The Thursday night game between the Patriots and Jets was a quarterback-friendly, overtime shootout. The kind of game fantasy owners dream of, unless of course they were part of the faction that watched New England quarterback Matt Cassel’s 400 yards and three touchdowns waste away on their bench. Brett Favre, meanwhile, had the far better game in reality, efficiently completing 26-of-33 passes for 258 yards and two touchdowns in a 34-31 overtime win.

For football fans and Bill Belichick bashers, there was more joy in reality than in fantasy Thursday night. For fantasy owners with enough reason to put Cassel in their starting lineups, there was plenty of joy in a breakout performance that went into the NFL record books. In addition to monster passing numbers, Cassel rushed for 62 yards and became the first quarterback in league history to accumulate 400 passing yards and 60 rushing yards in a game. Read more »

Score one for the “average Joe”. The National Football League announced today that it will lower its ticket prices for some playoff games in the upcoming postseason. The move comes largely in part from the current economic slump the country faces; the league claims it wants to be “responsive to the economic challenges facing our fans.”

Well my friends, the league that can do no wrong has struck gold yet again. What better way to say “we care” than to lower single-game prices for the playoffs in what already is the most expensive ticket-price-per-fan league in the United States. Read more »