The 4th & Inches Show with Jana and The Sherpa

Happy NFL Trade Deadline Day!  Jana and The Sherpa recap the final deals that were done this week to cap off a very active deadline – some teams nailed it and some missed the mark.  Do any of these players with new homes need to be rostered on your fantasy team?   Is your team getting crushed by injuries and bye weeks?  Join the club! Don’t worry, Jana and The Sherpa have the latest injury updates...

It's the spookiest episode of the year!  Jana and The Sherpa decide if their teams are haunted (spoiler alert - Jana definitely has one) and take you through the season's fantasy tricks and treats so far this season.   Plus they will take you through the trades, injury news, waiver wire picks, who to start & sit, the hotly contested game predictions and your value DFS picks.   Don't forget nex...

Week 7 of the NFL season is in the books and brought a lot of injury turmoil.  Throw some trades and suspensions in the mix and every team is looking to the waiver wire for replacements.  If you thought not having any byes this week would calm things down, guess again.  Jana and The Sherpa have you covered with the best waiver wire options at every position Then stick around for the injury news, w...

Week 7 of the NFL season is here and it's off to a wild start!  There are three trades already completed, weeks before the deadline.  Find out which of these deals are going to impact your roster, while we also welcome back some players from IR, and see where the quarterback carousals will land this week (we're looking at you Pittsburgh...) Then stick around for the injury news, waiver wire picks,...

A question three years in the making will be answered on this week's episode... will Jana actually pick the Falcons to win a game?  Tune in to find out! Then stick around for the injury news, waiver wire picks, who to start & sit, the hotly contested game predictions and your value DFS picks! Tune in every Tuesday night all season long (or download and listen anytime on your favorite podcast a...

Welcome to Week 5 of the NFL season which brings us the first of the dreaded bye weeks.  London is calling this week as well. Along with that, we have quite the rash of injuries to contend with - but don't fear Jana and The Sherpa have you covered! Despite a smaller than usual player pool, we have waiver wire picks to fill your lineup holes, positional rankings, game picks, and even some DFS value...

Week 3 of the NFL season is in the books and questions still remain - which teams are for real and who is just a flash in the pan?  Week 4 brings us the first Cowboys-Giants face off of the season and naturally, Jana and The Sherpa has some feelings on it. With the IR getting more crowded by the day, we take you through the latest injury news and best waiver wire options.  After that, stay tuned f...

Week 2 of the NFL season is in the books and the injury bug has come for everyone's team.  With the IR getting more crowded by the day, we take you through the latest injury news and best waiver wire options.  After that, stay tuned for our position rankings, game predictions, and more!  We will debate which of the teams who are riding high off upset wins are for real and who's luck is going to ru...

The injury bug has hit just about every fantasy team after Week 1, ranging from Puka Naku's IR trip to last minute inactives - I'm looking at you Christian McCaffrey.  We give you the latest injury updates and best waiver wire picks to keep you on the winning track. Which of the Week 1 winning teams are for real and who is going to be in for a long season?  We debate that, along with your best opt...

Week 1 of the NFL season is finally upon us!  Jana and The Sherpa are back, for our 15th season, to take you through all of the news and notes of the week, who to start/sit, waiver wire options, injury updates, game predictions, and more.   Time to find out how your fantasy and real life teams stack up against the competition.  Spend an hour with Jana and The Sherpa to optimize your lineup and ans...

The 2023 fantasy football season was a rollercoaster ride featuring lots of injuries, lots of players not living up to expectations, and lots of players seemingly coming out of nowhere to exceed expectations.  We'll take a final look at the 2023 season and cast a longing glance in the direction of 2024 fantasy drafts: Review of 2023 fantasy draft first-rounders2023 fantasy draft strategy hits and...

It's finals week!  No, not the kind college students fear & dread - the kind that fantasy football team owners look forward to and strive for all season.  While almost certainly there's been some luck involved in your team's reaching your league's championship game, the pre-season reasearch & mock drafting, and the in-season trades & waiver wire additions have paid off, putting you on...

RESCHEDULED FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH BLOG TALK RADIO It's semifinals week in most fantasy football leagues - if you're reading this, chances are you either won your first-round matchup last weekend (great!) or had a first-round bye (even better!)  However, past success is no guarantee of future performance in many aspects of life, including fantasy football.  Thanks...

Here we are - fantasy football playoff season!  It took lots of savvy team management and (in all likelihood) some degree of good fortune to get your team to the post-season, but there you are.  Even if you're one of the lucky few to have a bye this week, it never hurts to be looking ahead to optimize your lineup for next week.  And for those with first-round playoff matchups this week, hopefully...

Last call for those on the bubble of qualifying for their fantasy football league's playoffs!  For the vast majority of leagues this is the final week of the fantasy regular season.  Thankfully, there are only 2 teams on bye this week (Arizona, Washington), so hopefully that won't affect your starting lineup too much, but there are still a number of up-in-the-air quarterback situations, with a goo...

There are just 2 weeks left in most fantasy football leagues' regular season - unless you're in the enviable position of having already clinched a first-round bye for your league's playoffs, chances are you have a lot riding on your last two regular season matchups.  And just to increase the degree of difficulty, standouts such as Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen, Stefon Diggs, Josh Jacobs, T.J. Hockenso...

So here we are at Thanksgiving week - how did that happen so quickly?  After this week the NFL regular season will be 2/3 over, and the fantasy football regular season will have just 2 weeks to go for the overwhelming majority of leagues.  Another week of generally low-scoring games - between that and the (in many cases) mediocre to atrocious quarterback play, it's been a real grind this season to...

With just 4 weeks remaining in most fantasy football leagues' regular season, we're heading into the home stretch!  In all likelihood, there are still a bunch of playoff spots up for grabs in your league, so now's the time to either solidify your grip on a spot, or claw your way through the thicket of contending teams to secure your golden ticket!   That said, the fantasy landscape looks a lot dif...

Happy (day after) Election Day!  Many Americans are already looking ahead to the 2024 elections, but that's no reason to ignore the 2023 elections.  Similarly, we've reached the point in the fantasy football season where it's easy to look ahead and lose focus on the only thing that you can control in the short run - your team's lineup for the next game in front of you.  Sure, if you're still undef...

Where have all the quarterbacks gone (long time passing)?  The list of quarterbacks drafted in fantasy football leagues who've now been knocked out (either for the season or an extended period of time) now includes Aaron Rodgers, Anthony Richardson, Daniel Jones, Deshaun Watson, and Kirk Cousins.  Those in questionable health, with questionable holds on their starting positons, or with byes this w...

We're officially at the halfway point of the regular season for many fantasy football leagues - how is your team faring?  Whether you're undefeated and think you're the fantasy football equivalent of the 1972 Miami Dolphins, you're feeling like roadkill (i.e.- like the 2023 Miami Dolphins after losing to the Eagles), there's still plenty of regular season left.  At this point it's unlikely you'll...

Let's cut straight to the chase - this week will be . . . challenging.  Between the myriad of injuries (esp to QBs) and having 6 teams on bye this week, NFL Week 7 has the potential to be a real . . . challenge for fantasy football team owners.  How far down into the depths of the waiver wire will you need to go to find a replacement RB or QB?  Probably a lot deeper than you would need to in an "o...

So, we're now through 4 weeks of the NFL season and more than a quarter of the way through the fantasy football regular season - how is your team doing?  Is it living up to the championship-level expectations you had for it when you left your draft?  Are you in the middle of the pack trying to gain ground on the league leaders?  Or are you overseeing a complete dumpster fire / pile of dung of a te...

Week 3 of the NFL season was a relatively mild one from an injury standpoint - just don't tell that to the Michael Williams or Jaylen Waddle owner in your fantasy football league.  At least Williams put up a stellar performance before he was knocked out by a knee injury that will end his season.  As someone who has Jaylen Waddle on a roster, it was disappointing (I almost wrote "infuriating") to m...

NFL Week 2 was a rough one from an injury standpoint.  If your fantasy football team doesn't include Nick Chubb, Saquon Barkley, Anthony Richardson, or a myriad of other players who went down with injuries, consider yourself lucky!  For the rest of us, this is likely just a taste of what's to come.  Almost every fantasy football roster faces a number of serious injuries to key players during the c...