The best of the best. The titans of the sport. The legends of the game.However you choose to describe those selected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, they are the first guys that come to mind when listing favorite players of past generations. But every single year, some game-changers miss the cut.This isn't to take away from the players that will soon find their busts in Canton, Ohio. There are only a handful of spots every year and the resumes of Andre Johnson, Devin Hester, Dwight Freeney, ...

Former Indianapolis Colts pass rusher Dwight Freeney is expected to sign a contract with the team and immediately retire, per Mike [...]

The NFL Combine is in our rearview mirror, and it is time to look ahead to the start of NFL free agency in early March and then the draft in April. Yes indeed, it is that time of year when Individual Defensive Player (IDP) owners get to look around the league and play the age-old game of ‘who should sign where' to offer the best fantasy production. When compiling this initial list of defensive linemen and where they could best flourish from a fantasy perspective, I made a conscious effort to disregard whether or not the matchup would be an ideal one from a NFL standpoint. As IDP owners, we are more concerned with what stats the individual amasses as opposed to how he would or wouldn't help a NFL team to make the playoffs. The following assessments were made with that in mind, and, while they may not come to fruition, they would be very fantasy friendly landing spots for 2013. Dwight Freeney, DE, Indianapolis : Freeney struggled as an outside linebacker last season for the Colts, finishing the 2012 season with only five sacks in 14 games played. That is the lowest total since he totaled 3½ sacks back in 2007 when he missed the final seven games of the regular season. Indianapolis has already decided to move on from the 33-year-old, 11-year veteran, so look for Freeney to sign with a team that will utilize him at his more familiar and productive defensive end position. A very favorable destination for Freeney would keep him in the AFC South by signing with the Jacksonville Jaguars. While it is more likely that Freeney decides to sign with Denver, Dallas or Atlanta (as they are contenders), the Jaguars could be the better landing spot from a fantasy perspective. It depends on if Freeney is looking to be a rotational type of player on a contending team or is looking to land where he'll get the most playing time. In Jacksonville he would be the big fish in a little pond and potentially line up opposite another veteran sack specialist Jason Babin while seeing his defensive snap count rise above 800 again. The Jaguars have selected numerous players at the defensive end position over the years (Andre Branch, Derrick Harvey, Quentin Groves) with high round draft choices and have nothing to show for it. It may be time for Jacksonville to look for veteran proven pass rushers to bolster their anemic pass rush. The Jaguars finished last in the league with 20 team sacks last season, and, let's face it, could use a big name signing or two to get the fan base ...

Dwight Freeney's financial adviser and her lover were arrested on charges of stealing $2.2 million from the Indianapolis Colts' defensive end.

Indianapolis Colts defensive end Dwight Freeney signed with Creative Artists Agency, league sources told NFL.com's Jason La Canfora on Monday.

OK, I'll freely admit that Week 6 was not exactly the best work I've ever done, but every once in a while you just have a bumpy week, so I stand before you yet again, beaten but unbowed, ready to make my recommendations for this week. Remember, this is the third of the bye weeks and it's leaving a heckuva hole, so don't go starting any players from the Giants, Eagles, Bills, Patriots, Bengals, or 49ers. No Jason Pierre-Paul, no Patrick Willis, no George Wilson...like I said, HOLE. That said here's a look at some players you should give serious consideration to getting into your lineups or who could outperform expectations (Studs) and some that, for whatever reason, you may want to consider leaving alone, or at least take into account that they may be a relative disappointment this week. (Duds) STUDS Darnell Dockett -- DE, Arizona Cardinals (vs. PIT): Dockett's been awfully quiet, but coming out of the bye with the best fantasy matchup for opposing defensive linemen seems like a good place to break out of his funk, so look for Dockett to do just that Sunday. Jabaal Sheard -- DE, Cleveland Browns (vs. SEA): The rookie had a big game against Oakland last week with four tackles, a sack, and a forced fumble and has a favorable matchup with the Charlie Whitehurst-led Seahawks this week. Kyle Vanden Bosch -- DE, Detroit Lions (vs. ATL): The 11th year veteran gets his third straight solid pass rush matchup against the Falcons and should be able to notch his fifth sack of the season in Week Seven. London Fletcher -- ILB, Washington Redskins(at CAR): Fletcher had by far his best game of the season against Philadelphia with 12 total tackles and finally showed that he may yet reward IDP owners who were patient with the 36 year-old. Daryl Washington -- ILB, Arizona Cardinals (vs. PIT): The Steelers are in the top half of the NFL in tackle opportunities allowed so Washington should have every opportunity to come out stong after his bye a week ago. LaMarr Woodley -- OLB, Pittsburgh Steelers (at ARI): Woodley had a pair of sacks a week ago against the Jaguars and should have a better than average shot at racking up another one against an Arizona team that has allowed the seventh most sacks in the league. Antoine Bethea -- FS, Indianapolis Colts (at NO): The sixth year pro has averaged nearly eight tackles a game this season and should be plenty busy Sunday trying to slow down Drew Brees and the Saints. Cedric Griffin -- CB, Minnesota Vikings (vs. GB): Speaking of busy,...

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...

Indianapolis Colts defensive end Dwight Freeney was listed as questionable for Monday's game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.