Hey, football’s back

Like, real football, not the stupid preseason or the draft or the fantasy gurutizing or the NFL Stay of Injunction Spectacular 2K11.

There’s been a bunch of talk in the news about the Jets’ home-field advantage — or lack thereof. Mike Salfino took a look and found that the big difference in the Jets’ play at home and on the road lies with their quarterback.

It’s interesting, but I have to assume this is randomness. Obviously any stat-tracking in the NFL relies on smaller sample sizes than in baseball, but what would we say if a baseball player showed a marked home/road split after 37 games? I know what I’d say: This probably has more to do with chance and match-ups than it does any psychological trouble playing in the home stadium.

I mean, he looks pretty comfortable there:

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