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A weekly hour long fantasy football show co-hosted by Jana and The Sherpa. Listen every Wednesday at 8:00 pm Eastern. Every week we cover the NFL's important injuries, transactions, and well as how they will impact your fantasy teams. We love to hear from listeners with their opinions, questions, and whatever else is on your mind! Follow us all week at FantasyFootballSherpa.com and on twitter at @4thNinchesShow
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The #ANGELS Pod brings you conversations about the latest tech trends with the people inventing and shaping them in Silicon Valley and beyond. Hosted by the co-founders of #ANGELS, an investment collective: Jessica Verrilli, April Underwood, Jana Messerschmidt, Katie Stanton, Vijaya Gadde, and Chloe Sladden. We cover personal stories about breaking into tech and scaling up and inside looks at the most interesting startups, told by the people building them.
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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 fi…
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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 addi…
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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 aspe…
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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 fir…
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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 …
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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, Jos…
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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 quarter…
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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! T…
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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 ga…
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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…
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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 …
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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? Probab…
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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 …
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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 d…
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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 …
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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…
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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 seas…
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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 downl…
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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 oth…
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 bes…
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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 ar…
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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 …
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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 increasi…
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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? …
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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 nex…
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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…
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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 t…
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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…
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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 …
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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 (#smallsample…
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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…
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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. What…
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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 yo…
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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-…
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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 ev…
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"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. You…
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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 w…
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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…
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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!由4th Inches Show
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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…
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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 …
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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 hav…
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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 t…
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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 e…
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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, …
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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 de…
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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 you…
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