravens Makes No Sense Whatsoever</title>
		<link>http://thepurplechaos.com/2012/02/14/randy-moss-to-the-ravens-make-no-sense-whatsoever/</link>
		<comments>http://thepurplechaos.com/2012/02/14/randy-moss-to-the-ravens-make-no-sense-whatsoever/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Silberman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Baltimore Ravens said they plan to address and add to the wide receiver position this off-season. Randy Moss, one of the greatest wide receivers in NFL history, announced on Monday that he is coming out of retirement and wants to play in 2012. Moss, 35, has given every indication that he wants to sign [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Parcells&#8217; Texts Persuaded Ricky Williams to Retire</title>
		<link>http://thepurplechaos.com/2012/02/08/bill-parcells-texts-persuaded-ricky-williams-to-retire/</link>
		<comments>http://thepurplechaos.com/2012/02/08/bill-parcells-texts-persuaded-ricky-williams-to-retire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Silberman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thepurplechaos.com/?p=12410</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ricky Williams really enjoyed his lone season with the Baltimore Ravens in 2011. He was also looking forward to returning to finish out the final year of his two-year, $4 million deal he signed with the team last off-season. That all changed when the 34-year-old running back received a text from Bill Parcells. Williams told [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ricky Williams Calls it a Career after 11 NFL Seasons</title>
		<link>http://thepurplechaos.com/2012/02/07/ricky-williams-calls-it-a-career-after-11-nfl-seasons/</link>
		<comments>http://thepurplechaos.com/2012/02/07/ricky-williams-calls-it-a-career-after-11-nfl-seasons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Silberman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Baltimore Ravens running back Ricky Williams will retire after 11 NFL seasons, according to ESPN&#8217;s NFL Insider Adam Schefter. Williams, 34, is walking away with a year left on the two-year, $4 million deal he signed last off-season. The news comes just two weeks after Williams said that he planned to return to the Ravens [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bisciotti Thinks Ravens&#8217; Window Isn&#8217;t Closing</title>
		<link>http://thepurplechaos.com/2012/02/04/bisciotti-thinks-ravens-window-isnt-closing/</link>
		<comments>http://thepurplechaos.com/2012/02/04/bisciotti-thinks-ravens-window-isnt-closing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Silberman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thepurplechaos.com/?p=12274</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After making the postseason four straight seasons, but failing to reach a Super Bowl in that time &#8212; the question many are wondering &#8212; is has the window closed for the Baltimore Ravens? For guys like Ray Lewis and Ed Reed, who are not getting any younger, they may only have one more year or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foxworth Pondering Retirement?</title>
		<link>http://thepurplechaos.com/2012/02/03/foxworth-pondering-retirement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Silberman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thepurplechaos.com/?p=12256</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Baltimore Ravens&#8217; cornerback Domonique Foxworth&#8217;s playing days could be coming to a crashing halt at just the age of 28. Foxworth has played in just two games in each of the past two seasons because of a torn right ACL. He declined to comment on the status of his knee on Friday. &#8220;I don&#8217;t really [...]]]></description>
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