It's now Week 13 of the 2011 fantasy football season, which means that in any number of IDP leagues this week is the end of the regular season, making every lineup and roster decision a huge one as teams scramble to try to squeak into the playoffs or secure a first round bye. It's also so late in the season, which means that the IDP Waiver Wires in many leagues are rather threadbare, making finding upgrades or injury replacements that much daunting an endeavor. That said here are some players that should be available on many IDP waiver wires that are worth targeting as we head into Week 13. PICKUP OF THE WEEK E. J. Henderson -- MLB, Minnesota Vikings: A knee injury limited Henderson's role and production earlier in the season, but the nine-year veteran has turned it on of late, logging 21 tackles and a sack over his past two games. Henderson appears to have played himself back into a three-down role and could make for a very nice late-season add if another IDP owner in your league lost patience with him. Dave Ball -- DE, Tennessee Titans: The veteran end missed the last three games due to injury but was back in the lineup last week against Tampa Bay and played well, racking up four total tackles, two sacks, and a forced fumble. That stat line likely represents the 30 year-old's IDP ceiling, but if your team's ailing at DL (as many are right now) you could probably do a lot worse than giving Ball a look. J.J. Watt -- DE, Houston Texans: The rookie defensive end has been up-and-down (as many 3-4 DE are) but last week's win over the Jaguars was certainly an "up" week, as the former Wisconsin standout made seven total tackles and added two sacks. The Texans have a rather IDP-friendly schedule down the stretch, so IDP owners in a bind at DL should certainly look to brighten their roster with some Watt-age. Connor Barwin -- OLB, Houston Texans: Watt wasn't the only Houston defender that went off last week, as outside linebacker Connor Barwin terrorized the Jaguars for 10 total tackles and an eye-popping four sacks. The third-year pro now has 16 total tackles and 6.5 sacks over his past three contests, making him a definite target for IDP squads with a need at LB, especially in sack-heavy formats. D.J. Smith -- ILB, Green Bay Packers: Starting WILB and IDP beefcake Desmond Bishop aggravated his calf injury early in last week's Turkey Day tilt with the Detroit Lions, giving way to rookie D.J. Smith, who finished the game with 6 stops. Bishop's status for Week ...

As I was putting together this week's Cheatsheet the enormity of Week Seven's IDP bye-week bitchslap finally registered it's full force. This week's fantasy talent pool is noticeably thinner, and that coupled with the general madness that is any week in an IDP league (don't fight it, embrace it, and then kill it while it's sleeping) has led to quite a few new faces being mentioned this week. Gonna be a wild one kiddies. To help you be one of the inmates that run the asylum here's a look at my Top 30 defensive linemen, linebackers, and defensive backs for Week Seven 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 GB 2.) Terrell Suggs - BAL at JAX 3.) Calais Campbell - ARI vs PIT 4.) Charles Johnson - CAR vs WAS 5.) Chris Clemons - SEA at CLE 6.) Will Smith - NO vs IND 7.) Chris Long - STL at DAL 8.) Julius Peppers - CHI at TB 9.) Cliff Avril - DET vs ATL 10.) Ray Edwards - ATL at DET 11.) Michael Bennett - TB vs CHI 12.) Ndamukong Suh - DET vs ATL 13.) Greg Hardy - CAR vs WAS 14.) Elvis Dumervil - DEN at MIA 15.) Haloti Ngata - BAL at JAX 16.) Darnell Dockett - ARI vs PIT 17.) Robert Mathis - IND at NO 18.) Kyle Vanden Bosch - DET vs ATL 19.) Brian Robison - MIN vs GB 20.) Richard Seymour - OAK vs KC 21.) Jabaal Sheard - CLE vs SEA 22.) Israel Idonije - CHI at TB 23.) James Hall - STL at DAL 24.) Jeremy Mincey - JAX vs BAL 25.) John Abraham - ATL at DET 26.) Derrick Morgan - TEN vs HOU 27.) Ahtyba Rubin - CLE vs SEA 28.) Dwight Freeney - IND at NO 29.) J.J. Watt - HOU at TEN 30.) Robert Ayers - DEN at MIA LINEBACKERS 1.) Pat Angerer - IND at NO 2.) Desmond Bishop - GB at MIN 3.) Ray Lewis - BAL at JAX 4.) Paul Posluszny - JAX vs BAL 5.) D'Qwell Jackson - CLE vs SEA 6.) James Laurinaitis - STL at DAL 7.) Sean Weatherspoon - ATL at DET 8.) Daryl Washington - ARI vs PIT 9.) Barrett Ruud - TEN vs HOU 10.) David Hawthorne - SEA at CLE 11.) Sean Lee - DAL vs STL 12.) Curtis Lofton - ATL at DET 13.) Derrick Johnson - KC at OAK 14.) DeAndre Levy - DET vs ATL 15.) Brian Urlacher - CHI at TB 16.) D.J. Williams - DEN ...

undefinedundefinedundefinedundefinedundefinedundefinedundefinedundefined We're five weeks into the 2011 season, and as is often the case with IDPs there's as much down that is up and as much up that is down. Injuries keep piling up, journeymen are playing like studs (fantasy-wise anyway), studs are barely showing up, and sometimes when setting your IDP lineups it's hard to know whether to scratch your watch or wind your butt. (Double points if you know that movie reference, as it's not one that our crowd would generally get) To assist you in doing so here's a look at my Top 30 defensive linemen, linebackers, and defensive backs for Week Six of the 2011 season. 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 at CHI 2.) Jason Pierre-Paul - NYG vs BUF 3.) Terrell Suggs - BAL vs HOU 4.) Osi Umenyiora - NYG vs BUF 5.) Brian Robison - MIN at CHI 6.) Greg Hardy - CAR at ATL 7.) Robert Mathis - IND at CIN 8.) Jason Babin - PHI at WAS 9.) Julius Peppers - CHI vs MIN 10.) Charles Johnson - CAR at ATL 11.) Ndamukong Suh - DET vs SF 12.) Will Smith - NO at TB 13.) Kyle Vanden Bosch - DET vs SF 14.) Richard Seymour - OAK vs CLE 15.) Justin Smith - SF at DET 16.) Haloti Ngata - BAL vs HOU 17.) Cliff Avril - DET vs SF 18.) Chris Long - STL at GB 19.) Michael Bennett - TB vs NO 20.) Ray Edwards - ATL vs CAR 21.) Michael Johnson - CIN vs IND 22.) Israel Idonije - CHI vs MIN 23.) Jeremy Mincey - JAX at PIT 24.) Ahtyba Rubin - CLE at OAK 25.) Dwight Freeney - IND at CIN 26.) Darryl Tapp - PHI at WAS 27.) Andre Carter - NE vs DAL 28.) J.J. Watt - HOU at BAL 29.) Jabaal Sheard - CLE at OAK 30.) John Abraham - ATL vs CAR LINEBACKERS 1.) Ray Lewis - BAL vs HOU 2.) Pat Angerer - IND at CIN 3.) Patrick Willis - SF at DET 4.) D'Qwell Jackson - CLE at OAK 5.) Sean Lee - DAL at NE 6.) Desmond Bishop - GB vs STL 7.) James Laurinaitis - STL at GB 8.) Nick Barnett - BUF at NYG 9.) Sean Weatherspoon - ATL vs CAR 10.) Brian Urlacher - CHI vs MIN 11.) Paul Posluszny - JAX at PIT 12.) James Anderson - CAR at ATL 13.) Navorro Bowman - SF at DET 14.) Stephen Tulloch - DET vs SF 15...

IDP CHEATSHEET: Week Five Four weeks into the 2011 season and injuries are mounting (With Trent Cole, Jerod Mayo, James Harrison, Antoine Winfield, and Chris Hope going down just last week alone), and that combined with the arrival of the bye weeks that makes setting IDP lineups as daunting a challenge as ever. To assist you in doing so here's a look at my Top 30 defensive linemen, linebackers, and defensive backs for Week Five 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.) Jason Pierre-Paul - NYG vs SEA 2.) Jared Allen - MIN vs ARI 3.) Kyle Vanden Bosch - DET vs CHI 4.) Jason Babin - PHI at BUF 5.) Will Smith - NO at CAR 6.) Robert Mathis - IND vs KC 7.) Osi Umenyiora - NYG vs SEA 8.) Julius Peppers - CHI at DET 9.) Charles Johnson - CAR vs NO 10.) Ndamukong Suh - DET vs CHI 11.) Chris Clemons - SEA at NYG 12.) Justin Smith - SF vs TB 13.) Michael Johnson - CIN at JAX 14.) Calais Campbell - ARI at MIN 15.) Greg Hardy - CAR vs NO 16.) Dwight Freeney - IND vs KC 17.) John Abraham - ATL vs GB 18.) Cliff Avril - DET vs CHI 19.) Darnell Dockett - ARI at MIN 20.) Derrick Morgan - TEN at PIT 21.) Justin Tuck - NYG vs SEA 22.) J.J. Watt - HOU vs OAK 23.) Cullen Jenkins - PHI at BUF 24.) Lamarr Houston - OAK at HOU 25.) Israel Idonije - CHI at DET 26.) Ray Edwards - ATL vs GB 27.) Darryl Tapp - PHI at BUF 28.) Richard Seymour - OAK at HOU 29.) Michael Bennett - TB at SF 30.) Antonio Smith - HOU vs OAK LINEBACKERS 1.) Desmond Bishop - GB at ATL 2.) Patrick Willis - SF vs TB 3.) Rolando McClain - OAK at HOU 4.) Pat Angerer - IND vs KC 5.) Sean Weatherspoon - ATL vs GB 6.) David Hawthorne - SEA at NYG 7.) Nick Barnett - BUF vs PHI 8.) Stephen Tulloch - DET vs CHI 9.) Rey Maualuga - CIN at JAX 10.) Curtis Lofton - ATL vs GB 11.) Navorro Bowman - SF vs TB 12.) Daryl Washington - ARI at MIN 13.) Paul Posluszny - JAX vs CIN 14.) Brian Urlacher - CHI at DET 15.) D.J. Williams - DEN vs SD 16.) Lawrence Timmons - PIT vs TEN 17.) David Harris - NYJ at NE 18.) Kavell Conner - IND vs KC 19.) Barrett Ruud - TEN at PIT 20.) James Anderson - CAR vs NO...