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The Baltimore Ravens continue to bolster their passing attack, this time re-signing two-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Derrick Mason.

Mason and the Ravens agreed on a two-year deal that is reported to be worth $8 million, with $3.5 million coming in the first year. Mason originally joined the Ravens in 2005 and with this new deal, he is likely to finish his career in Baltimore.

Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner called it quits on Friday, announcing his retirement from the NFL after 12 seasons, just a year after leading the Cardinals to the Super Bowl.

"Obviously, it's been 12 unbelievable years, some of the best years of my life," Warner said Friday. "But I want everybody to know that I'm just as excited about the next 12, that I'm excited about what lies in front of me. I'm excited about spending more time with my family, and seeing what God's going to do next."

Just last week the New Orleans Saints decided to bring Deuce McAllister back as an honorary captain before their divisional game against the Arizona Cardinals. This week McAllister has decided to retire from the NFL.

McAllister has not played since 2008 when the Saints released him then brought him back for last week’s game. His retirement ends an eight-year injury-plagued career for a player who holds the Saints rushing records.

New Orleans Saints re-sign their franchise leading running back Deuce McAllister who will be the team’s honorary captain in their Saturday playoff game against the Arizona Cardinals in the divisional-round.

As NFL Network kicks off their coverage of NFL games on Thursday night, two teams will be on display that desperately need to get back to winning.

The Chicago Bears started this season with high hopes after adding quarterback Jay Cutler to the team via trade, but so far, a 4-4 record wasn’t exactly what the Bears were expecting. For a long time, the talk in Chicago had been that the team was only a franchise quarterback away from getting back to the Super Bowl and winning, but that has not proven to be true.

Chicago Bears is known for its great defense and with defensive tackle Tommie Harris apologizing a day after he punched Arizona Cardinals guard Deuce Lutui, once he left the field Chicago winning was doubtful.

Harris was ejected from the game for that unfortunate action in the Bears 41-21 loss to the Cardinals.

With just 1:05 into the game, Harris was ejected for his punch.

“Yes, I felt like I hurt my team,” Harris told the Chicago Tribune.

To hear that the Carolina Panthers head coach John Fox is 7-0 in New Orleans against the Saints is quite news to anyone who rarely follows both teams, but this is the beauty of the NFL as both the Panthers and Saints square off on Sunday in New Orleans in a game that would have easily be handed to the Saints if not for the record.

After an interesting Week 7 in the NFC East, it seems like the only thing that can be expected from the division on a weekly basis is, well, uncertainty.

The New York Giants who at one point seemed like the team to beat in the entire league dropped its second game in a row. The Arizona Cardinals were able to showcase their defense in the Meadowlands and forced three interceptions against Eli Manning. Manning had as many interceptions in this game as he had in the first six games of the season, and only managed to find the end zone once.

When it was announced that Mark McGwire would join the coaching ranks at his former team the St. Louis Cardinals as their new hitting coach, most critics of baseball would have simply pointed to his refusal to answer questions during a March 2005 Congressional hearing on Steroids. But no one can deny the fact that McGwire along with Sammy Sosa in 1998 brought baseball back to its place as America’s past time and his well deserved opportunity to give back to the sport he gave his all.

It was a down week for the teams in the NFC East as the New York Giants finally suffered their first lost of the season, the Philadelphia Eagles lost to the lowly Raiders, and the Washington Redskins keep playing like one of the worst teams in football as they went down to Kansas City.