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...