Free agent safety Reggie Nelson re-signed to a one-year contract with the Oakland Raiders, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. Nelson was a Pro Bowler for the Raiders in 2016, but was graded as PFF's No. 78 safety in coverage last season. However, Nelson's first Pro Bowl in 2015 coincidently overlapped with new Raiders DC Paul Guenther's final season in Cincinnati. It is possible Nelson, going on 35, sees a resurgence in Guenther's system.

The NFL regular season may have ended (and the fantasy football season along with it), but that doesn't mean it's time for fantasy football enthusiasts to pack it in for the year. As 2014 begins, many will be taking part in fantasy football playoff leagues, taking one last shot at fantasy glory before they start getting ready for 2014. Most of those leagues are "survivor"-type affairs. The entire pool of players are available, but you can only use each player once. That means that as important as it is to find players who will put up a solid score, it's equally crucial that you take into account how you expect the postseason to play out. Otherwise, by the time the conference championships and Super Bowl roll around there won't be any players to choose from. So, with that in mind and with an admittedly shallow group available along the defensive line, here's a look at the top-10 players at each of the "main" Individual Defensive Player (IDP) positions for the Wild Card Round in Fantasy Sharks Default IDP Scoring . DEFENSIVE LINEMEN 1.) Cameron Jordan -- New Orleans at Philadelphia 2.) Carlos Dunlap -- Cincinnati vs. San Diego 3.) Dontari Poe -- Kansas City at Indianapolis 4.) Akiem Hicks -- New Orleans at Philadelphia 5.) Michael Johnson -- Cincinnati vs. San Diego 6.) Justin Smith -- San Francisco at Green Bay 7.) Corey Liuget -- San Diego at Cincinnati 8.) Cedric Thornton -- Philadelphia vs. New Orleans 9.) Mike Neal -- Green Bay vs. San Francisco 10.) Fletcher Cox -- Philadelphia vs. New Orleans LINEBACKERS 1.) Derrick Johnson -- Kansas City at Indianapolis 2.) Vontaze Burfict -- Cincinnati vs. San Diego 3.) Navorro Bowman -- San Francisco at Green Bay 4.) Donald Butler -- San Diego at Cincinnati 5.) Mychal Kendricks -- Philadelphia vs. New Orleans 6.) Jerrell Freeman -- Indianapolis vs. Kansas City 7.) Curtis Lofton -- New Orleans at Philadelphia 8.) DeMeco Ryans -- Philadelphia vs. New Orleans 9.) Patrick Willis -- San Francisco at Green Bay 10.) A.J. Hawk -- Green Bay vs. San Francisco DEFENSIVE BACKS 1.) Morgan Burnett -- Green Bay vs. San Francisco 2.) Eric Weddle -- San Diego at Cincinnati 3.) Eric Berry -- Kansas City at Indianapolis 4.) Antoine Bethea -- Indianapolis vs. Kansas City 5.) Roman Harper -- New Orleans at Philadelphia 6.) LaRon Landry -- Indianapolis vs. Kansas City 7.) Nate Allen -- Philadelphia vs. New Orleans 8.) Reggie Nelson -- Cincinnati vs. San Diego 9.) Eric Reid -- San Francisco at Green ...

I'm not gonna lie to you. Last week, I thought, that the season was over for the Cheatsheet. However, if by now I should at least know that thinking gets me nowhere, as after a number of requests from both the Shark Tank and my Twitter followers (all 4 of them) the IDP Cheatsheet will be making a playoff run of its' own. That said, we're playing in a different format here, using the scoring and rules for the BTR Listeners League (Join Today, it's Free!!!) sponsored by Fantasy Sharks and run by FSWA Hall of Famer Greg Kellogg, who I have the distinct pleasure of co-hosting Kellogg's Komments with twice a week on Fantasy Sharks Radio. If you haven't given a listen, you absolutely should, as Greg, Mike Pisani, and Chris Nunes are damned near capable of drowning my drivel out. Well, almost. These rankings are based on the scoring for that contest, which awards 1 point for solos, .5 points for assists, 2 points each for fumbles forced and recovered, 3 points for interceptions and sacks, 6 points for defensive touchdowns, 4 points for safeties, and 1 point for passes defensed, as well as return yardage for picks and fumbles, but those are fluke points best not chased. It's also a "one and done" format, which means that once you use a guy he's through, so what may look like a great play this week may also involve a player you want to save for next. That makes it more important, especially early on, that you try to balance scoring and who you think will advance, so keep in mind that my rankings may reflect biases regarding this week's games you may not share, and a bit of "bet-hedging". (EXAMPLE: The Giants' DE are both solid, so regardless of whether I think they'll win or lose I may well burn one this week. They lose I got good production from one (hopefully). They win I still have one to use next week.) No need to go more than 10 deep, so without further adieu... DEFENSIVE LINEMEN 1.) Jason Pierre-Paul - NYG vs ATL 2.) Elvis Dumervil -- DEN vs PIT 3.) Cliff Avril -- DET at NO 4.) Kyle Vanden Bosch -- DET at NO 5.) Justin Tuck -- NYG vs ATL 6.) Ndamukong Suh -- DET at NO 7.) J.J. Watt -- HOU vs CIN 8.) Michael Johnson -- CIN at HOU 9.) John Abraham -- ATL at NYG 10.) Will Smith -- NO vs DET LINEBACKERS 1.) D.J. Williams -- DEN vs PIT 2.) Curtis Lofton -- ATL at NYG 3.) Stephen Tulloch -- DET at NO 4.) Brian Cushing -- HOU vs CIN 5.) Lawrence Timmons -- PIT at DEN 6.) Mathias Kiwanuka -- NYG vs ATL 7.) Rey Maualuga -- CIN at HOU 8.) Sean Weatherspoon -- ...