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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!