Brett Favre to Jets: Fantasy Football Implications

"When you're a Jet, you're a Jet all the way..." New York Jets fans hopes that's the case this morning, as Brett Favre finalizes plans to head to New York from Green Bay. After much debate about Brett Favre's plans, he became a Jet this morning, potentially squashing quarterback Chad Pennington's future plans in New York. What does Brett Favre's Jets move mean for Pennington, fantasy football couch coaches and the Jets?

Brett Favre's move to the New York Jets means there's unlikely any room for struggling quarterback Chad Pennington in New York any more. According to Sports Illustrated this morning, Pennington is likely to be cut sometime on Thursday, leaving him without a starting quarterback position for the 2008-2009 football season.

There is a chance that Chad Pennington will be snapped up by a team hoping for the short game that he can offer. But Pennington's lack of a deep game means that he's unlikely to become a strong quarterback for another struggling team. Chad Pennington can't bring to another football team what the NY Jets hope Brett Favre can bring to them--a deep game rich in passing touchdowns.

Fantasy football fanatics are on the edge of their seats this morning, too, trying to decide what this trade means for their own teams. Not only does Brett Favre's Jets move mean a change in potential quarterback selection for fantasy football teams, but it might alter the choice of running backs and wide receivers as well. Since Favre's long game is better than Pennington's, the Jets' wide receivers suddenly become a bit more desirable.

In addition, if Pennington heads to another team, that might impact wide receiver and running back choices there as well. Fantasy football owners should definitely keep an eye on any other trades or changes that happen to team rosters in the coming weeks as a result of Brett Favre's move to the NY Jets.