It's Week 11 of the 2011 fantasy football season, which means the stretch run has arrived, making every game and lineup choice vitally important as teams jockey for position or try to keep their sinking playoff aspirations afloat.
This is also the last of the bye weeks, so don't go starting any players from the Indianapolis Colts, Houston Texans, New Orleans Saints or Pittsburgh Steelers, because that would be bad.
To help you prepare for another week's action, here's a look at my Top 30 defensive linemen, linebackers and defensive backs for Week 11 of the 2011 season in IDP leagues.
These rankings are based on Default IDP Manor Scoring, which awards 1 point for solos, .5 points for assists, 2 points each for fumbles forced and recovered, 4 points for interceptions, sacks, and safeties, 6 points for defensive touchdowns, and 1 point for passes defensed. It's a balanced scoring system, so if your IDP league is especially tackle-heavy or big play-heavy some players may move up (or down) a few spots.
DEFENSIVE LINEMEN
1.) Jared Allen - MIN vs. OAK
2.) Andre Carter - NE vs. KC
3.) Trent Cole - PHI at NYG
4.) Julius Peppers - CHI vs. SD
5.) Terrell Suggs - BAL vs. CIN
6.) Justin Smith - SF vs. ARI
7.) Jason Pierre-Paul - NYG vs. PHI
8.) Chris Clemons - SEA at STL
9.) Chris Long - STL vs. SEA
10.) Jeremy Mincey - JAX at CLE
11.) Justin Tuck - NYG vs. PHI
12.) Cliff Avril - DET vs. CAR
13.) Charles Johnson - CAR at DET
14.) Osi Umenyiora - NYG vs. PHI
15.) Haloti Ngata - BAL vs. CIN
16.) Jason Babin - PHI at NYG
17.) Calais Campbell - ARI at SF
18.) Richard Seymour - OAK at MIN
19.) James Hall - STL vs. SEA
20.) Greg Hardy - CAR at DET
21.) Marcell Dareus - BUF at MIA
22.) Ahtyba Rubin - CLE vs. JAX
23.) Kyle Vanden Bosch- DET vs. CAR
24.) Ndamukong Suh - DET vs. CAR
25.) Israel Idonije - CHI vs. SD
26.) Ray Edwards - ATL vs. TEN
27.) Jabaal Sheard - CLE vs. JAX
28.) Michael Bennett - TB at GB
29.) Darnell Dockett - ARI at SF
30.) Carlos Dunlap - CIN at BAL
LINEBACKERS
1.) Desmond Bishop - GB vs. TB
2.) Brian Urlacher - CHI vs. SD
3.) Patrick Willis - SF vs. ARI
4.) D'Qwell Jackson - CLE vs. JAX
5.) Nick Barnett - BUF at MIA
6.) Ray Lewis - BAL vs. CIN
7.) Navorro Bowman - SF vs. ARI
8.) David Hawthorne - SEA at STL
9.) James Laurinaitis - STL vs. SEA
10.) London Fletcher - WAS vs. DAL
11.) Curtis Lofton - ATL vs. TEN
12.) Derrick Johnson - KC at NE
13.) Paul Posluszny - JAX at CLE
14.) Karlos Dansby - MIA vs. BUF
15.) David Harris - NYJ at DEN
16.) Chad Greenway - MIN vs. OAK
17.) Daryl Washington - ARI at SF
18.) Donald Butler - SD at CHI
19.) D.J. Williams - DEN vs. NYJ
20.) Sean Weatherspoon - ATL vs. TEN
21.) Rey Maualuga - CIN at BAL
22.) DeMarcus Ware - DAL at WAS
23.) Lance Briggs - CHI vs. SD
24.) DeAndre Levy - DET vs. CAR
25.) Jamar Chaney - PHI at NYG
26.) Rolando McClain - OAK at MIN
27.) Sean Lee - DAL at WAS
28.) Ryan Kerrigan - WAS vs. DAL
29.) Stephen Tulloch - DET vs. CAR
30.) Perry Riley - WAS vs. DAL
DEFENSIVE BACKS
1.) Tyvon Branch - OAK at MIN
2.) Antrel Rolle - NYG vs. PHI
3.) LaRon Landry - WAS vs. DAL
4.) Yeremiah Bell - MIA vs. BUF
5.) Charles Woodson - GB vs. TB
6.) Sean Jones - TB at GB
7.) George Wilson - BUF at MIA
8.) Patrick Chung - NE vs. KC
9.) Charles Tillman - CHI vs. SD
10.) Kenny Phillips - NYG vs. PHI
11.) Eric Weddle - SD at CHI
12.) Quintin Mikell - STL vs. SEA
13.) Dawan Landry - JAX at CLE
14.) Charlie Peprah - GB vs. TB
15.) Kam Chancellor - SEA at STL
16.) Jason McCourty - TEN at ATL
17.) Charles Godfrey - CAR at DET
18.) Kurt Coleman - PHI at NYG
19.) Major Wright - CHI vs. SD
20.) Brandon Flowers - KC at NE
21.) Morgan Burnett - GB vs. TB
22.) Jairus Byrd - BUF at MIA
23.) Reed Doughty - WAS vs. DAL
24.) DeAngelo Hall - WAS vs. DAL
25.) Tanard Jackson - TB at GB
26.) Dashon Goldson - SF vs. ARI
27.) Amari Spievey - DET vs. CAR
28.) Bernard Pollard - BAL vs. CIN
29.) Eric Smith - NYJ at DEN
30.) Jordan Babineaux - TEN at ATL
Have a question about a particular player? Check out the FantasySharks IDP Forum or email me at askgary@fantasysharks.com and I'll do my best to help!