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