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...