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With one week of fantasy football contests in the proverbial books we’re in a unique position in the season, where IDP owners are either patting themselves on the back for being undefeated or reaching for the panic button after finding themselves winless. Hopefully you’ve made your waiver claims for the week and improved your team a bit, but whether you’re patting or reaching, STOP IT. Week one’s done, and it’s time to set your sights on keeping the good kind of streak going or ending the bad kind.
With that in mind here’s a look at my Top 30 defensive linemen, linebackers, and defensive backs for week two of the 2011 season in IDP leagues. Before I get to them, a quick tip: Some players shined in week one, and some stunk, and that’s reflected in the rankings to an extent (as are matchups, which are always important), but week one was just that…
one week. Too early to be freaking out about Rey Maualuga or Rolando McClain (well, maybe a little with McClain) just yet.
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 (the reference point for tackle-heavy vs. big-play heavy IDP leagues should be right around a 4 to 1 ratio for tackles vs. “big plays”), 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.) Trent Cole – PHI at ATL:
2.) Terrell Suggs – BAL at TEN
3.) Jason Pierre-Paul – NYG vs STL
4.) Jared Allen – MIN vs TB
5.) Julius Peppers – CHI at NO
6.) Matt Shaughnessy – OAK at BUF
7.) Justin Smith – SF vs DAL
8.) Kyle Vanden Bosch – DET vs KC
9.) John Abraham – ATL vs PHI
10.) Charles Johnson – CAR vs GB
11.) Ndamukong Suh – DET vs KC
12.) Justin Tuck – NYG vs STL
13.) Chris Long – STL at NYG
14.) Jason Babin – PHI at ATL
15.) Darnell Dockett – ARI at WAS
16.) Cliff Avril – DET vs KC
17.) Robert Mathis – IND vs CLE
18.) Chris Clemons – SEA at PIT
19.) Jabaal Sheard – CLE at IND
20.) Lamarr Houston – OAK at BUF
21.) Michael Bennett – TB at MIN
22.) Michael Johnson – CIN at DEN
23.) James Hall – STL at NYG
24.) Greg Hardy – CAR vs GB
25.) Haloti Ngata – BAL at TEN
26.) Ray Edwards – ATL vs PHI
27.) Richard Seymour – OAK at BUF
28.) Matt Roth – JAX at NYJ
29.) Turk McBride – NO vs CHI
30.) Henry Melton – CHI at NO
LINEBACKERS
1.) Patrick Willis – SF vs DAL
2.) Lawrence Timmons – PIT vs SEA
3.) James Laurinaitis – STL at NYG
4.) Jerod Mayo – NE vs SD
5.) Desmond Bishop – GB at CAR
6.) D’Qwell Jackson – CLE at IND
7.) Barrett Ruud – TEN vs BAL
8.) Brian Urlacher – CHI at NO
9.) Derrick Johnson – KC at DET
10.) David Hawthorne – SEA at PIT
11.) Paul Posluszny – JAX at NYJ
12.) Sean Lee – DAL at SF
13.) Ray Lewis – BAL at TEN
14.) London Fletcher – WAS vs ARI
15.) Pat Angerer – IND vs CLE
16.) Daryl Washington – ARI at WAS
17.) Curtis Lofton – ATL vs PHI
18.) David Harris – NYJ vs JAX
19.) Chad Greenway – MIN vs TB
20.) Nick Barnett – BUF vs OAK
21.) Rey Maualuga – CIN at DEN
22.) Jonathan Vilma – NO vs CHI
23.) Donald Butler – SD at NE
24.) Thomas Davis – CAR vs GB
25.) DeMeco Ryans – HOU at MIA
26.) Karlos Dansby – MIA vs HOU
27.) Lance Briggs – CHI at NO
28.) DeMarcus Ware – DAL at SF
29.) Rolando McClain – OAK at BUF
30.) Sean Weatherspoon – ATL vs CHI
DEFENSIVE BACKS
1.) Patrick Chung – NE vs SD
2.) Tyvon Branch – OAK at BUF
3.) Kam Chancellor – SEA at PIT
4.) Yeremiah Bell – MIA vs HOU
5.) Roman Harper – NO vs CHI
6.) George Wilson – BUF vs OAK
7.) Morgan Burnett – GB at CAR
8.) Eric Weddle – SD at NE
9.) Quintin Mikell – STL at NYG
10.) Donte Whitner – SF vs DAL
11.) Charles Tillman – CHI at NO
12.) T.J. Ward – CLE at IND
13.) Troy Polamalu – PIT vs SEA
14.) Kenny Phillips – NYG vs STL
15.) Charles Woodson – GB at CAR
16.) Antoine Bethea – IND vs CLE
17.) Antrel Rolle – NYG vs STL
18.) Kerry Rhodes – ARI at WAS
19.) Dawan Landry – JAX at NYJ
20.) Amari Spievey – DET vs KC
21.) Michael Griffin – TEN vs BAL
22.) Antoine Winfield – MIN vs TB
23.) Glover Quin – HOU at MIA
24.) William Moore – ATL vs PHI
25.) Malcolm Jenkins – NO vs CHI
26.) DeAngelo Hall – WAS vs ARI
27.) Jason McCourty – TEN vs BAL
28.) Sean Jones – TB at MIN
29.) Brandon Flowers – KC at DET
30.) Melvin Bullitt – IND vs CLE
Have a question about a player not on the Cheatsheet? Consult the Fantasy Sharks
IDP Forum and either I or Fantasy Sharks IDP Expert
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