< the="" baltimore="" sun="" reported="" on="" its="" website="" wednesday="" that="" bulger,="" who="" didn't="" take="" a="" snap="" as="" the="" backup="" to="" ravens="" starter="" joe="" flacco="" last="" season,="" received="" offers="" from="" other="" teams="" this="" offseason="" that="" he="" chose="" not="" to="" pursue.="" bulger="" told="" espn.com="" that="" he="" was="" retiring="" and="" said="" he="" was="" "excited="" to="" continue="" doing="" work="" through="" my="" foundation="" to="" help="" the="" men="" and="" women="" in="" uniform="" who="" risk="" their="" lives="" everyday="" so="" we="" can="" enjoy="" the="" game="" of="" football."="" best="" known="" for="" the="" time="" he="" spent="" as="" a="" starter="" for="" the="" st.="" louis="" rams,="" bulger="" made="" two="" pro="" bowls="" in="" his="" career="" after="" being="" selected="" by="" the="" new="" orleans="" saints="" in="" the="" sixth="" round="" (no.="" 168="" overall)="" of="" the="" 2000="" nfl="" draft="" out="" of="" west="" virginia.="" he="" started="" at="" least="" 14="" games="" four="" different="" times="" for="" the="" rams,="" including="" all="" 16="" in="" 2006.="" he="" passed="" for="" 22,814="" yards,="" 122="" touchdowns="" and="" 93="" interceptions="" in="" 96="" games="" with="" st.="" louis,="" including="" 95="" starts.="" bulger,="" 34,="" signed="" a="" one-year="" contract="" with="" the="" ravens="" last="" season="" after="" the="" rams="" released="" him="" in="" april="" 2010.="" but="" he="" never="" got="" a="" chance="" to="" play.="" the="" 26-year-old="" flacco="" passed="" for="" 3,622="" yards,="" 25="" touchdowns="" and="" 10="" interceptions="" while="" starting="" every="" game="" for="" the="" ravens="" for="" the="" third="" straight="" season./="">