The Jets and Chiefs have been advised by the NFL that their Dec. 30 regular-season finale, originally scheduled to be the Sunday night game, has tentatively been moved to a 4:15 p.m. EST kickoff that day. If the change is made, CBS would air the game. An official announcement from the league may not be made until late this Sunday night. All fans planning to attend the Chiefs game should be aware of the tentative time change. The Chiefs game was originally the Jets’ second national-TV game this season.

Rosenfels made three amazing touchdowns in the fight against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, which ended up with the Texans’ victory 28-14 even despite Rosenfels’s loss in two fumbles. In fact, Rosenfels has won both games he’s started in place of the injured Matt Schaub. Rosenfels had two touchdown passes of 4 yards and one for 8, and Andre Davis added a score on a 97-yard kickoff return. The quarterback finished 27-of-36 for 209 yards.

Welcome news came this Monday for retired football players. No more struggles with medical and financial setbacks. NFL and its players’ union promised financial and medical assistance for those in need of expensive joint-replacement surgery or post-operative rehabilitation. The project will be open to athletes who play long enough to qualify for retirement and disability benefits

The Detroit Lions have lost 3 straight games on Thanksgiving Day; they have been outscored in those contests by a composite of 95-26, and to crown it all, they have lost 5 of the last 6 in their traditional holiday timeslot. The losses, though, were notched in the midst of 6 consecutive losing campaigns for the storied franchise, and this season has been so far a different story for the Lions. Detroit enters Week Twelve as a 6-4 NFL team with a corner on 1 of 2 Wild Card slots in the NFC.

Favre threw an 82-yard touchdown strike to Jennings in overtime to give the Packers a 19-13 victory over the Broncos on Monday night. The Broncos had sent the game into overtime on Elam’s 21-yard field goal as regulation time expired. However, after the Packers won the toss and opted to receive the ball, the veteran quarterback took over. On the 1st play after the kick-off, Brett Favre connected with Greg Jennings at about the Broncos 40-yard line and the wide receiver sped into the end zone to give the Packers their 6th victory in 7 starts.