4th & Inches With Jana And The Sherpa

No matter how strong your fantasy football team looks six weeks into the season, it's imperative to have depth on your bench to withstand the inevitable disruptions caused by the bye weeks.  With Carolina, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Tampa Bay on bye this week, it's more than likely that you're missing at least one player from your starting lineup.  Which waiver wire options hold the most appeal, and which players making up your bench depth have the best chance to shine this weekend? Tune in tonight at 8 pm Eastern (or download on your favorite podcast app after the fact) for The 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa - now in our 10th season, let us guide you to victory!

By this point in the season you should have a pretty good idea of your fantasy football team's prospects for the remainder of the season.  If you're not at least 2-3 at this point, or on the receiving end of a run of bad luck, you'll probably need to make some changes in order to give your team a chance to make your league's playoffs.  Which waiver wire denizens can help?  What upgrades are possible through trades?  And how do you navigate the shoals of the bye weeks? Tune in tonight at 9 pm Eastern (or download after the fact on your favorite podcast app) to the 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa - now in our 10th season, let us guide you to victory!

So, three weeks of the 2019 NFL season in the books, and the bye weeks are already upon us (sorry, Jets and 49er fans!).  How is your team doing so far?  Lost Saquon Barkley last week and wondering how you're ever going to make up those points? Trying to decide whether you should put Melvin Gordon back in your lineup right away?  Looking to swing a trade to breathe life into your team? No matter how well or poorly your fantasy football season has started off, tune in tonight at 9 pm Eastern for the 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa.  Now in our tenth season, let us guide you to victory!

NFL Week 2 was a rough one for some veteran (and not-so-veteran) quarterbacks.  Ben Roethlisberger is lost for the season.  Drew Brees is probably out for 6 weeks or longer.  Sam Darnold came down with mono, and fellow Meadowlands denizen Eli Manning came down with scapegoatitis.  Cam Newton continues to suffer new injuries seemingly every week.  How well will Mason Rudolph, Teddy Bridgewater, Luke Falk, and Daniel Jones play in their stead?  Tune in for the answers to these and other fantasy football-related questions tonight at 9 pm Eastern (or download after the fact with your favorite podcast player) for the 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa!  Now in our tenth season, let us guide you to victory!

Finally!  A week of real, live regular season football games to digest and (over)react to!  Week 1 saw the requisite number of real-life injuries with significant fantasy football impact, especially among Wide Receivers and Tight Ends.  We also saw the requisite number of disappointing performance from early-round draft picks (JuJu Smith-Schuster, anyone?), as well as an equal but opposite number of "where the heck did that come from?" performances (Terry McLaurin, anyone?).  Which Week 1 stars will turn out to be this year's fantasy gold, and which ones will turn out to be fool's gold? Tune in tonight at 9 pm Eastern (or download after the fact on your favorite podcast app!) for the 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa!  Now in our 10th season, let us guide you to victory!

It's the most wonderful time of the year - regular season NFL football is back!  However, it's also one of the most confusing times of the year, as there's no current data to evaluate players and teams as you make decisions for your fantasy football league lineups.  Which current stars will take it to the next level this season?  Which ones are likely to regress?  Which rookies will shine?  And which players will come seemingly out of nowhere to become mainstays in your lineups? Join the 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa tonight at 9 pm Eastern (or download after the fact!) as we help you sort out opening week lineup decisions.  Now in our 10th season, let us guide you to victory!

The start of the 2019 NFL season is less than a week away, and fantasy football drafts are in full swing!  Who will the top performers be at each position for 2019?  Which players are primed for breakout seasons?  Which rookies will have the greatest impact on your teams?  Which players are most likely to disappoint you? Tune in this afternoon at 5 pm Eastern (or download later on your favorite podcast software!) for the 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa!  Now in our tenth season, let us guide you to victory!

You are really hard-core.  Not content with the standard fantasy football league season, your league's championship is played during Week 17 of the NFL season - a week when fantasy teams run the risk of missing key players due to nagging injuries and, perhaps more importantly, their presence on playoff-bound NFL teams with nothing to gain and everything to lose by playing those key players in a "meaningless" regular season finale. Fortunately for you, only the Cowboys and Saints are likely to rest their starters this week (sorry owners of Ezekiel Elliott, Amari Cooper, Drew Brees, Alvin Kamara, and Michael Thomas!), so you may be okay.  However, just because your regular season stalwarts are starting doesn't mean they should be in your fantasy lineup this week.  Which players should you start at all costs?  Which ones should you take a long, hard look at before starting?  And are there any diamonds on the fantasy waiver wire, or only cubic zirconia? Tune in tonight at 9 pm Eastern for the final 2018 edition

It's finals week!!!  College students just had their fall semester finals; now, it's time for finals for the vast majority of fantasy football leagues!  If you've been fortunate to navigate the shoals of a fantasy football season and are still alive - you're almost there!  One more victory, and the championship (and the trophy and the bragging rights that go with it) will be yours!   Which players with favorable matchups will get you over the top?  Which players are likely to disappoint this week?  And which waiver wire options, if any, could also improve your team's chances for glory?  Tune in tonight at 9 pm Eastern for the 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa (or download after the fact).  Now in our ninth season, let us guide you to one final victory and your league's championship!

Congratulations on making it to the semifinals of your fantasy football league’s playoffs!  Whether you had an opening round bye or pulled off a first round upset, you’ve earned your spot in the Final Four!  Of course, anything can happen on any given Sunday, so even the best regular season can go by the wayside with some ill-times playoff week performances from your key players. Which players among your various options have the best matchups for NFL Week 15?  Are there any last gasp waiver wire additions that could put over the top the next two weeks?  Tune in tonight at 9:30 pm Eastern for the 4th and Inches Show with Jana and The Sherpa (or download after the fact) - now I’m our 9th season, let us guide you to victory!!

Congratulations!  Week 14 of the NFL season is the first week of the playoffs for most fantasy football leagues.  Maybe you nailed your draft, hit on every waiver wire pickup, and had the good luck of your entire roster remaining healthy for the entire season.  Hats off to you - well done.  For the rest (majority) of us, that's not what happened during our run to the playoffs.  And to make things even more challenging, running backs who were key cogs for many playoff-bound fantasy teams are either injured (e.g. - James Conner) or suddenly out of the league (Kareem Hunt).  What's a fantasy owner in need of 2 or 3 more victories on the road to championship glory to do? Tune in tonight at 9pm Eastern for the 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa (or download after the fact).  Now in our ninth season, let us guide you to victory!

Welcome to NFL Week 13!  The good news for fantasy football owners is that the dreaded bye weeks are finally behind us!  The bad news is that there's only one week left in the regular season for most fantasy football leagues, so if you're on the outside looking in, or you're hanging onto a playoff berth by a thread, the next few days are crunch time! Who should you pluck off the waiver wire to replace an injured (or suspended) running back or tight end?  Which under-the-radar players have matchups you can exploit this weekend?  Tune in tonight at 8:30 pm Eastern for the 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa (or download after the fact) - now in our ninth season, let us guide you to victory!

NFL Week 12 brings us to a beloved tradition - the Thanksgiving Day football-fest!  Realizing that fantasy football owners want to consume football even more than they want to consume turkey, the NFL changed from the age-old Turkey Day doubleheader to a tripleheader a number of years ago.  Some years the games are all interesting; most years there's at least one dud mixed in.  The last two teams have their byes this week, so that's less of an issue than it has been in previous weeks, but there are still a number of key injuries to deal with that will require a trip to the waiver wire. Which players will help you win this week?  Which ones will turn out to be turkeys?  Which ones will be somewhere in between?  Tune in tonight at 8 pm Eastern to the 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa (or download after the fact).  Now in our ninth season dispensing fantasy gold, let us guide you to victory!!!

NFL Week 10 provided a wealth of wacky results (Buffalo winning by 38 points behind Matt Barkley?!?), and Week 11 is already off to a wild start with Le'Veon Bell's decision not to report to the Steelers and the Rams-Chiefs Monday Night Football game being moved from Mexico back to the States.  With 6 teams on bye this weekend, fantasy owners will once again be scurrying to the waiver wire in order to field a complete roster for their upcoming matchups.   Which players are worthy of your consideration, and which ones should be left for your league-mates to fight over?  Tune in tonight at 9 pm Eastern for The 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa - now in our 9th season, let us guide you to victory!!!

We're now at the point where all NFL teams have played at least half their regular season games.  The fantasy football regular season is ~70% complete for most leagues, with the majority of fantasy team owners having four weeks left to either chase a top seed or grab one of the last playoff spots.  We get somewhat of a break this week, with a 4-team bye week sandwiched between two 6-team bye weeks, but there are still plenty of injured players and players on their bye week to make roster decisions challenging.  What waiver wire pickups and/or trades can you make to enhance your chances of winning this week? Tune in tonight at 9 pm Eastern for the 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa - now in our 9th season, let us guide you to victory!!!

Trick or treat!  On this Halloween evening there are many players whom fantasy football team owners would place in both categories.  Those on the mid-season treat list include Patrick Mahomes, James Conner, Marlon Mack, Adam Thielen, and Zack Ertz; while those on the mid-season trick list include Drew Brees, David Johnson, Leonard Fournette, Keenan Allen, and Rob Gronkowski.   This scary week also finds six teams with a bye, so chances are that almost all owners will be heading to the waiver wire this week to replace at least one starter in their lineups.  Who should you be looking to add?  Which of these players should be considered as one-week fill-ins, and which ones have the potential to be weekly contributors in your fantasy lineup down the stretch?  Tune in tonight at 9pm Eastern (or download after the fact) for the 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa.  Now in our 9th season, let us guide you to victory!!!

It's hard to believe, but after this weekend many NFL teams will be halfway through their 2018 regular season schedules.  Of course, for fantasy football team owners these are both the best and worst of times - the best because you probably have a pretty good read on your team's strengths and weaknesses by this point, but also the worst because of having to face the challenges brought about by bye weeks. Which players on the waiver wire can help your team deal with injuries and bye weeks?  What trades might affect your fantasy team's prospects?  Tune in tonight at 9pm Eastern (or download after the fact) for the 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa.  Now in our 9th season, let us guide you to victory!

So we're now through six weeks of the NFL season, and you probably have a pretty good idea of whether your fantasy football team is going to be a contender this season, or if you're going to spend the last few weeks of your fantasy league's regular season hoping to play the spoiler role.  Whichever role you find yourself in, or even for the minority of owners who still aren't sure, the next few weeks are pivotal.  In addition to navigating the usual injury-related challenges, you'll now find even more teams on bye the next week, which further challenges both your team depth and roster management skills. Which players on the waiver wire have the potential to help you this week and beyond?  Which studs are likely to produce subpar results this week, and which unsung players are likely to give your team a boost?  Tune in tonight at 8pm Eastern (or download after the fact) for the 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa - now in our ninth season, let us guide you to victory!!!

NFL Week 5 featured Drew Brees setting the NFL all-time passing yardage record and yet another overtime game for the Cleveland Browns (how is it possible to play 3 overtime games in 5 weeks, much less go 1-1-1 in them?!?)  Isaiah Crowell rushed for 200+ yards (how is THAT possible?!), and the Giants figured out how to snatch yet another defeat from the jaws of victory.  Jay Ajayi's season-ending knee injury creates chaos in yet another team's backfield, and the Le'Veon Bell rumors intensify. What's a fantasy football team owner to make of all of this?  Tune in tonight at 9:30 pm Eastern (or download after the fact) for the 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa.  Now in our 9th season, let us guide you to victory!

All but two NFL teams are now a quarter of the way through their seasons, and fantasy football owners are starting to get a sense of which NFL teams and players "have the goods", and which ones are already looking forward to next Spring's college draft (sorry, Arizona).  Injuries to key players keep piling up, but there have also been a number of rookies and/or previously unsung players making the most of their opportunities.  Which of these players should you be looking to as we head deeper into the bye week stretch? Tune in tonight at 9pm Eastern (or download after the fact) for the 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa - now in our 9th season, let us guide you to victory!