IDP Cheatsheet: Week 11

It’s Week 11 of the 2011 fantasy football season, which means the stretch run has arrived, making every game and lineup choice vitally important as teams jockey for position or try to keep their sinking playoff aspirations afloat.

This is also the last of the bye weeks, so don’t go starting any players from the Indianapolis Colts, Houston Texans, New Orleans Saints or Pittsburgh Steelers, because that would be bad.

To help you prepare for another week’s action, here’s a look at my Top 30 defensive linemen, linebackers and defensive backs for Week 11 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. OAK

2.) Andre Carter – NE vs. KC

3.) Trent Cole – PHI at NYG

4.) Julius Peppers – CHI vs. SD

5.) Terrell Suggs – BAL vs. CIN

6.) Justin Smith – SF vs. ARI

7.) Jason Pierre-Paul – NYG vs. PHI

8.) Chris Clemons – SEA at STL

9.) Chris Long – STL vs. SEA

10.) Jeremy Mincey – JAX at CLE

11.) Justin Tuck – NYG vs. PHI

12.) Cliff Avril – DET vs. CAR

13.) Charles Johnson – CAR at DET

14.) Osi Umenyiora – NYG vs. PHI

15.) Haloti Ngata – BAL vs. CIN

16.) Jason Babin – PHI at NYG

17.) Calais Campbell – ARI at SF

18.) Richard Seymour – OAK at MIN

19.) James Hall – STL vs. SEA

20.) Greg Hardy – CAR at DET

21.) Marcell Dareus – BUF at MIA

22.) Ahtyba Rubin – CLE vs. JAX

23.) Kyle Vanden Bosch– DET vs. CAR

24.) Ndamukong Suh – DET vs. CAR

25.) Israel Idonije – CHI vs. SD

26.) Ray Edwards – ATL vs. TEN

27.) Jabaal Sheard – CLE vs. JAX

28.) Michael Bennett – TB at GB

29.) Darnell Dockett – ARI at SF

30.) Carlos Dunlap – CIN at BAL