We’re headed into Week Ten of the 2011 fantasy football season, which means we get a bye week from the bye weeks and all 32 teams in the NFL are in action starting Thursday night. That means a deeper talent pool to choose from in IDP leagues, which in turn meant a few more names just missed the cut on this week’s Cheatsheet. Good problem to have I suppose.
To help you prepare for another week’s fantasy action here’s a look at my Top 30 defensive linemen, linebackers, and defensive backs for Week Ten 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 at GB
2.) Terrell Suggs – BAL at SEA
3.) Jason Pierre-Paul – NYG at SF
4.) Trent Cole – PHI vs ARI
5.) Julius Peppers – CHI vs DET
6.) Charles Johnson – CAR vs TEN
7.) Osi Umenyiora – NYG at SF
8.) Justin Smith – SF vs NYG
9.) Ray Edwards – ATL vs NO
10.) Chris Clemons – SEA vs BAL
11.) Cliff Avril – DET at CHI
12.) Jabaal Sheard – CLE vs STL
13.) Jason Babin – PHI vs ARI
14.) Jeremy Mincey – JAX at IND
15.) Justin Tuck – NYG at SF
16.) Haloti Ngata – BAL at SEA
17.) Will Smith – NO at ATL
18.) Ahtyba Rubin – CLE vs STL
19.) Kyle Vanden Bosch – DET at CHI
20.) Chris Long – STL at CLE
21.) Marcell Dareus – BUF at DAL
22.) Robert Mathis – IND vs JAX
23.) Carlos Dunlap – CIN vs PIT
24.) Greg Hardy – CAR vs TEN
25.) Michael Bennett – TB vs HOU
26.) Elvis Dumervil – DEN at KC
27.) Calais Campbell – ARI at PHI
28.) Ndamukong Suh – DET at CHI
29.) James Hall – STL at CLE
30.) Israel Idonije – CHI vs DET