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At 8:30 EDT this evening, the Tennessee Titans and the Pittsburgh Steelers will face off in the inaugural game of the 2009 National Football League season. It should prove to be a much-watched event, as is every NFL season opener, and really every NFL Sunday. While in the past the game might have only interested Titans and Steelers fans, plus a few NFL die-hards, millions of fans of other teams will tune into this one. They have been for years because of fantasy football. You might even have a team or six yourself. Since the most popular fantasy football outlet is Yahoo! Sports, it seems all too appropriate to feature their BlackBerry fantasy football application today. It’s a free download that will let you track every Ben Roethlisberger throw and every Chris Johnson run.

Not only does the Yahoo! Fantasy Football ‘09 application give you the basics, but it adds a number of premium features. Since the download is free, I’d say that’s a pretty damn good deal. These features include:

• Live scoring. This is an essential part of the app. Even when you’re away from your TV or computer, you can check how your team is doing, while they’re doing it.
• Roster management. Without this, the app would be useless. Make changes on the fly. Yahoo! usually closes changes about 20 minutes before kickoff, so this can be an essential tool, enabling you to act on late information.
• Add and drop players. If Anquan Boldin goes down with an injury, you can find his replacement quick and easy, right from the app.
• Matchups. Check out how you look head to head with your next week’s opponent. Roster management and add/drop play into this well.

Again, the app is free, and you can download it at App World. There are some complaints in the comments about an inability to log in. We can only hope that Yahoo! has already addressed this issue.

On a parting note: J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS!

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