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IDP Weekly Player Rankings: Week 1
Darin Tietgen September 8, 2011	Print

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN
Rnk	Player	Team	Opp
TIER ONE
1	Justin Tuck	NYG	WAS
2	Trent Cole	PHI	STL
3	Jared Allen	MIN	SDC
4	Charles Johnson	CAR	ARI
5	Terrell Suggs	BAL	PIT
6	Ndomukong Suh (DT)	DET	TBB
7	Justin Smith	SFO	SEA
8	Elvis Dumervil	DEN	OAK
9	Julius Peppers	CHI	ATL
10	Jason Pierre-Paul	NYG	WAS
TIER TWO
11	John Abraham	ATL	CHI
12	Robert Mathis	IND	HOU
13	Michael Johnson	CIN	CLE
14	Darnell Dockett	ARI	CAR
15	Matt Shaughnessey	OAK	DEN
16	Chris Clemons	SEA	SFO
17	Calais Campbell	ARI	CAR
18	Jason Babin	PHI	STL
19	Kyle Williams (DT)	BUF	KCC
20	Kyle Vanden Bosch	DET	TBB
21	Dwight Freeney	IND	HOU
22	Jabaal Sheard	CLE	CIN
TIER THREE
23	Ray Edwards	ATL	CHI
24	William Hayes	TEN	JAC
25	Cliff Avril	DET	TBB
26	Andre Carter	NEP	MIA
27	Johnath. Babineaux (DT)	ATL	CHI
28	Dave Ball	TEN	JAC
29	Chris Long	STL	PHI
30	Lamarr Houston (DT)	OAK	DEN
31	Haloti Ngata (DT)	BAL	PIT
32	Richard Seymour (DT)	OAK	DEN
33	Aaron Kampman	JAC	TEN
34	Derrick Morgan	TEN	JAC
35	Tommy Kelly (DT)	OAK	DEN
TIER FOUR
36	Brian Robison	MIN	SDC
37	Glenn Dorsey	KCC	BUF
38	Kelly Gregg (DT)	KCC	BUF
39	James Hall	STL	PHI
40	Marcell Dareus (DT)	BUF	KCC
41	Adrian Clayborn	TBB	DET
42	Shaun Ellis	NEP	MIA
43	Raheem Brock	SEA	SFO
44	Robert Ayers	DEN	OAK
45	Cullen Jenkins (DT)	PHI	STL
46	Sione Pouha (DT)	NYJ	DAL
47	Geno Atkins (DT)	CIN	CLE
48	B.J. Raji (DT)	GBP	NOS
49	DaQuan Bowers	TBB	DET
50	Gerald McCoy (DT)	TBB	DET

LINEBACKERS
Rnk	Player	Team	Opp
TIER ONE
1	Patrick Willis	SFO	SEA
2	Ray Lewis	BAL	PIT
3	Lawrence Timmons	PIT	BAL
4	David Hawthorne	SEA	SFO
5	Curtis Lofton	ATL	CHI
6	London Fletcher	WAS	NYG
7	Barrett Ruud	TEN	JAC
8	Jerod Mayo	NEP	MIA
TIER TWO
9	D'Qwell Jackson	CLE	CIN
10	Chad Greenway	MIN	SDC
11	Derrick Johnson	KCC	BUF
12	Brian Urlacher	CHI	ATL
13	Nick Barnett	BUF	KCC
14	Desmond Bishop	GBP	NOS
15	Rolando McClain	OAK	DEN
16	Daryl Washington	ARI	CAR
17	Karlos Dansby	MIA	NEP
18	Davis Harris	NYJ	DAL
19	Thomas Davis	CAR	ARI
20	Lance Briggs	CHI	ATL
21	Rey Maualuga	CIN	CLE
22	Paul Posluszny	JAC	TEN
23	DeMeco Ryans	HOU	IND
24	James Laurinaitis	STL	PHI
25	Jonathan Vilma	NOS	GBP
TIER THREE
26	E.J. Henderson	MIN	SDC
27	Greg Jones	NYG	WAS
28	Will Witiherspoon	TEN	JAC
29	Brian Cushing	HOU	IND
30	Gary Brackett	IND	HOU
31	Dan Connor	CAR	ARI
32	Demarcus Ware	DAL	NYJ
33	Geno Hayes	TBB	DET
34	Von Miller	DEN	OAK
35	Lamarr Woodley	PIT	BAL
36	Aaron Curry	SEA	SFO
TIER FOUR
37	A.J. Hawk	GBP	NOS
38	Kevin Burnett	MIA	NEP
39	Takeo Spikes	SDC	MIN
40	James Farrior	PIT	BAL
41	Bradie James	DAL	NYJ
42	Michael Boley	NYG	WAS
43	James Anderson	CAR	ARI
44	Donald Butler	SDC	MIN
45	Mason Foster	TBB	DET
46	Quincy Black	TBB	DET
47	Clay Matthews	GBP	NOS
48	Shaun Phillips	SDC	MIN
49	Cameron Wake	MIA	NEP
50	Rocky McIntosh	WAS	NYG

DEFENSIVE BACKS
Rnk	Player	Team	Opp
TIER ONE
1	Eric Berry	KCC	BUF
2	Patrick Chung	NEP	MIA
3	Tyvon Branch	OAK	DEN
4	Charles Woodson (CB)	GBP	NOS
5	Yeremiah Bell	MIA	NEP
6	Quintin Mikell	STL	PHI
7	Troy Polamalu	PIT	BAL
8	Antrel Rolle	NYG	WAS
9	William Moore	ATL	CHI
10	George Wilson	BUF	KCC
11	Kerry Rhodes	ARI	CAR
TIER TWO
12	Michael Huff	OAK	DEN
13	Brian Dawkins	DEN	OAK
14	Kam Chancellor	SEA	SFO
15	Donte Whitner	SFO	SEA
16	Roman Harper	NOS	GBP
17	Tramon Williams (CB)	GBP	NOS
18	Brent Grimes (CB)	ATL	CHI
19	Oshiomogho Atogwe	WAS	NYG
20	T.J. Ward	CLE	CIN
21	DeAngelo Hall (CB)	WAS	NYG
22	Earl Thomas	SEA	SFO
23	Patrick Peterson (CB)	ARI	CAR
24	Devin McCourty (CB)	NEP	MIA
25	Alterraun Verner (CB)	TEN	JAC
26	Dawan Landry	JAC	TEN
27	Brandon Flowers (CB)	KCC	BUF
TIER THREE
28	Eric Weddle	SDC	MIN
29	Jairus Byrd	BUF	KCC
30	Antoine Bethea	IND	HOU
31	Chris Hope	TEN	JAC
32	Jim Leonhard	NYJ	DAL
33	Ronde Barber (CB)	TBB	DET
34	Antoine Winfield (CB)	MIN	SDC
35	Dashon Goldson	SFO	SEA
36	Kenny Phillips	NYG	WAS
37	Malcolm Jenkins	NOS	GBP
38	Charles Tillman (CB)	CHI	ATL
39	Michael Griffin	TEN	JAC
40	Louis Delmas	DET	TBB
TIER FOUR
41	LaRon Landry	WAS	NYG
42	Courtney Greene	JAC	TEN
43	Joe Haden (CB)	CLE	CIN
44	Craig Dahl	STL	PHI
45	Brandon Carr (CB)	KCC	BUF
46	Nate Clements (CB)	CIN	CLE
47	Reed Doughty	WAS	NYG
48	Tracy Porter (CB)	NOS	GBP
49	Bob Sanders	SDC	MIN
50	Jabari Greer (CB)	NOS	GBP

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)

Todd

Posted Sep 12, 2011 8:24pm EDT

Sorry about the Berry comment...KC never released any info yesterday when I posted it and did't watch that game...I mean really, who would?

D-man

Posted Sep 12, 2011 2:51pm EDT

Berry tore his ACL. Kind of hard to predict that. I do have no idea why Verner is even listed though since he was benched during pre-season. Kind of like he just mails these lists in and just ranks guys he owns high

Chris

Posted Sep 11, 2011 8:11pm EDT

Would be PO,d about the Verner recommendation, but you did give me Peterson.

Todd

Posted Sep 11, 2011 7:29pm EDT

Credibility and whole site takes a big hit when your number 1 ranked DB lays a big goose egg opening day!!!

Michael

Posted Sep 10, 2011 1:53pm EDT

My bad, didn't see that Steve mentioned Tulloch.

Stokes344

Posted Sep 9, 2011 8:09pm EDT

Yeah, I second on Tulloch...where is he?

Steve G.

Posted Sep 9, 2011 3:01pm EDT

I can't speak for Darin but my best guesses would be:
1. He is worried about Harrison's back surgery
2. He is worried about Beason's injury
3. He has Tulloch outside the top 50 because the Lions LB situation isn't exactly clear yet...or Tulloch missing could just be an oversight.

xmen

Posted Sep 8, 2011 5:04pm EDT

james harrison ??

Ray

Posted Sep 8, 2011 4:17pm EDT

What about Jon Beason?

TheGrunt

Posted Sep 8, 2011 3:28pm EDT

For LBs, what about Stephen Tulloch? He seems to be missing from this list.

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