4th & Inches with Jana and The Sherpa

We're finally here - the end of the 2021 NFL regular season!  The argument that springs up every year at this time regarding whether fantasy football leagues should be playing their championship game the last week of the NFL regular season is irrelevant here - if you're playing for your league's championship this week, it stinks if one or more of your star players are sitting out this week, but by no means should you throw in the towel.  For starters, your opponent is likely in the same boat you are with respect to missing players.  Another way to look at things - at the time you drafted your team, the issue of which teams would be likely resting players the last week of the season was largely random, just like the injuries and COVID-related absences that befell fantasy studs like Christian McCaffrey, Derrick Henry, Lamar Jackson, and many others this season.  Which teams will likely be resting key players this week, and who should you start in their place? 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 winding up our 12th season together - let us guide you to victory (and a championship)!

Congratulations!  You've made it to your fantasy football league's championship game and are now one of only two teams left standing!  While that's surely a source of pride, it's always more satisfying when you're able to go on to win your final matchup.  That's challenging in a "normal" season, and with a second straight season disrupted by pandemic-related absences (not to mention the normal spate of injuries), this year has been anything but "normal".  Which teams are dealing with COVID outbreaks that may affect your players' availability for your championship matchup?  Which banged up players may not play this weekend?  Which players may return from injuries this week?  And which players on the waiver wire have the potential to swing the championship matchup in your favor? Tune in tonight at 8pm 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 together with well over 200 shows under our belt, let us guide you to victory (and a championship)!

So, how did your fantasy football playoff team(s) survive one of the strangest/craziest weekends of NFL games in recent history?  Hopefully, your playoff team(s) had a bye - if not, chances are your nerves are either completely destroyed or at the very least, seriously frayed.  With many fantasy playoff contests not being decided until the Tuesday evening games (?!), you have less time than usual this week to assess the damage, figure out which of your injured players are unlikely to be available for this weekend's matchups, and devise a plan to replace them on your rosters/in your lineups.  Where can you turn for advice on which players to consider? 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!

"Playoffs?  Don't talk about - playoffs.  You kidding me?  Playoffs?  I just hope we can win a game!  Another game!" As we head into the first week of most fantasy football leagues' playoffs, Jim Mora's words from 20 years ago ring true (at least some of them).  At this point it's good to heed the former coach's advice and take it one game at a time.  Your team made the playoffs through some combination of skill and luck (hopefully, more of the former than the latter), but anything can happen in a single-week matchup, especially with the new league-wide spike in COVID cases.  Which players can you count on this week, and which of your team's stalwarts should be benched or even replaced? 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 playoff victory! 

NFL Week 14 represents the final week of the regular season for most fantasy football leagues.  Unfortunately, 4 teams (Ind, Mia, NE, Phi) have byes this week, which means that some fairly significant players will be sidelined (Jonathan Taylor, anyone?).  So keeping up with injuries and who's available on the waiver wire is even more important this week than usual.  Where can you turn for advice on which players can help with your playoff push? Tune in tonight at 8pm Eastern (or download after the fact and listen with your favorite podcast app) for 4th and Inches with Jana & The Sherpa.  Now in our 12th season, let us guide you to victory!    

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 & The Sherpa!  Now in our 12 season together, let us guide you to victory!   

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 together, let us guide you to victory!

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!!!  

Now that Week 9 of the 2020 NFL season is complete, all teams have now played at least half their schedule, and things are starting to come into focus.  Teams like the Steelers, Chiefs, and Ravens were expected to be good, and they are.  Teams like the Jets, Giants, Jaguars, and Bengals were expected to be bad, and they are.  But some teams that were expected to be bad have turned out to be pretty good, at least so far (e.g. - Miami, Arizona).  And some teams that were expected to be good have turned out to be pretty bad (e.g. - San Francisco, Minnesota, Dallas, Philadelphia, both LA teams). Chances are that you also have a pretty good idea by this point in the season which of your fantasy football teams are contenders, and which are already looking forward to next year's draft.  No matter how good your team is (or not) and how many players you've lost to COVID and injuries (or not), there are always opportunities to improve your teams, even if it's just an upgrade to your Bench players.  Which players will help upgrade 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 eleventh season together, and fast approaching our 200th show (next week!), let us guide you to victory! 

We're now straddling the halfway line of the 2020 NFL season, and we're roughly 2/3 of the way through the fantasy football regular season.  Not only is today Election Day, it's also the NFL's trade deadline.  Which players' situations will improve as the result of being traded, and which players situations will improve as a result of those ahead of them on the depth chart being traded? Tune in tonight at 7:30 pm Eastern (or download after the fact and listen with your favorite podcast app) to 4th and Inches with Jana & The Sherpa - note the special Election Day time.  Now in our 11th season together (and coming up on our 200th show in a couple of weeks!) - let us guide you to victory!

With Halloween right around the corner it seemed that NFL Week 7 was full of more tricks than treats for fantasy football team owners.  Andy Dalton was knocked out of the Cowboys' humiliation at the hands of a football team called the Football Team, tanking the value of Dallas' Ezekiel Elliott and the talented wide receiver corps even further.  Odell Beckham Jr was knocked out for the season, Chris Godwin broke his finger, and DeSean Jackson is back on IR after being active for what seemed like ten minutes.  On the plus side, Antonio Brown will soon be coming to fantasy football lineups near you, and Dez Bryant is finally back in the NFL (can Colin Kaepernick be far behind?) Looking for injury replacements or lineup reinforcements off the waiver wire?  Trying to make a trade to solidify your lineup for a playoff push?  Tune in tonight at 8:30 pm Eastern (or download after the fact and listen on demand 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!

Entering Week 7 of the 2020 NFL season we're now at the point where the combined impact of Covid-19, injuries, and four teams a week on bye are testing even the deepest of fantasy football team rosters.  For those of you fortunate enough to still have your key players both healthy and performing at their expected levels - congratulations!  For the rest of us, the weekly ritual of scouring the waiver wire for suitable replacements often turns from excitement and anticipation during the early weeks of the season to panic and dread at this point.  Fortunately, the "next man up" mentality of the NFL means that there's almost always someone available on the waiver wire who can outperform expectations and keep your team on the road to the playoffs.  That's where we come in! Tune in tonight at 8:30 pm Eastern to the 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa (or download after the fact and listen with your favorite podcast app).  Now in our eleventh season, let us guide you to victory!  

NFL Week 5 was crazy between the uncertainty whether games would be played, Dak Prescott's injury, and unexpected star turns for Chase Claypool and Travis Fulgham (in the same game no less).  Tuesday Night Football, anyone?  With four good teams having their byes this week (Chargers, Raiders, Saints, Seahawks) many fantasy football team owners will be missing at least one starter from their lineup.  Which waiver wire gems await your bids 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 podcasting app) to the 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa.  Now in our eleventh season, let us guide you to victory!

Most teams (with the notable exception of the Titans and the Steelers) are now a quarter of the way through their 2020 NFL regular seasons.  Assuming that your league doesn't play in Week 17, we're now at the quarter pole of the fantasy football season, and you probably have a pretty good idea of where things stand with your team.  Are you a contender for a championship, looking for that waiver wire find that will propel you to the playoffs and a championship?  Or are you in desperation mode, dealing with multiple key starters on the real-life IR? Either way, be sure to 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 (and closing in rapidly on our 200th show!) let us guide you to victory!

While NFL Week 3 wasn't the injury-fest that Week 2 was, fantasy football team owners still had to deal with a number of upsets and disappointing performances this past week.  Now with the reports of several Tennessee Titans players testing positive for COVID-19, at least two games this coming weekend are threatened (Min @ Hou; Pit @ Ten).  Thankfully, the bye weeks start later this season than in seasons past.  Still, chances are good you'll want to scour the waiver wire and/or have contingency plans in case some of your usual starters find themselves sidelined this week.  Which potential waiver wire pickups can help you weather the storm and keep your team pointed in the right direction? Tune in Wednesday evening (or download after the fact and listen on 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 2 of the 2020 NFL season featured some compelling games and some devastating injuries.  With so many players, including the top two picks in most fantasy football drafts this year, Christian McCaffrey (out 4-6 weeks with a high ankle sprain) and Saquon Barkley (out for the season with a torn ACL), getting knocked out, chances are your fantasy football team is in need of some reinforcements, if not replacements.  Who should you prioritize as a Week 3 waiver claim, and how well can you expect them to perform going forward? Tune in this evening at 8:30 pm Eastern (or download after the fact and listen with your favorite podcasting app) for The 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa - now in our eleventh season together, let us guide you to victory!

Whether your team started off the fantasy football season with a convincing Week 1 victory, or your squad performed even worse than the Jets, there's a lot of season left, and plenty of time to improve your roster.  Which Week 1 surprise stars will prove to be fantasy gold, and which will turn out to be fool's gold? Tune in tonight at 8:30pm Eastern (or download after the fact and listen with your favorite podcasting app) to the 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa!  Now in our eleventh season together, let us guide you to victory!

2020 has certainly been a challenging year on many fronts for many people.  It almost seems trivial to focus on fantasy football at a time like this.  Yet we all still need to engage in activities that make us happy and give us something to look forward to other than a vaccine at some indefinite point in the future. The 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa is here to help! Tune in tonight at 8:30 pm Eastern (or download after the fact and listen with your favorite podcast app) to our first show of the new decade as we kick off the 2020 NFL season.  Now in our eleventh season, let us guide you to victory!

People whose fantasy football leagues extend into Week 17 generally fall into one of two categories:  procrastinators (as in "our league didn't get its act together in time for Week 1 of the NFL season") or sadists (as in "I like when the championship of a league I've put a lot of time into this season is decided by random things like teams resting stars for the playoffs, injured players being shut down for the year, etc."). Whichever camp you fall into (perhaps both!), The 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa is here to help!  Tune in tonight at 8:30 pm Eastern (or download after the fact and listen with your favorite podcast app) to our final show of the decade, and our final show of our 10th season together!  Let us guide you to victory (and a championship)!

It's Championship week for a lot of leagues and Jana is here to help you dominate and win those leagues!  We have injuries, waiver wire picks, game predictions, and more.  Sherpa in on a bye this week, but we have his picks, don't fear.  We will help you navigate the minefield of injuries and potential matchup issues that are keeping you up at night. Tune in this evening at 9:00 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 10th season, let us guide you to victory!

So, you survived the minefield of your fantasy football league's wild card weekend, but the next challenge awaits.  If you played (and won) last week, then you're probably taking on one of the top two seeds this week.  You may be at a disadvantage on paper based on your players' year-to-date performance, but just like real football games, fantasy football matchups aren't won on paper.  Which savvy waiver wire pickups could help you exploit matchups that will let your fantasy team live to fight another week?  Which players currently on your bench might have better matchups this week than your presumed starters? Tune in this evening 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 10th season, let us guide you to victory!

Christmas time . . . is here . . . and so are the fantasy football playoffs!  You've drafted well, worked the waiver wire adroitly, perhaps even made a trade or two that help you punch your ticket for the fantasy post-season - now the fun begins (if your definition of "fun" involves compulsively checking to see how your team is doing from Thursday night to Monday night!).  Which matchups should you exploit so that you move on to the semifinals? Tune in tonight at 9 pm Eastern (or download after the fact and listen with your favorite podcast software) for the 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa.  Now in our 10th season together, let us guide you to victory!

NFL Week 13 offers a double-dose of excitement this year.  In addition to a Thanksgiving Day tripleheader featuring some good teams (as well as some not-so-good ones), it's also the final week of the 2019 regular season for most fantasy football leagues.  No matter whether you're fighting for a top seed, on the bubble, or just looking to play spoiler, there's still something to play for as we head into the home stretch.  Who are the players to pluck off your league's waiver wire, and which players have especially attractive matchups (or matchups to avoid) this week? Tune in tonight at 9 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 10th season, let us guide you to victory!  Happy Thanksgiving!

NFL Week 12 is a cause for celebration - it's the last of the bye weeks!  The "Final Four" teams have their byes this week, so you can look forward to your fantasy football squads being back at full strength next week - just in time for Thanksgiving.  However, mid-season intrigue abounds, even without the byes.  Are either Jonathan Williams or Bo Scarbrough worth a waiver wire claim?  Can Jared Goff improve in time for the fantasy playoffs?  And can you now trust Kyler Murray as an every-week starter? (when his team doesn't have a bye, as it does this week) Tune in tonight at 9 pm Eastern (or download and listen after the fact on your favorite podcasting app) for the 4th and Inches Show with Jana and The Sherpa.  Now in our 10th season, let us guide you to victory!

One of the best things about the NFL is that it's always full of surprises - "on any given Sunday . . ." as the adage goes.  Who would have thought going into last week that Brian Hill would be the leading rusher for the Falcons as they upset the Saints on the road?  Or that Cleveland would beat Buffalo, and Kareem Hunt would be a viable fantasy football option his first game back from a half-season suspension?  Players are always coming out of the woodwork/emerging from the shadows/pick your favorite metaphor and leading fantasy teams to unexpected victories.  Who are some of the yet unsung heroes for the remainder of the 2019 season? Tune in tonight at 9 pm Eastern (or download after the fact and listen 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!

With the NFL regular season now at least half over for all 32 teams, your fantasy football team's strengths and weaknesses should be abundantly clear to you at this point.  Injuries?  Bye weeks?  Every fantasy team owner deals with those.  What separates the most successful fantasy football owners from the rest of the pack?  A lot of it has to do with being flexible - that is, willing to admit that some of the ideas you had about players at the start of the season are either no longer valid, or were never valid to begin with.  Things change quickly in the NFL - how do you move on from players who aren't helping your cause when there's nothing forcing you to do so (e.g. - a season-ending trip to IR)? Tune in 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 10th season, let us guide you to victory!

Hard to believe we're already at the median of the 2019 NFL season - seems like just a few weeks ago we were drafting our fantasy football teams and wondering if anyone could beat the Patriots this year.  Well, we're still asking ourselves the latter question, but chances are your fantasy roster looks quite different than it did just a few weeks ago, thanks to bye weeks, injuries, and waiver wire replacements. Tune in tonight at 9 pm Eastern (or download after the fact to 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!!!

As we look forward to Week 8 of the 2019 NFL season, both Halloween and the NFL trade deadline are rapidly approaching.  Sam Darnold may be "seeing ghosts", but his team (duh Jets) seems to be staying out of the spirited NFL trade market.  Wide receivers Mohamed Sanu and Emmanuel Sanders have already been traded - what impact will these deals have on both their new and former teams?  Who else is likely to get moved before the deadline?  And how should fantasy football owners react? Tune in tonight at 9 pm Eastern (or download afterwards on your favorite podcast app) for the 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa!  Now in our tenth season, let us guide you to victory!

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!