4th & Inches With Jana And The Sherpa

With Week 13 of the NFL season upon us, most fantasy football leagues have at most a week or two left in their regular season.  Whether you're trying to lock up a top seed and first-round playoff bye, or you're on the bubble in need of another win or two to get in, or you're playing the role of spoiler, there are always injuries (Christian McCaffrey, Dalvin Cook) and role changes (Alexander Mattison, Taysom Hill) to keep up with.  Where can you go to make sure your roster is in as good a shape as possible as we head down the home stretch? Tune in tonight at 8pm Eastern (or download after the fact and listen with your favorite podcast app) for the 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa!  Now in our 12th season, let us guide you to victory!

Ready for some Thanksgiving Eve fantasy football advice?  Tune in tonight at 8pm Eastern (or download after the fact and listen with your favorite podcast app) for the 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa!  Now in our 12th season together, let us guide you to victory!

Fantasy football week-to-week results are fickle by nature - just ask the person in your league who started D.K. Metcalf or Aaron Jones last week.  Even if you're 8-2 or better at this point and your biggest concern presently is whether you'll snag a first-round bye in your league's playoffs, there's always room for improvement, and always a need to have viable backup options for all your key starters (Kickers and Defenses excepted, which are almost always eminently streamable).  Which widely-available players have the most upside for the rest of the season as we head into the homestretch of the fantasy football regular season? Tune in tonight at 8pm Eastern (or download after the fact and listen with your favorite podcast app) for the 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa!  Now in our 12th season together, let us guide you to victory!

So we're at the halfway point of the NFL season and roughly 2/3 of the way through the fantasy football regular season - how are your teams doing?  Last Sunday was a strange one, not so much from an injury standpoint, but more from the standpoint of usually reliable performers having down weeks.  Couple that with a number of fantasy stalwarts having bye weeks, and fantasy matchup results were even more variable than usual. How can you minimize the variance going forward?  Or should you even be trying to do that - are you better off just embracing high-variance players and hoping for the best week to week?  Tune in tonight at 7pm Eastern (or download after the fact and listen with your favorite podcast app) for the 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa - now in our 12th season together, let us guide you to victory!

So, how did Week 8 of the NFL season go for you and your fantasy football teams?  With only 2 teams having their bye week, it seemed like most fantasy teams should be at or near full strength.  However, after injuries to Derrick Henry, DeAndre Hopkins, Jameis Winston, and a stupid off-field decision by Henry Ruggs III, many fantasy teams suddenly have holes (short-term and long-term) that didn't exist a week ago.  On the other hand, new "stars" like Mike White are always springing up and are likely available on a waiver wire near you (I'm guessing none of you had him on your teams last week, much less started him, unless (1) you're in a really deep dynasty league, (2) you're the most ardent of Jets fans, or (3) you're in a 2QB league, and your QBs were Lamar Jackson and Derek Carr (both of whom had byes last week). Who can make a difference in your lineup this week?  Tune in tonight at 8pm Eastern (or download after the fact and listen with your favorite podcast app) for the 4th and Inches Show with Jana &am

So, how did your fantasy football teams survive Bye-mageddon?  More importantly, where are you in the standings at the halfway point of the fantasy regular season?  Whether you're firmly ensconced in first place, on the bubble, or already wondering about next year's draft, there's still a lot to play for, and a lot of time left to make up ground in the standings.  The waiver wire is a constant source of new players for your roster, but are there any trades that could make a meaningful difference for your roster and be the difference between qualifying for your league's playoffs and waiting til next year? Tune in tonight at 7pm Eastern (or download after the fact and listen with your favorite podcast app) for the 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa.  Now in our 12th season together, let us guide you to victory!

With the NFL's move to a 17-week regular season this year, most fantasy football leagues will hit the halfway mark of their regular season after this week's games.  Coincidentally, we're also heading into "Bye-a-geddon", as 6 teams will have the weekend off.  Combine that with the injuries most fantasy team owners are already dealing with, and it's easy to see why this is the most challenging part of the season for many teams. What trades should you be seeking?  Are there any impact players left on the waiver wire who could upgrade your team?  Tune in tonight at 8pm Eastern (or download after the fact and listen with your favorite podcast app) for the 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa!  Now in our 12th season together, let us guide you to victory!

NFL Week 5 brought fantasy football team owners lots of high-scoring games, a handful of significant injuries, and a bushel of players who are probably on your league's waiver wire outperforming expectations.  Between injuries to Clyde Edwards-Helaire, George Kittle, Saquon Barkley, Logan Thomas, etc., and the start of the always-popular bye weeks, most owners likely have some holes to fill and roster decisions to make this week.  Who should you target as your injured/bye week players' replacements? Tune in tonight at 8pm Eastern (or download after the fact using your favorite podcast app) for the 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa.  Now in our 12 season together, let us guide you to victory! 

You know we're starting to get into the middle portion of the NFL season when we starting having early Sunday morning games from London, and we have to start checking whether any of the players on our fantasy football teams have a bye this week (fear not - bye weeks won't be with us until next week!) How do you ensure that your roster has enough depth to withstand the inevitable player absences due to bye weeks, and the almost as inevitable player absences due to injuries?  Which players on the fringes of your roster can be safely dropped, and which ones are showing signs of life that point to bigger and better weeks ahead? Tune in tonight at 7pm Eastern (or download after the fact using your favorite podcast app) for the 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa!  Now in our 12th season, let us guide you to victory! 

NFL Week 3 featured a handful of zany endings and several blowouts - along with the never-ending slew of injuries that are a constant in fantasy football, we've now reached the point in the season where we've started to collect some meaningful data on both teams and individual players.  If you're like most fantasy owners, you're tempted to bench your struggling team members in place of either someone already on your bench or an early-season high-flyer who's still available in your league's free agent pool. Which of these fast-starters will turn out to be gold, and which will turn out to be fool's gold?  Should your slow-starters be benched, traded, or just cut? Tune in tonight at 8pm Eastern (or download after the fact and listen with your favorite podcast app) for the 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa!  Now in our 12th season, let us guide you to victory!

Congratulations if your fantasy football team managed to avoid the injury bug in Week 2.  Players at all positions, but especially Quarterback (Carson Wentz, Tua Tagovailoa, Tyrod Taylor, and, yes, Andy Dalton).  Other injured players of note from a fantasy perspective included Jarvis Landry, Diontae Johnson, Darrell Henderson, Trey Sermon, Elijah Mitchell, and possibly Dalvin Cook. The point is, no matter how good you feel about your team's roster presently, turmoil is just an injury away.  Even if you have no injuries among the players on your current roster, there's always the opportunity to achieve the continuous incremental improvement that's a hallmark of teams that contend for their league's fantasy championship. Who should get your attention (and your waiver wire/FAAB priority) this week?  Tune in tonight at 8pm Eastern for the 4th and Inches Show (or download after the fact and listen with your favorite podcast app).  Now in our 12th season, let us guide you to victory!

So, how did Week 1 of your fantasy football season go?  Did you trounce your opponent and/or achieve the high score in your league for the week?  Did you win/lose a nail-biter whose outcome wasn't determined until the end of a wild Monday Night Football game?  Did you get trounced by your opponent and/or achieve the low score in your league for the week? In any event, it's just one week!  You almost certainly have the opportunity to upgrade your roster this week, either out of necessity (read: injuries) or out of a desire to make a solid fantasy football team even better. Tune in tonight at 8pm Eastern (or download after the fact and listen with your favorite podcast app!) for the 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa!  Now in our 12th season, let us guide you to victory!

Welcome to another season of the 4th & Inches Show with Jana and The Sherpa.  We are now in our Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Terry Bradshaw, Joe Namath, Bob Griese, Jim Kelly, Roger Staubach...okay you get it, our 12th season!  Jana and The Sherpa breakdown everything you need to know to win your fantasy football matchups.  We take a look at injuries, waiver wire picks, news, notes, position rankings, game predictions, and even daily fantasy picks.  Whatever your fantasy football need or question - we have you covered.   Tune in tonight at 7:00 pm Eastern (or download after the fact and listen with your favorite podcast app) to the 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa - now in our 12th season, let us guide you to victory!

You like to live life on the edge.  You drive cars that are barely street legal.  You date people who make your friends concerned for your safety.  And you play in a fantasy football league that holds its championship matchup in Week 17. The 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa can't help you with the first two items, but we can certainly do our best to optimize your lineup for your Week 17 championship contest.  Tune in tonight at 9 pm Eastern (or download after the fact and listen with your favorite podcast app) as we keep you up to date on injuries, recommend waiver wire pickups, and rank our favorite players (and our players to avoid) by position. Let us guide you to victory (and a championship)!

Christmastime is here!  And so is Championship Week for most fantasy football leagues!  If you're still with us at this point in the season, chances are you're playing for your league's title this week - congratulations!!!  But there's still one more matchup to win, and presumably your opponent is looking for every possible edge they can get, just like you are!  Which surprise Week 15 stars will turn in a league-winning performance this week?  And which ones will turn out to be the fantasy football equivalent of fool's gold? Tune in tonight at 8:30 pm Eastern (or download after the fact and listen with your favorite podcast app) to the 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa!  Now in our 11th season together, let us guide you to victory (and hopefully a league championship!)

Congratulations to all of you who won your opening round fantasy football playoff matchups last week (or had a first-round bye)!  One challenge overcome; two to go!  Of course, this is no time for resting on your laurels - one bad week at this point in the season can undo a whole season's worth of good decisions.  Which of your players have the best matchups for NFL Week 15?  Which players on the waiver wire may offer more upside than anyone currently on your roster? Tune in tonight at 8:30 pm  Eastern (or download after the fact and listen with your favorite podcast app) to the 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa - now in our 11th season, let us guide you to victory!

Playoff time is here! For the vast majority of fantasy football leagues Week 14 of the NFL regular season corresponds to week 1 of your league's playoffs. Congrats to those who have managed to guide their teams into the playoffs through all the uncertainty of the 2020 season! Now, the real fun begins. Which players have the best matchups this week, and which players (and teams) have matchups that should be avoided at all costs? If you don't think this type of analysis is important, just ask anyone who stacked a bunch of Chargers players last week against the Patriots how that worked out for them. And which players still on the waiver wire have the potential to be the late-season stars that might possibly make the difference between celebrating a fantasy football championship and lamenting "the one that got away"? Tune in tonight at 8:30 pm Eastern (or download after the fact and listen with your favorite podcast app) to the 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa! Now in our 11th season togethe

This is it!  The final week of the fantasy football regular season for most fantasy leagues.  Of course, this being the crazy year of 2020, it figures that NFL Week 13 would still feature teams on a bye, a seemingly never-ending flood of players being sidelined due to COVID, and the return of the every-popular Tuesday night football game!  At least this week figures not to include any Wednesday afternoon football games . . . Whether you're looking to wrap up a first-round bye, claim the last spot in your league's playoffs, or just prevent some other team from achieving one of those goals, you've come to the right place! Join us tonight at 9 pm Eastern (or download after the fact and listen with your favorite podcast app) for the 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa!  Now in our 11th season together, let us guide you to victory (and the playoffs)!

It's Thanksgiving week!  In addition to meaning that we have 3 NFL games on Thursday (and thus 2 fewer on Sunday), it also means that we're down to the final 2 weeks in most fantasy football leagues' regular seasons.  Whether you're already a lock for the playoffs and trying to secure as high a seed as possible (and ideally a first round bye), you're fighting tooth and nail for one of the final playoff spots in your league, or your merely playing the role of spoiler, we've got you covered! Tune in tonight at 8:30 pm Eastern (or download after the fact and listen with your favorite podcast app) to the 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa!  Now in our 11th season together, let us guide you to victory!

Week 10 of the 2020 NFL season was a tough one injury-wise for quarterbacks, and by extension the fantasy football teams that rely on them.  Drew Brees, Teddy Bridgewater, Matthew Stafford, and Nick Foles all suffered injuries of various severities, which will force their fantasy team owners to scour the waiver wire.  On the plus side, several key running backs appear to be nearing a return.  And if your roster contained Buccaneers, Cardinals, or Bills, chances are you had a good week.  Ideally, your team is at least 5-5 through Week 10, but even if you aren't, there's still 3 weeks left in most leagues to make up ground and get yourself into a playoff spot.  Which players will help you win this week? Tune in tonight at 8:30 pm Eastern for the 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa (or download after the fact and listen with your favorite podcast app).  Tonight is our 200th show (we started this back in 2010), so come join us in celebrating, and let us guide you to victory!!!