The 4th & Inches Show with Jana and The Sherpa

So, how did NFL Week 1 go for you and your fantasy football team?  Much like a kid eager to open presents, we finally had a chance to see what we got, and the results weren't always quite what we'd hoped for.  Did you spend an early-round draft pick on Travis Kelce or Mark Andrews?  Did you have J.K. Dobbins or Aaron Rodgers in your Week 1 lineup?  Did you start any Giants' players?  If so, then y...

Are you excited yet?!?  With a mere two days left until the 2023 NFL season kicks off, you're probably done with your fantasy football drafts at this point.  Now comes the fun part - seeing how your team actually stacks up against both other teams and your own expectations.  With that said, there are a lot of unanswered questions heading into the season.  How will the highly touted rookie QBs (You...

It's fantasy football draft season!  Which players in new situations have a chance to flourish?  Which rookies will be valuable from the start?  Which players should be faded, either because they're in less favorable situations with a new team, or because they have additional challengers for their current role? Tune in tonight at 8pm Eastern (or download after the fact and listen with your favorit...

It's Championship Week (for most fantasy football leagues)!  You've made it this far, but you'll remember the season far more fondly if you're able to win one last contest and emerge with your league's trophy/bragging rights.  This week, more than any other, matchups matter - better to analyze the health of your roster, matchups, weather, and any other variable you can think of ahead of time, rath...

What a wacky week it was for the first round of fantasy football league playoffs: an all-time Vikings comeback; walk-off overtime victories for the Vikings, Jaguars(!!), and Raiders(!!!); and injuries to a couple of players (Jalen Hurts, Jonathan Taylor) that many fantasy teams were counting on for the playoffs.  While the first two are fun to talk about, it's really the third item that will be ca...

Welcome to fantasy football playoff season!  If you have a first-round bye in your league's playoffs, you likely need just 2 more victories to bring home a championship; if you made the playoffs, but don't have a first-round bye, you likely need 3 more.  Which players have favorable playoff-week matchups?  If you have a first-round bye, should you be looking ahead to future weeks' matchups, and if...

So we've reached the last week of the regular season in most fantasy football leagues.  How badly do you need a win?  Unless you've either already secured a first-round bye for your league's playoffs, or just tuned out entirely (in which case you likely wouldn't be reading this), this is one of the most fun, yet simultaneously stress-inducing, weeks of the season.  Is it worth going with your rost...

Heading into NFL Week 13 most fantasy football leagues have 2 weeks remaining in their regular seasons.  Whether you've already clinched a playoff spot and are fighting for a top seed and possible first round playoff bye, you're currently residing on the playoff bubble, or you're already looking forward to next year's draft, you want to put your best foot forward the last few weeks, even if it's j...

Thanksgiving week is simultaneously one of the most fun weeks of the fantasy football season, and one of the most challenging.  Fun in the sense that there are fewer teams on a bye (or, as is the case this year, none), and only one game at a time to watch (i.e. - no FOMO).  Challenging in the sense that if you have players with injury concerns who aren't playing until the weekend, and your backup...

The fantasy football regular season is now 2/3 over in most leagues - how is your team doing?  Regardless of whether you're in contention for a top seed for your league's playoffs, or you're playing spoiler and already looking forward to next year, there are still opportunities to improve your team.  Even for leagues whose trading deadlines are fast approaching, there are plenty of players on waiv...

Perhaps the most important position to get right for your fantasy football team (with the possible exception of running back) is quarterback.  While some will always choose to go the streaming route, having a consistently above average performer at that key position can cover for a number of other roster deficiencies.  Unfortunately, there's increasing evidence that a couple of long-term QB stalwa...

This week we hit the halfway point of the NFL's regular season, and we're almost 2/3 of the way through the fantasy football regular season.  Yesterday the trade deadline, and several notable players changed teams.  Will any of these traded players who are already on your rosters see a notable increase or decrease in their value with their new team?  What about the players already on those teams -...

If it seems like this year's NFL Trade Deadline (Tues Nov 1st, 4pm Eastern, but who's paying attention?) is getting more hype in articles related to fantasy football, you're not alone.  Robby Anderson, Christian McCaffrey (!?!), and James Robinson have already changed teams, and it seems likely that a number of others potentially will too in the next 6 days.  How are these trades likely to affect...

Here's hoping your fantasy football teams fared better than the NFL favorites for Week 6 - if, as the old Holiday Inn commercials used to claim "The best surprise is no surprise", then this past weekend of football was an unpleasant surprise for many. Aside from the usual bye week-related and injury-related absences, there's also been a fair amount of chatter about potential trades leading up to t...

The Bye Weeks are coming!  The Bye Weeks are coming!  Even those of you who through the fortune of your rabbit's foot, or whatever your good luck charm of choice is, have managed to navigate the first 5 weeks of the fantasy football season without incurring any significant injuries to your original roster, will need to think ahead.  Which players on the fringes of your roster can be safely cut in...

If your team just happens to feature season-to-date surprises like Jared Goff or Geno Smith at QB, Saquon Barkley or Jamaal Williams at RB, Christian Kirk or Marquise Brown at WR, and the Eagles' or 49ers' Defense, then you're probably sitting pretty almost a third of the way into the fantasy football regular season.  For the rest of us, who weren't so fortunate, and are likely dealing with at lea...

Congratulations to all of you whose fantasy football teams are off to a 3-0 start and haven't suffered any injuries to any of your key players! (#sarcasm)  For the rest of us, the injuries and some surprising starts have created opportunities to improve our rosters, even if those improvements are only incremental.  But how to separate the wheat from the chaff?  Are Jalen Hurts, Jared Goff, and Tre...

For those with Josh Allen, Tua Tagovailoa, or Jalen Hurts as their starting quarterback, chances are that Week 2 of your fantasy football season went well.  For those with Trey Lance, Matt Ryan, or Joe Burrow - you were probably facing an uphill battle in your matchups.  At this point in the season we still don't have much data to go on (#smallsamplesizes), but the fantasy football conundrum is th...

So, how did your fantasy football teams' Week 1 matchups go?  Between the unpredictable nature of Week 1, the upsets, and the injuries, many team owners are looking to replace injured players and/or upgrade a roster spot or three.  Which injuries should you be most concerned about?  Which players largely available on the waiver wire could improve your teams' fortunes?  And which players have the m...

Welcome to another season of the 4th & Inches Show with Jana and The Sherpa!  We are now in our Dan Marino (13th) season!  Jana and The Sherpa break down 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 questio...

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...

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 spa...

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...

"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 combi...

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 o...