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IDP Game Breakdowns Star Ratings: Week 16
Steve Gallo December 22, 2011	Print

This is part 2 in the weekly IDP Game Breakdown series. Star Ratings boxes utilize the same color coding as the reference chart in part 1. Each team's ratings box is colored to show the tackle opportunities the team they are facing is giving up: average (highlighted in yellow), below average (highlighted in red) & above average (highlighted in green). This will help so that you can quickly see the good vs. bad vs. neutral matchups and also if you are stuck between who to start out of say two 3 Star players then you will probably want to go with the one that has a "Green" matchup versus a "Red" matchup (remember Scheme Matters).

Star ratings are based on a 12-team league with the following starting requirements: 2 defensive linemen (DL) (defensive ends (DE) & defensive tackles (DT)), 3 linebackers (LB), 3 defensive backs (DB) (cornerbacks (CB) & safeties (S)).

Scoring system used for this article: solo tackle (2), assisted tackle (1), sack (3), forced or recovered fumble (3), interception (3) and pass defended (1).

Tackle opportunity stats as well as other stats utilized in the breakdowns are derived from data provided by NFLData.com.

Follow me on twitter @IDPSteve and if you have any questions, criticisms, or suggestions feel free to e-mail me at IDPSteve@gmail.com. For specific lineup questions please be sure to visit our IDP Forum. Good luck & enjoy!

Star Rating System
5-Star Play: Studly performance anticipated
4-Star Play: Above average performance anticipated
3-Star Play: Average starter performance anticipated
2-Star Play: Risky Starter/ Sleeper
1-Star Play: Pine rider, keep 'em on the bench, too risky to start
IR = Injured Reserve
OUT = player will not play due to injury
Injured = player injured but not yet ruled out, too much risk to rank
# = bump player up one level in DT mandatory leagues
If a Star Rank box is GREEN that means the players rank has been adjusted UP.
If a Star Rank box is RED that means the players rank has been adjusted DOWN.

REMINDER: STAR RANKING BOXES ARE COLOR CODED BASED ON THE AVERAGE TACKLE OPPORTUNITIES THE TEAM THEY ARE FACING IS GIVING UP THIS YEAR.

Arizona Cardinals

OPPONENT - @ Bengals
Pos	Player	Star Rank
DE	Calais Campbell	3
DE	Darnell Dockett	1
LB	Daryl Washington	3
LB	Paris Lenon	2
LB	Joey Porter	Injured
LB	Clark Haggans	1
LB	Sam Acho	1
S	Kerry Rhodes	2
S	Adrian Wilson	2
S	Rashad Johnson	1
CB	Patrick Peterson	2
CB	A.J. Jefferson	1
CB	Richard Marshall	2

Atlanta Falcons

OPPONENT - @ Saints
Pos	Player	Star Rank
DE	John Abraham	1
DE	Ray Edwards	1
DT	Jonathan Babineaux	1
DT	Corey Peters	1
LB	Curtis Lofton	3
LB	Sean Weatherspoon	3
LB	Stephen Nicholas	1
S	James Sanders	1
S	William Moore	3
S	Thomas DeCoud	3
CB	Brent Grimes	Injured
CB	Dunta Robinson	3

Baltimore Ravens

OPPONENT - Browns
Pos	Player	Star Rank
DE	Terrell Suggs	3
DE	Arthur Jones	1
DT	Haloti Ngata	2#
DT	Terrence Cody	2
LB	Ray Lewis	3
LB	Jameel McClain	2
LB	Dannell Ellerbe	1
LB	Jarret Johnson	1
S	Ed Reed	2
S	Bernard Pollard	4
CB	Jimmy Smith	1
CB	Lardarius Webb	1
CB	Cary Williams	1

Buffalo Bills

OPPONENT - Broncos
Pos	Player	Star Rank
DE	Marcell Dareus	Injured
DE	Dwan Edwards	3
DE	Spencer Johnson	2
DT	Kyle Williams	IR
LB	Nick Barnett	3
LB	Kelvin Sheppard	3
LB	Chris Kelsay	2
LB	Arthur Moats	2
S	George Wilson	3
S	Da'Norris Searcy	1
S	Jairus Byrd	2
S	Bryan Scott	1
CB	Drayton Florence	1
CB	Terrence McGee	IR
CB	Aaron Williams	1

Carolina Panthers

OPPONENT - Buccaneers
Pos	Player	Star Rank
DE	Charles Johnson	2
DE	Greg Hardy	2
DT	Sione Fua	IR
DT	Terrell McClain	IR
LB	James Anderson	3
LB	Dan Connor	2
LB	Omar Gaither	1
LB	Jordan Senn	2
S	Charles Godfrey	1
S	Sherrod Martin	1
CB	Chris Gamble	3
CB	Captain Munnerlyn	OUT

Chicago Bears

OPPONENT - @ Packers
Pos	Player	Star Rank
DE	Julius Peppers	3
DE	Israel Idonije	3
DT	Anthony Adams	2
DT	Henry Melton	Injured
LB	Brian Urlacher	3
LB	Lance Briggs	2
LB	Nick Roach	1
S	Major Wright	1
S	Craig Steltz	2
S	Brandon Meriweather	1
S	Chris Conte	IR
CB	Charles Tillman	3
CB	Tim Jennings	2

Cincinnati Bengals

OPPONENT - Cardinals
Pos	Player	Star Rank
DE	Carlos Dunlap	2
DE	Michael Johnson	3
DE	Robert Geathers	2
DE	Jonathan Fanene	2
DT	Domata Peko	2
DT	Geno Atkins	2
LB	Rey Maualuga	3
LB	Dan Skuta	1
LB	Thomas Howard	3
LB	Manny Lawson	2
S	Chris Crocker	2
S	Reggie Nelson	3
CB	Leon Hall	IR
CB	Adam Jones	2
CB	Nate Clements	2

Cleveland Browns

OPPONENT -@ Ravens
Pos	Player	Star Rank
DE	Jabaal Sheard	3
DE	Emmanuel Stephens	IR
DE	Marcus Benard	IR
DT	Phil Taylor	2#
DT	Ahtyba Rubin	2#
LB	D'Qwell Jackson	5
LB	Chris Gocong	2
LB	Scott Fujita	IR
LB	Kaluka Maiava	2
S	T.J. Ward	OUT
S	Usama Young	2
S	Mike Adams	2
CB	Joe Haden	1
CB	Sheldon Brown	2

Dallas Cowboys

OPPONENT - Eagles
Pos	Player	Star Rank
DE	Jason Hatcher	1
DE	Kenyon Coleman	1
DT	Jay Ratliff	1
LB	Bradie James	2
LB	Keith Brooking	2
LB	Sean Lee	4
LB	DeMarcus Ware	Injured
S	Abram Elam	3
S	Gerald Sensabaugh	3
CB	Terence Newman	2
CB	Mike Jenkins	Injured
CB	Orlando Scandrick	2

Denver Broncos

OPPONENT - @ Bills
Pos	Player	Star Rank
DE	Elvis Dumervil	2
DE	Robert Ayers	1
DT	Broderick Bunkley	1
DT	Marcus Thomas	1
DT	Kevin Vickerson	IR
LB	D.J. Williams	3
LB	Von Miller	2
LB	Joe Mays	2
LB	Wesley Woodyard	2
S	Brian Dawkins	Injured
S	Quinton Carter	3
CB	Champ Bailey	1
CB	Chris Harris	4
CB	Andre' Goodman	3

Detroit Lions

OPPONENT - Chargers
Pos	Player	Star Rank
DE	Kyle Vanden Bosch	2
DE	Cliff Avril	2
DT	Ndamukong Suh	2
DT	Corey Williams	1
DT	Nick Fairley	1
LB	Stephen Tulloch	5
LB	DeAndre Levy	4
LB	Justin Durant	2
S	Louis Delmas	Injured
S	Chris Harris	3
S	Amari Spievey	3
CB	Chris Houston	2
CB	Eric Wright	3

Green Bay Packers

OPPONENT - Bears
Pos	Player	Star Rank
DE	Ryan Pickett	OUT
DE	Mike Neal	1
DT	B.J. Raji	1
LB	Desmond Bishop	3
LB	A.J. Hawk	2
LB	DJ Smith	1
LB	Robert Francois	1
LB	Clay Matthews	4
LB	Erik Walden	1
S	Nick Collins	IR
S	Charlie Peprah	2
S	Morgan Burnett	2
CB	Charles Woodson	2
CB	Tramon Williams	1
CB	Sam Shields	1

Houston Texans

OPPONENT - @ Colts
Pos	Player	Star Rank
DE	J. J. Watt	3
DE	Antonio Smith	2
DT	Earl Mitchell	1
LB	DeMeco Ryans	1
LB	Brian Cushing	2
LB	Brooks Reed	3
LB	Mario Williams	IR
LB	Connor Barwin	3
S	Glover Quin	1
S	Troy Nolan	1
S	Danieal Manning	1
CB	Johnathan Joseph	2
CB	Jason Allen	1
CB	Kareem Jackson	1

Indianapolis Colts

OPPONENT -Texans
Pos	Player	Star Rank
DE	Robert Mathis	1
DE	Dwight Freeney	1
LB	Gary Brackett	IR
LB	Pat Angerer	5
LB	Kavell Conner	2
LB	Ernie Sims	2
LB	Phillip Wheeler	Injured
S	Antoine Bethea	4
S	Melvin Bullitt	IR
S	David Caldwell	2
CB	Kevin Thomas	2
CB	Jacob Lacey	2
CB	Jerraud Powers	IR

Jacksonville Jaguars

OPPONENT - @ Titans
Pos	Player	Star Rank
DE	Aaron Kampman	IR
DE	John Chick	IR
DE	Austen Lane	IR
DE	Jeremy Mincey	2
DE	Matt Roth	OUT
DT	Tyson Alualu	1
LB	Paul Posluszny	3
LB	Clint Session	IR
LB	Daryl Smith	3
LB	Russel Allen	2
S	Chris Prosinski	IR
S	Dwight Lowery	2
S	Dawan Landry	2
S	Courtney Greene	IR
CB	Rashean Mathis	IR
CB	William Middleton	IR
CB	Ashton Youboty	3
CB	Derek Cox	IR

Kansas City Chiefs

OPPONENT - Raiders
Pos	Player	Star Rank
DE	Glenn Dorsey	1
DE	Tyson Jackson	1
DT	Kelly Gregg	1
LB	Derrick Johnson	5
LB	Tamba Hali	2
LB	Jovan Belcher	2
LB	Andy Studebaker	1
S	Eric Berry	IR
S	Jon McGraw	OUT
S	Kendrick Lewis	2
CB	Brandon Flowers	2
CB	Brandon Carr	2

Miami Dolphins

OPPONENT - @ Patriots
Pos	Player	Star Rank
DE	Randy Starks	1
DE	Kendall Langford	1
DT	Paul Soliai	1
LB	Karlos Dansby	2
LB	Kevin Burnett	2
LB	Cameron Wake	1
LB	Koa Misi	1
S	Yeremiah Bell	4
S	Tyrone Culver	2
S	Reshad Jones	2
CB	Vontae Davis	2
CB	Sean Smith	2

Minnesota Vikings

OPPONENT - @ Redskins
Pos	Player	Star Rank
DE	Jared Allen	5
DE	Brian Robison	2
DT	Kevin Williams	1
LB	Chad Greenway	5
LB	E.J. Henderson	3
LB	Erin Henderson	2
S	Jamarca Sanford	4
S	Husain Abdullah	IR
S	Tyrell Johnson	IR
S	Mistral Raymond	2
CB	Antoine Winfield	IR
CB	Asher Allen	OUT
CB	Benny Sapp	2
CB	Cedric Griffin	1

New England Patriots

OPPONENT - Dolphins
Pos	Player	Star Rank
DE	Brandon Deaderick	1
DE	Mark Anderson	2
DE	Andre Carter	IR
DT	Vince Wilfork	2
LB	Jerod Mayo	3
LB	Gary Guyton	2
LB	Brandon Spikes	Injured
LB	Rob Ninkovich	2
S	Patrick Chung	Injured
S	Sergio Brown	1
CB	Devin McCourty	3
CB	Kyle Arrington	3

New Orleans Saints

OPPONENT - Falcons
Pos	Player	Star Rank
DE	Will Smith	1
DE	Cameron Jordan	1
DT	Sedrick Ellis	1
DT	Shaun Rogers	1
LB	Jonathan Vilma	2
LB	Jonathan Casillas	2
LB	Jo-Lonn Dunbar	2
LB	Scott Shanle	2
S	Roman Harper	3
S	Malcolm Jenkins	2
CB	Jabari Greer	2
CB	Tracy Porter	2

New York Giants

OPPONENT -@ Jets
Pos	Player	Star Rank
DE	Justin Tuck	3
DE	Jason Pierre-Paul	4
DE	Osi Umenyiora	OUT
LB	Michael Boley	5
LB	Mark Herzlich	OUT
LB	Mathias Kiwanuka	2
LB	Jacquian Williams	2
S	Kenny Phillips	2
S	Antrel Rolle	2
S	Deon Grant	1
CB	Corey Webster	1
CB	Aaron Ross	1

New York Jets

OPPONENT - Giants
Pos	Player	Star Rank
DE	Muhammad Wilkerson	1
DE	Mike Devito	2
DT	Sione Pouha	1
LB	David Harris	4
LB	Bart Scott	2
LB	Calvin Pace	3
LB	Jamaal Westerman	1
LB	Aaron Maybin	1
LB	Bryan Thomas	IR
S	Eric Smith	4
S	Brodney Pool	2
S	Jim Leonhard	IR
CB	Darrelle Revis	2
CB	Antonio Cromartie	2

Oakland Raiders

OPPONENT - @ Chiefs
Pos	Player	Star Rank
DE	Matt Shaughnessy	IR
DE	Desmond Bryant	1
DE	Jarvis Moss	1
DE	Lamarr Houston	1
DT	Richard Seymour	2
DT	Tommy Kelly	2
LB	Rolando McClain	4
LB	Kamerion Wimbley	2
LB	Aaron Curry	2
LB	Darryl Blackstock	1
S	Tyvon Branch	4
S	Michael Huff	OUT
CB	Stanford Routt	2
CB	Lito Sheppard	3
CB	Chris Johnson	2

Philadelphia Eagles

OPPONENT - @ Cowboys
Pos	Player	Star Rank
DE	Trent Cole	3
DE	Jason Babin	3
DT	Cullen Jenkins	1
LB	Jamar Chaney	2
LB	Casey Matthews	2
LB	Akeem Jordan	1
LB	Brian Rolle	2
S	Kurt Coleman	3
S	Nate Allen	1
CB	Nnamdi Asomugha	2
CB	Asante Samuel	OUT
CB	Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie	2

Pittsburgh Steelers

OPPONENT -Rams
Pos	Player	Star Rank
DE	Ziggy Hood	1
DE	Brett Keisel	2
DT	Casey Hampton	1
LB	Lawrence Timmons	3
LB	James Harrison	4
LB	LaMarr Woodley	2
LB	Jason Worilds	2
LB	James Farrior	3
LB	Larry Foote	2
S	Troy Polamalu	2
S	Ryan Clark	2
CB	Ike Taylor	2
CB	Bryant McFadden	2

San Diego Chargers

OPPONENT - @ Lions
Pos	Player	Star Rank
DE	Luis Castillo	IR
DE	Corey Liuget	1
DT	Antonio Garay	1
LB	Donald Butler	3
LB	Takeo Spikes	3
LB	Shaun Phillips	2
LB	Antwan Barnes	2
S	Eric Weddle	3
S	Bob Sanders	IR
S	Steve Gregory	2
CB	Quentin Jammer	3
CB	Marcus Gilchrist	2
CB	Antoine Cason	3

San Francisco 49ers

OPPONENT - @ Seahawks
Pos	Player	Star Rank
DE	Justin Smith	3
DE	Ray McDonald	2
DT	Ricky Jean-Francois	2
DT	Isaac Sopoaga	2
LB	Patrick Willis	Injured
LB	NaVorro Bowman	5
LB	Larry Grant	3
LB	Parys Haralson	1
LB	Aldon Smith	3
S	Donte Whitner	2
S	Dashon Goldson	3
CB	Carlos Rogers	2
CB	Tarell Brown	2

Seattle Seahawks

OPPONENT - 49ers
Pos	Player	Star Rank
DE	Chris Clemons	3
DE	Red Bryant	1
DT	Brandon Mebane	1
DT	Alan Branch	1
LB	David Hawthorne	4
LB	K.J. Wright	2
LB	Leroy Hill	2
S	Kam Chancellor	4
S	Earl Thomas	3
CB	Marcus Trufant	IR
CB	Brandon Browner	2
CB	Richard Sherman	2
CB	Walter Thurmond III	IR

St. Louis Rams

OPPONENT - @ Steelers
Pos	Player	Star Rank
DE	Chris Long	3
DE	James Hall	Injured
DE	Robert Quinn	3
DT	Fred Robbins	1
LB	James Laurinaitis	5
LB	Chris Chamberlain	3
LB	Brady Poppinga	1
S	Quintin Mikell	4
S	Darian Stewart	4
S	Craig Dahl	1
CB	Al Harris	IR
CB	Bradley Fletcher	IR
CB	Josh Gordy	1
CB	Justin King	1

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

OPPONENT - @ Panthers
Pos	Player	Star Rank
DE	Adrian Clayborn	2
DE	Michael Bennett	2
DE	Da'Quan Bowers	2
DT	Albert Haynesworth	2#
DT	Gerald McCoy	IR
LB	Mason Foster	2
LB	Geno Hayes	2
LB	Quincy Black	2
LB	Adam Hayward	1
S	Sean Jones	3
S	Tanard Jackson	2
CB	Ronde Barber	2
CB	EJ Biggers	2
CB	Aqib Talib	IR

Tennessee Titans

OPPONENT - Jaguars
Pos	Player	Star Rank
DE	Jason Jones	2
DE	William Hayes	1
DE	Dave Ball	3
DE	Derrick Morgan	2
LB	Barrett Ruud	IR
LB	Colin McCarthy	2
LB	Will Witherspoon	1
LB	Gerald McRath	OUT
LB	Akeem Ayers	1
S	Chris Hope	1
S	Jordan Babineaux	1
S	Michael Griffin	1
CB	Cortland Finnegan	1
CB	Alterraun Verner	1
CB	Jason McCourty	1

Washington Redskins

OPPONENT - Vikings
Pos	Player	Star Rank
DE	Stephen Bowen	1
DE	Adam Carriker	1
DT	Barry Cofield	1
LB	London Fletcher	4
LB	Perry Riley	3
LB	Rocky McIntosh	1
LB	Brian Orakpo	2
LB	Ryan Kerrigan	2
S	LaRon Landry	IR
S	O.J. Atogwe	1
S	DeJon Gomes	1
S	Reed Doughty	1
CB	DeAngelo Hall	3
CB	Josh Wilson	2

COMMENTS (page 1 of 1)

Steve G.

Posted Dec 22, 2011 11:42pm EST

Willy,

FWIW, I did contemplate making Vontae a 3-star play, but thought 2-stars was the better way to rate him.

Steve G.

Posted Dec 22, 2011 11:40pm EST

Willy,

Here is a sneak peak from the IDP Game Breakdowns:

Secondary: With the Patriots passing attack you might surmise that they are a great matchup for opposing secondaries, but that wouldn't be the case. Actually, they are partly a great matchup, for opposing safeties, ranking #1 on the year in FPA to the position, but to CBs, they rank just 22nd. So if you are a Yeremiah Bell owner, get him into your lineup this week. Outside of Bell the other Miami safeties are all to risky for fantasy purposes, so leave them under the Christmas tree this week.

Willy

Posted Dec 22, 2011 10:54pm EST

How come no Dolphin DBs (except of course Bell) ranked higher than 2? -just asking-

Willy

Posted Dec 22, 2011 10:52pm EST

How come no Dolphin DBs (except of course Bell) ranked higher than 2? -just asking-

Barry

Posted Dec 22, 2011 10:01pm EST

I see, I thought maybe he had some injury setback or SF got a key OL'men back or something, cool thanks.

Steve G.

Posted Dec 22, 2011 5:53pm EST

Agree it is a solid match-up...just after looking at it more and more, I didn't see it as a 4-star match-up is all...nothing wrong with the 3-stars and I actually think it has some upside...just not worthy 100% worthy of 4-stars is all.

Barry

Posted Dec 22, 2011 4:01pm EST

Why the downgrade for C Clemons? Looks like a pretty solid matchup.

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