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IDP Weekly Player Rankings - Week 1
Darin Tietgen September 9, 2010	Comments		Print

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN
Rnk	Player	Team	Opp
TIER ONE
1	Justin Tuck	NYG	CAR
2	Kyle Vanden Bosch	DET	CHI
3	Trent Cole	PHI	GBP
4	Darnell Dockett	ARI	STL
5	Terrell Suggs	BAL	NYJ
6	Jared Allen	MIN	NOS
7	Julius Peppers	CHI	DET
TIER TWO
8	Justin Smith	SFO	SEA
9	John Abraham	ATL	PIT
10	Mario Williams	HOU	IND
11	Kroy Biermann	ATL	PIT
12	Osi Umenyiora	NYG	CAR
13	Aaron Kampman	JAC	DEN
14	Will Smith	NOS	MIN
15	Greg White	TBB	CLE
16	Chris Long	STL	ARI
17	Ray Edwards	MIN	NOS
TIER THREE
18	Randy Starks	MIA	BUF
19	Calais Campbell	ARI	STL
20	Cliff Avril	DET	CHI
21	Robert Mathis	IND	HOU
22	Shaun Ellis	NYJ	BAL
23	Mathias Kiwanuka	NYG	CAR
24	Tony Brown (DT)	TEN	OAK
25	Chris Clemons	SEA	SFO
26	William Hayes	TEN	OAK
27	Antwan Odom	CIN	NEP
28	Derrick Harvey	JAC	DEN
29	Charles Johnson	CAR	NYG
TIER FOUR
30	Everette Brown	CAR	NYG
31	Gerald McCoy (DT)	TBB	CLE
32	Kyle Moore	TBB	CLE
33	Jason Jones (DT)	TEN	OAK
34	Kris Jenkins (DT)	NYJ	BAL
35	Jay Ratliff (DT)	DAL	WAS
36	Mike Patterson (DT)	PHI	GBP
37	Alex Brown	NOS	MIN
38	Brandon Graham	PHI	GBP
39	Ndomukong Suh (DT)	DET	CHI
40	Kelly Gregg (DT)	BAL	NYJ
41	Brandon Mebane (DT)	SEA	SFO
42	Dwight Freeney	IND	HOU
43	Lamarr Houston (DT)	OAK	TEN
44	Haloti Ngata (DT)	BAL	NYJ
45	Matt Shaughnessey	OAK	TEN
46	James Hall	STL	ARI
47	Sedrick Ellis (DT)	NOS	MIN
48	Glenn Dorsey	KCC	SDC
49	Jonathan Fanene (DT)	CIN	NEP
50	Kyle Williams (DT)	BUF	MIA

LINEBACKERS
Rnk	Player	Team	Opp
TIER ONE
1	Patrick Willis	SFO	SEA
2	Ray Lewis	BAL	NYJ
3	Curtis Lofton	ATL	PIT
4	Jon Beason	CAR	NYG
5	D.J. Williams	DEN	JAC
6	London Fletcher	WAS	DAL
7	David Harris	NYJ	BAL
8	Paul Posluszny	BUF	MIA
TIER TWO
9	Jerod Mayo	NEP	CIN
10	DeMeco Ryans	HOU	IND
11	Karlos Dansby	MIA	BUF
12	Rolando McClain	OAK	TEN
13	James Laurinaitis	STL	ARI
14	Barrett Ruud	TBB	CLE
15	Lance Briggs	CHI	DET
16	Jonathan Vilma	NOS	MIN
17	Stewart Bradley	PHI	GBP
TIER THREE
18	Stephen Tulloch	TEN	OAK
19	E.J. Henderson	MIN	NOS
20	Kirk Morrison	JAC	DEN
21	Lawrence Timmons	PIT	ATL
22	David Hawthorne	SEA	SFO
23	Stephen Cooper	SDC	KCC
24	Brian Urlacher	CHI	DET
25	Michael Boley	NYG	CAR
26	Nick Barnett	GBP	PHI
27	Chad Greenway	MIN	NOS
28	Gary Brackett	IND	HOU
29	Bradie James	DAL	WAS
30	Chris Gocong	CLE	TBB
TIER FOUR
31	Demarcus Ware	DAL	WAS
32	Geno Hayes	TBB	CLE
33	Anthony Spencer	DAL	WAS
34	Derrick Johnson	KCC	SDC
35	Lofa Tatupu	SEA	SFO
36	Clay Matthews	GBP	PHI
37	James Harrison	PIT	ATL
38	Paris Lenon	ARI	STL
39	Daryl Washington	ARI	STL
40	Zach Diles	HOU	IND
41	Dhani Jones	CIN	NEP
42	Will Witherspoon	TEN	OAK
43	Clint Session	IND	HOU
44	Lamarr Woodley	PIT	ATL
45	Dan Conner	CAR	NYG
46	Andra Davis	BUF	MIA
47	Justin Durant	JAC	DEN
48	Brian Orakpo	WAS	DAL
49	Brandon Spikes	NEP	CIN
50	Aaron Curry	SEA	SFO

DEFENSIVE BACKS
Rnk	Player	Team	Opp
TIER ONE
1	Roman Harper	NOS	MIN
2	Yeremiah Bell	HOU	MIA
3	Tyvon Branch	OAK	TEN
4	Bernard Pollard	HOU	IND
5	Eric Berry	KCC	SDC
6	Adrian Wilson	ARI	STL
7	Richard Marshall (CB)	CAR	NYG
8	LaRon Landry	WAS	DAL
9	Oshiomogho Atogwe	STL	ARI
10	Dashon Goldson	SFO	SEA
11	Charles Woodson (CB)	GBP	PHI
TIER TWO
12	Troy Polamalu	PIT	ATL
13	Brian Dawkins	DEN	JAC
14	Antoine Winfield (CB)	MIN	NOS
15	Antoine Bethea	IND	HOU
16	Brandon Flowers (CB)	KCC	SDC
17	Quintin Mikell	PHI	GBP
18	Erik Coleman	ATL	PIT
19	Chris Harris	CHI	DET
20	Louis Delmas	DET	CHI
21	T.J. Ward	CLE	TBB
22	Michael Lewis	SFO	SEA
23	Eric Weddle	SDC	KCC
TIER THREE
24	DeAngelo Hall	WAS	DAL
25	Sean Jones	TBB	CLE
26	Charles Tillman (CB)	CHI	DET
27	Bob Sanders	IND	HOU
28	Leon Hall (CB)	CIN	NEP
29	Tracy Porter (CB)	NOS	MIN
30	Kerry Rhodes	ARI	STL
31	Randy Phillips	DET	CHI
32	Morgan Burnett	GBP	PHI
33	Cortland Finnegan (CB)	TEN	OAK
34	Tramon Williams (CB)	GBP	PHI
35	Champ Bailey (CB)	DEN	JAC
36	Eric Wright (CB)	CLE	TBB
37	Johnathan Joseph (CB)	CIN	NEP
TIER FOUR
38	Kenny Phillips	NYG	CAR
39	Tanard Jackson	TBB	CLE
40	Dawan Landry	BAL	NYJ
41	Chris Gamble (CB)	CAR	NYG
42	Tom Zbikowski	BAL	NYJ
43	Kelvin Hayden (CB)	IND	HOU
44	Michael Huff	OAK	TEN
45	Patrick Chung	NEP	CIN
46	Lawyer Milloy	SEA	SFO
47	Jabari Greer (CB)	NOS	MIN
48	Kareem Jackson (CB)	HOU	IND
49	Dunta Robinson (CB)	ATL	PIT
50	Glover Quin (CB)	HOU	IND

Note: Scoring system considered for these rankings – solo tackle (2 pts), assisted tackle (1 pt), sack (3 pts), forced or recovered fumble (3 pts), interception (3 pts) and pass defensed (1 pt).

COMMENTS (page 1 of 1)

Steve Gallo

Posted Sep 10, 2010 8:29pm EDT

Mark,
We don't have anything that specific but I do try to notate in my IDP Game Breakdowns when a player has added value due to return responsibilities.

Mark

Posted Sep 9, 2010 6:58pm EDT

Anywhere on here that keeps up with IDP's that are returning kicks, for those of us in leagues that count return yardage?

Bob K

Posted Sep 9, 2010 1:39pm EDT

I'm in a similar league. I've found that the DBs are too inconsistent from week to week to use over linebackers. Having said that, a tier three LB is probably equivalent to a top DB -- just recognize you could come up pretty empty with the DB in any single game.

ronkronk

Posted Sep 9, 2010 7:46am EDT

in my IDP league, you start 3 "D" players, doesn't matter DL/LB/DB. sacks and INTs are only worth 2, so LBs usually the better plays.

that said, is there a way to gauge positions tiers vs. each other?

my specific example is Y. Bell (#2 DB) is on the free agent list, but I'm thinking M. Boley (#25 LB) better play?

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