Just when you thought the Brett Favre saga was tougher to kill than Jack Bauer, we finally received a resolution late Wednesday night. The man who for the past 15 years has personified the Green Bay Packers is headed for the Big Apple.

Brett Favre is a New York Jet.

Jets fans are elated. Instead of going into the season with the unsightly duo of Chad Pennington and Kellen Clemens, they now have a future Hall of Famer who is still one of the top QBs in the game – as evidenced by his second-place finish in the MVP balloting last year. Meanwhile, many Packer fans feel like Martin Riggs at the end of “Lethal Weapon 2” – bloodied, near death and wondering what the future holds.

As I wrote last week, I hope Ted Thompson knows what he’s doing. On the surface, his decision to kick Favre to the curb makes little sense given how his team has Super Bowl aspirations. The pressure on Aaron Rodgers was already immense but it’s skyrocketed now. What little margin for error he may have had before has vanished. If he struggles, it’s going to get ugly in Green Bay. If he struggles and Favre shines with the Jets, there may be nowhere for Thompson, Rodgers and head coach Mike McCarthy to hide.

From a fantasy perspective, this is a huge boost for the Jets’ key offensive players. I have bumped Thomas Jones up to 21st among RBs while also elevating Jerricho Cotchery, Laveranues Coles, Chris Baker and Dustin Keller as well. Of that group, the player whose value could be impacted the most is Cotchery.

I have been pimping Cotchery hard for months. He finished 19th in WR scoring in the National Fantasy Football Championship last year and that was with Pennington and Clemens attempting to complete passes in his direction. With Favre under center, Cotchery could see his production increase considerably.

Unfortunately, this likely means he will no longer be a quality value pick. According to the data on MockDraftCentral.com, Cotchery’s current Average Draft Position in NFFC drafts is 81. That means you can draft a potential Top 20 WR as your WR3 in the sixth round. That’s great value. But I don’t expect that to last. I expect Cotchery and Coles to both see their values increase now that Favre is in town. So if you want one or both of them, you may have to be aggressive in your pursuit.

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Be aggressive. Play to win. That’s what the Jets did when they traded for Favre and that’s what you can do if you sign up for one – or both – of our events today.

Tom Kessenich is the Managing Editor of Fantasy Sports Magazine and the Events Director of the National Fantasy Football Championship. Click here to find out more information about the NFFC or call 800-726-9966 ext. 13284 to get signed up today to reserve a spot before the events sell out.