IDP CHEATSHEET: Week 6

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