4th & Inches With Jana And The Sherpa

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

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 seas

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!