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IDP Weekly Player Rankings - Week 5
Darin Tietgen October 8, 2009	Comments		Print

You will notice that our weekly rankings are now "tiered", or broken apart into similarly-ranked groups. For example, the drop-off from, say, David Harris to Kirk Morrison isn't really that huge because they are in the same tier. Use the tiering as a supplement to these rankings to assist you in your lineup decisions. And as with all fantasy rankings, they are simply a guide to predict potential performance, not a guarantee. Good luck this week, and hope there's a "W" in your future!

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN
Rnk	Player	Team	Opp
TIER ONE
1	Jared Allen	MIN	STL
2	Terrell Suggs	BAL	CIN
3	Robert Mathis	IND	TEN
4	Mario Williams (inj)	HOU	ARI
5	Trent Cole	PHI	TBB
6	Justin Tuck	NYG	KCC
TIER TWO
7	Antwan Odom	CIN	BAL
8	Aaron Schobel	BUF	CLE
9	Julius Peppers	CAR	WAS
10	Osi Umenyiora	NYG	OAK
11	Marcus Stroud (DT)	BUF	CLE
12	Andre Carter	WAS	CAR
13	Greg Ellis	OAK	NYG
TIER THREE
14	Ryan Denney	BUF	CLE
15	Ray Edwards	MIN	STL
16	Dwight Freeney (inj)	IND	TEN
17	Lawrence Jackson	SEA	JAC
18	Richard Seymour	OAK	NYG
19	Robert Geathers	CIN	BAL
20	Sh. Rogers (DT) (inj)	CLE	BUF
21	A. Haynesworth (DT)	WAS	CAR
22	Justin Smith	SFO	ATL
TIER FOUR
23	Tank Tyler (DT)	KCC	DAL
24	Raheem Brock	IND	TEN
25	Victor Abiamiri	PHI	TBB
26	James Hall	STL	MIN
27	Calais Campbell	ARI	HOU
28	Chris Long	STL	MIN
29	Mike Wright	NEP	DEN
30	Jason Hunter	DET	PIT
31	Juqua Parker	PHI	TBB
32	Tommy Kelly (DT)	OAK	NYG
33	Kyle VandenBosch	TEN	IND
34	Leonard Little	STL	MIN
35	Kenyon Coleman	CLE	BUF
36	Haloti Ngata (DT)	BAL	CIN
37	Gaines Adams	TBB	PHI
TIER FIVE
38	Kendall Langford	MIA	NYJ
39	Darren Howard (DT)	PHI	TBB
40	Jimmy Wilkerson	TBB	PHI
41	William Hayes	TEN	IND
42	Cornelius Griffin (DT)	WAS	CAR
43	Amobi Okoye (DT)	HOU	ARI
44	Kelly Gregg (DT)	BAL	CIN
45	Ed Johnson (DT)	IND	TEN
46	Kroy Biermann	ATL	SFO
47	Ray McDonald	SFO	ATL
48	Glenn Dorsey	KCC	DAL
49	Shaun Ellis	NYJ	MIA
50	Chris Kelsay	BUF	CLE

LINEBACKERS
Rnk	Player	Team	Opp
TIER ONE
1	Patrick Willis	SFO	ATL
2	Curtis Lofton	ATL	SFO
3	London Fletcher	WAS	CAR
4	D'Qwell Jackson	CLE	BUF
5	David Harris	NYJ	MIA
6	Barrett Ruud	TBB	PHI
7	Ray Lewis	BAL	CIN
8	Thomas Davis	CAR	WAS
9	DeMeco Ryans	HOU	JAC
10	Justin Durant	JAC	SEA
11	Kirk Morrison	OAK	NYG
12	James Harrison	PIT	DET
TIER TWO
13	D.J. Williams	DEN	NEP
14	Mike Peterson	ATL	SFO
15	Jon Beason	CAR	WAS
16	Larry Foote	DET	PIT
17	Keith Bulluck	TEN	IND
18	Stephen Tulloch	TEN	IND
19	James Laurinaitis	STL	MIN
20	E.J. Henderson	MIN	STL
21	Karlos Dansby	ARI	HOU
22	Thomas Howard	OAK	NYG
23	Andra Davis	DEN	NEP
24	Gary Brackett	IND	TEN
TIER THREE
25	Roger McIntosh	WAS	CAR
26	Elvis Dumervil	DEN	NEP
27	Brian Cushing	HOU	ARI
28	Demarcus Ware	DAL	KCC
29	Daryl Smith	JAC	SEA
30	Eric Barton	CLE	BUF
31	Aaron Curry	SEA	JAC
32	James Farrior	PIT	DET
33	Will Witherspoon	STL	MIN
TIER FOUR
34	Ricky Brown	OAK	NYG
35	Geno Hayes	TBB	PHI
36	Keith Rivers	CIN	BAL
37	Kamerion Wimbley	CLE	BUF
38	Lofa Tatupu	SEA	JAC
39	Demorrio Williams	KCC	DAL
40	Keith Brooking	DAL	KCC
41	Chad Greenway	MIN	STL
42	Bradie James	DAL	KCC
43	Gary Guyton	NEP	DEN
44	Dhani Jones	CIN	BAL
45	Keith Ellison	BUF	CLE
46	Quincy Black	TBB	PHI
47	Mike Vrabel	KCC	DAL
48	Antonio Pierce	NYG	OAK
49	Omar Gaither	PHI	TBB
50	Akeem Jordan	PHI	TBB

DEFENSIVE BACKS
Rnk	Player	Team	Opp
TIER ONE
1	Chris Hope	TEN	IND
2	Yeremiah Bell	MIA	NYJ
3	Quintin Mikell	PHI	TBB
4	Sabby Piscitelli	TBB	PHI
5	Abram Elam	CLE	BUF
6	Antoine Winfield (CB)	MIN	STL
7	Antoine Bethea	IND	TEN
8	Brian Dawkins	DEN	NEP
TIER TWO
9	Louis Delmas	DET	PIT
10	Reggie Nelson	JAC	SEA
11	Oshiomogho Atogwe	STL	MIN
12	Donte Whitner (inj)	BUF	CLE
13	Bryan Scott (inj)	BUF	CLE
14	Terence Newman (CB)	DAL	KCC
15	Mike Brown	KCC	DAL
TIER THREE
16	Anthony Henry (CB)	DET	PIT
17	Tyvon Branch (inj)	OAK	NYG
18	Adrian Wilson	ARI	HOU
19	Nate Clements (CB)	SFO	ATL
20	Michael Griffin	TEN	IND
21	Bryant McFadden (CB)	ARI	HOU
22	Champ Bailey (CB)	DEN	NEP
23	Cort. Finnegan (CB) (inj)	TEN	IND
24	Roy Wililams	CIN	BAL
25	LaRon Landry	WAS	CAR
26	Michael Lewis	SFO	ATL
TIER FOUR
27	Erik Coleman	ATL	SFO
28	Nick Harper (CB) (inj)	TEN	IND
29	Antrel Rolle	ARI	HOU
30	Aqib Talib (CB)	TBB	PHI
31	Ronde Barber (CB)	TBB	PHI
32	Jordan Babineaux	SEA	JAC
33	Chris Horton	WAS	CAR
34	Chris Crocker	CIN	BAL
35	Brandon Flowers (CB)	KCC	DAL
36	Darrelle Revis (CB)	NYJ	NOS
37	Gibril Wilson	MIA	NYJ
38	Brandon Meriweather	NEP	DEN
TIER FIVE
39	Derek Cox (CB)	JAC	SEA
40	Melvin Bullitt	IND	TEN
41	Bernard Pollard	HOU	ARI
42	Ronald Bartell (CB) (inj)	STL	MIN
43	Dawan Landry	BAL	CIN
44	Cedric Griffin (CB)	MIN	STL
45	Ken Hamlin	DAL	KCC
46	Brodney Pool	CLE	BUF
47	Ike Taylor (CB)	PIT	DET
48	Chris Johnson (CB)	OAK	NYG
49	Marquand Manuel	DET	PIT
50	Renaldo Hill	DEN	NEP

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)

Agent_Mulder

Posted Oct 14, 2009 5:47pm EDT

Honestly, how can Gaines Adams remain on this list at all? Complete bust.

Dan

Posted Oct 11, 2009 9:01am EDT

How do you get Quentin Mikell as a top 3 DB this week playing against Tampa Bay and Josh Johnson? The Philly defense will hardly be on the field.

mck

Posted Oct 10, 2009 10:49pm EDT

Chris Hope as the top DB. I just feel this is a week where he doesn't get the types of opportunities he would usually get. Can only play one, and am leaning towards L. Landry over Hope.

Shawn

Posted Oct 10, 2009 3:26am EDT

12 team league, start (1) LB....He hasn't been top 12 material..Not that he isn't capable, he just hasn't been performing......Not fun looking at all the other LB's on the waiver outperforming week in and week out

Darin

Posted Oct 8, 2009 11:38pm EDT

Dropped DeMeco Ryans? Not sure what kind of league you're in where that would even be a consideration. Ryans has been one of the best fantasy LBs in the game for the past 3 seasons and consistently has matchups that are favorable. In 12-16 team leagues that start 3 LBs, 3 DLs and 3 DBs (which is standard, at least by our sampling), he still has to be considered a #1 fantasy LB.

Shawn

Posted Oct 8, 2009 8:57pm EDT

I agree 100% with Bob K. At least they dropped him from the #2 slot here. He is always projected way too high. I mean I know it's a guessing game, but week after week the guy is supposed to do good. I also dropped him, and think he should be even lower than he is currently ranked. I am ready for him to blow up, just because I dropped him. Happens every time

Bob K

Posted Oct 8, 2009 6:52pm EDT

How does Demeco Ryans keep getting such a high rating? He's not even the leading tackler on his team. I dropped him this week. Three or four tackles a week just doesn't cut it. Has the defense changed their scheme so he doesn't get as many opportunities or has it been bad luck from the match ups?

Darin

Posted Oct 8, 2009 10:04am EDT

Pace is definitely going to help the Jets' pass rush, and I considered ranking him this week, but LB is pretty deep, even with bye weeks. I'd give Pace a week to get back to game speed.

As for Horton vs. Doughty, T.J. is right; Horton will be seeing plenty of time on the field even with Doughty starting. This happened last year, too, and Horton continued to score. I considered ranking Doughty as well (likely in the fifth tier of DBs) this week, but think Horton is better suited to assist in stopping the run. The Bucs gave the ball to RBs only 23 times last week. You think Carolina's gonna run the ball more than 23 times? I do.

And again, these rankings are merely a guide for potential performance. Doughty, as I mentioned, could have found his way to the rankings, but I prefer to rank based on consistency.

Posted Oct 8, 2009 9:59am EDT

Well Horton is still gonna see plenty of action. He had 7.5 points in my league last week. Doughty actually had 10 solos but I doubt he will do any better than Horton this week!

Page Maker

Posted Oct 8, 2009 9:13am EDT

Chris Horton ranked, Doughty not, yet Doughty took the starting job from Horton last week and posted 9 solos. What gives????

Superman

Posted Oct 8, 2009 9:10am EDT

whats the thought on Calvin Pace's return? Should he factor in these rankings?

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