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IDP Weekly Player Rankings: Week 3
Darin Tietgen September 22, 2011	Print

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN
Rnk	Player	Team	Opp
TIER ONE
1	Trent Cole	PHI	NYG
2	Terrell Suggs	BAL	STL
3	Jared Allen	MIN	DET
4	Justin Tuck	NYG	PHI
5	Ndamukong Suh (DT)	DET	MIN
6	Charles Johnson	CAR	JAC
7	Julius Peppers	CHI	GBP
TIER TWO
8	Michael Johnson	CIN	SFO
9	Haloti Ngata (DT)	BAL	STL
10	Jason Pierre-Paul	NYG	PHI
11	Justin Smith	SFO	CIN
12	Kyle Vanden Bosch	DET	MIN
13	Jason Babin	PHI	NYG
14	Calais Campbell	ARI	SEA
15	John Abraham	ATL	TBB
16	Matt Shaughnessey	OAK	NYJ
TIER THREE
17	Ray Edwards	ATL	TBB
18	Will Smith	NOS	HOU
19	Dave Ball	TEN	DEN
20	Chris Clemons	SEA	ARI
21	Greg Hardy	CAR	JAC
22	James Hall	STL	BAL
23	Darnell Dockett	ARI	SEA
24	Cullen Jenkins (DT)	PHI	NYG
25	Robert Mathis	IND	PIT
26	Chris Long	STL	BAL
27	Matt Roth	JAC	CAR
28	Muhammed Wilkerson	NYJ	OAK
29	Raheem Brock	SEA	ARI
30	Jay Ratliff (DT)	DAL	WAS
31	J.J. Watt	HOU	NOS
32	Carlos Dunlap	CIN	SFO
33	B.J. Raji (DT)	GBP	CHI
34	Geno Atkins (DT)	CIN	SFO
35	Tommy Kelly (DT)	OAK	NYJ
TIER FOUR
36	Jabaal Sheard	CLE	MIA
37	Lamarr Houston	OAK	NYJ
38	Sedrick Ellis (DT)	NOS	HOU
39	Antonio Garay (DT)	SDC	KCC
40	Phil Taylor (DT)	CLE	MIA
41	Dwight Freeney	IND	PIT
42	Richard Seymour (DT)	OAK	NYJ
43	Derrick Morgan	TEN	DEN
44	Randy Starks	MIA	CLE
45	Israel Idonije	CHI	GBP
46	Cliff Avril	DET	MIN
47	Kyle Williams (DT)	BUF	NEP
48	Robert Quinn	STL	BAL
49	Robert Ayers	DEN	TEN
50	Henry Melton (DT)	CHI	GBP

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

DEFENSIVE BACKS
Rnk	Player	Team	Opp
TIER ONE
1	Patrick Chung	NEP	BUF
2	Roman Harper	NOS	HOU
3	Troy Polamalu	PIT	IND
4	Morgan Burnett	GBP	CHI
5	Quintin Mikell	STL	BAL
6	Yeremiah Bell	MIA	CLE
7	Antrel Rolle	NYG	PHI
8	Tyvon Branch	OAK	NYJ
9	Kerry Rhodes	ARI	SEA
10	Charles Woodson (CB)	GBP	CHI
11	Ed Reed	BAL	STL
12	Kam Chancellor	SEA	ARI
TIER TWO
13	Brandon Flowers (CB)	KCC	SDC
14	T.J. Ward	CLE	MIA
15	Antoine Winfield (CB)	MIN	DET
16	Brian Dawkins	DEN	TEN
17	Jarrad Page	PHI	NYG
18	Lardarius Webb (CB)	BAL	STL
19	George Wilson	BUF	NEP
20	Jon McGraw	KCC	SDC
21	Jason McCourty (CB)	TEN	DEN
22	Charles Tillman (CB)	CHI	GBP
23	Michael Griffin	TEN	DEN
24	Sean Jones	TBB	ATL
25	Michael Huff	OAK	NYJ
26	Reshad Jones	MIA	CLE
27	Reed Doughty	WAS	DAL
28	Tim Jennings (CB)	CHI	GBP
29	Deangelo Hall (CB)	WAS	DAL
30	Antoine Bethea	IND	PIT
TIER THREE
31	Jacob Lacey (CB)	IND	PIT
32	Devin McCourty (CB)	NEP	BUF
33	Jerraud Powers (CB)	IND	PIT
34	Bob Sanders	SDC	KCC
35	Leodis McKelvin (CB)	BUF	NEP
36	Jairus Byrd	BUF	NEP
37	Jabari Greer (CB)	NOS	HOU
38	Kenny Phillips	NYG	PHI
39	Earl Thomas	SEA	ARI
40	Patrick Peterson (CB)	ARI	SEA
TIER FOUR
41	Glover Quin	HOU	NOS
42	Donte Whitner	SFO	CIN
43	Cortland Finnegan (CB)	TEN	DEN
44	Adrian Wilson	ARI	SEA
45	Oshiomogho Atogwe	WAS	DAL
46	Justin King (CB)	STL	BAL
47	Brandon Carr (CB)	KCC	SDC
48	Eric Weddle	SDC	KCC
49	Melvin Bullitt	IND	PIT
50	Kyle Arrington (CB)	NEP	BUF

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 G.

Posted Sep 23, 2011 8:57am EDT

Reports are that Patrick Chung had thumb surgery and is OUT this week.

Darin

Posted Sep 22, 2011 7:07pm EDT

Some DB ranking notes:

Morgan Burnett, shifting to FS, is a nice play against the Bears this week. Should have some tackle opportunities and playing center field against Jay Cutler could prove substantially rewarding.

Kam Chancellor is the Seahawk DB you want.

Like all Colt DBs this week. They could be busy in various facets of defending the Steeler offense.

Jon McGraw is no Eric Berry but will be a servicable starter.

Darin

Posted Sep 22, 2011 7:05pm EDT

Some LB ranking notes:

Get your PIT LBs in there. Kerry Collins. 'Nuff said?

Sean Weatherspoon is starting to live up to the hype.

Who is Navorro Bowman? Well, Takeo Spikes put up solid stats at his spot last year, so pay attention.

This is the week to start Clay Matthews in just about any league format/size.

Darin

Posted Sep 22, 2011 7:02pm EDT

Some DL ranking notes:

Love all DET DLs this week, notably Suh and Vanden Bosch. Avril could also be effective for those in deeper leagues.

Dave Ball could be a steal at DL for those whose leagues give decent points for sacks.

High on Michael Johnson this week. His counterpart Carlos Dunlap has sputtered out of the gate.

J.J. Watt continues to creep up the weekly rankings. He's kind of a beast. Poor man's Jared Allen? Maybe not quite yet, but keep an eye out.

Darin

Posted Sep 22, 2011 6:59pm EDT

He was limited in practice today and sounds like a bit of a risky proposition. Not a great matchup to boot, so no, even if he was 100% he wouldn't be a Tier 1 LB this week. I'd say he may even fall out of Tier 2 as well. But that doesn't look like it matters much since his calf has him so limited.

Steve G.

Posted Sep 22, 2011 6:14pm EDT

Bob,

To much risk in my eyes to even think about starting him. Give him the week off and find someone else to fill his spot.

BobK

Posted Sep 22, 2011 4:50pm EDT

If Washington plays, would he be a tier 1?

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