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IDP Weekly Player Rankings - Week 6
Darin Tietgen October 15, 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 Lance Briggs 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	Trent Cole	PHI	OAK
2	Jared Allen	MIN	BAL
3	Terrell Suggs	BAL	MIN
4	Julius Peppers	CAR	TBB
5	Andre Carter	WAS	KCC
TIER TWO
6	Antwan Odom	CIN	HOU
7	Justin Tuck	NYG	NOS
8	Will Smith	NOS	NYG
9	Jimmy Wilkerson	TBB	CAR
10	Marcus Stroud (DT)	BUF	NYJ
11	Adawale Ogunleye	CHI	ATL
12	Aaron Schobel	BUF	NYJ
TIER THREE
13	Mario Williams (inj)	HOU	CIN
14	Shaun Rogers (DT)	CLE	PIT
15	Greg Ellis	OAK	PHI
16	Robert Geathers	CIN	HOU
17	Charles Grant	NOS	NYG
18	Ray Edwards	MIN	BAL
19	Osi Umenyiora	NYG	NOS
20	John Abraham	ATL	CHI
TIER FOUR
21	Darnell Dockett	ARI	SEA
22	Victor Abiamiri	PHI	OAK
23	Albert Haynesworth (DT)	WAS	KCC
24	Alex Brown	CHI	ATL
25	Johnny Jolly	GBP	DET
26	Kevin Williams (DT)	MIN	BAL
27	James Hall	STL	JAC
TIER FIVE
28	Kyle Williams (DT)	BUF	NYJ
29	Juqua Parker	PHI	OAK
30	Luis Castillo	SDC	DEN
31	Darren Howard (DT)	PHI	OAK
32	Tank Tyler (DT)	KCC	WAS
33	Tommy Kelly (DT)	OAK	PHI
34	Calais Campbell	ARI	SEA
35	Leonard Little	STL	JAC
36	Amobi Okoye (DT)	HOU	CIN
37	Lawrence Jackson	SEA	ARI
38	Ryan Pickett (DT)	GBP	DET
39	Mathias Kiwanuka	NYG	NOS
40	Cliff Avril	DET	GBP
41	Gaines Adams	TBB	CAR
42	Haloti Ngata (DT)	BAL	MIN
43	Chris Kelsay	BUF	NYJ
44	Darryl Tapp	SEA	ARI
45	Tommie Harris (DT)	CHI	ATL
46	Kroy Biermann	ATL	CHI
47	Ryan Denney	BUF	NYJ
48	Tyler Brayton	CAR	TBB
49	Vonnie Holliday	DEN	SDC
50	Gerard Warren (DT)	OAK	PHI

LINEBACKERS
Rnk	Player	Team	Opp
TIER ONE
1	Curtis Lofton	ATL	CHI
2	D'Qwell Jackson	CLE	PIT
3	London Fletcher	WAS	KCC
4	Kirk Morrison	OAK	PHI
5	Thomas Davis	CAR	TBB
6	Ray Lewis	BAL	CIN
7	Barrett Ruud	TBB	CAR
TIER TWO
8	Stephen Cooper	SDC	DEN
9	Mike Peterson	ATL	CHI
10	D.J. Williams	DEN	SDC
11	David Harris	NYJ	BUF
12	Jon Beason	CAR	TBB
13	James Harrison	PIT	CLE
14	E.J. Henderson	MIN	BAL
15	Lance Briggs	CHI	ATL
16	Justin Durant	JAC	STL
TIER THREE
17	James Laurinaitis	STL	JAC
18	Stephen Tulloch	TEN	NEP
19	Larry Foote	DET	GBP
20	Keith Bullock	TEN	NEP
21	DeMeco Ryans	HOU	CIN
22	Jonathan Vilma	NOS	NYG
23	Daryl Smith	JAC	STL
24	Karlos Dansby	ARI	SEA
25	Aaron Curry	SEA	ARI
26	Brian Cushing	HOU	CIN
TIER FOUR
27	Kamerion Wimbley	CLE	PIT
28	Andra Davis	DEN	SDC
29	Paul Posluszny	BUF	NYJ
30	Thomas Howard	OAK	PHI
31	Chad Greenway	MIN	BAL
32	Eric Barton	CLE	PIT
33	Will Witherspoon	STL	JAC
34	Demorrio Williams	KCC	WAS
35	Roger McIntosh	WAS	KCC
36	Keith Ellison	BUF	NYJ
37	Omar Gaither	PHI	OAK
38	Gerald Hayes	ARI	SEA
39	RIcky Brown	OAK	PHI
40	Elvis Dumervil	DEN	SDC
41	Scott Shanle	NOS	NYG
TIER FIVE
42	Bart Scott	NYJ	BUF
43	Calvin Pace	NYJ	BUF
44	Brandon Chillar	GBP	DET
45	Antonio Pierce	NYG	NOS
46	Lofa Tatupu	SEA	ARI
47	Gary Guyton	NEP	TEN
48	Kevin Burnett	SDC	DEN
49	Keith Rivers	CIN	HOU
50	Jarrett Johnson	BAL	MIN

DEFENSIVE BACKS
Rnk	Player	Team	Opp
TIER ONE
1	Danieal Manning	CHI	ATL
2	Eric Weddle	SDC	DEN
3	Darren Sharper	NOS	NYG
4	Tyvon Branch	OAK	PHI
5	Brian Dawkins	DEN	SDC
TIER TWO
6	Roman Harper	NOS	NYG
7	Charles Woodson (CB)	GBP	DET
8	Chris Harris	CAR	TBB
9	Chris Hope	TEN	NEP
10	Donte Whitner (inj)	BUF	NYJ
11	Antoine WInfield (CB)	MIN	BAL
12	Oshiomogho Atogwe	STL	JAC
13	Louis Delmas	DET	GBP
14	LaRon Landry	WAS	KCC
15	Antrel Rolle	ARI	SEA
16	Quintin Mikell	PHI	OAK
17	Charles Tillman (CB)	CHI	ATL
TIER THREE
18	Chris Johnson (CB)	OAK	PHI
19	Kerry Rhodes (inj)	NYJ	BUF
20	Bryant McFadden (CB)	ARI	SEA
21	A. Rodg.-Cromartie (CB)	ARI	SEA
22	Adrian Wilson	ARI	SEA
23	Mike Brown	KCC	WAS
24	Abram Elam	CLE	PIT
TIER FOUR
25	Brandon McGowan	NEP	TEN
26	Troy Polamalu (inj)	PIT	CLE
27	Ryan Clark	PIT	CLE
28	Jabari Greer (CB)	NOS	NYG
29	Erik Coleman	ATL	CHI
30	Chris Crocker	CIN	HOU
31	Josh WIlson (CB)	SEA	ARI
32	Ronald Bartell (CB)	STL	JAC
33	Brandon Meriweather	NEP	TEN
34	Bernard Pollard	HOU	CIN
TIER FIVE
35	Derek Cox (CB)	JAC	STL
36	George Wilson	BUF	NYJ
37	Reed Doughty	WAS	KCC
38	Jim Leonhard	NYJ	BUF
39	Ed Reed (CB)	BAL	MIN
40	Zackary Bowman (CB)	CHI	ATL
41	Champ Bailey (CB)	DEN	SDC
42	Shawn Springs (CB)	NEP	TEN
43	Marquand Manuel	DET	GBP
44	Ike Taylor (CB)	PIT	CLE
45	Jarrad Page	KCC	WAS
46	Johnathan Joseph (CB)	CIN	HOU
47	Leigh Bodden (CB)	NEP	TEN
48	Gerald Alexander	JAC	STL
49	RIchard Marshall (CB)	CAR	TBB
50	Al Harris (CB)	GBP	DET

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)

Michael

Posted Oct 17, 2009 2:29am EDT

I'm thinking the exact same thing Frank said, where is Mayo and how is Posluszny so high on the list this week? Also why isn't Tatupu higher?

Frank

Posted Oct 15, 2009 4:35pm EDT

Where's Mayo? You have Posluszny, who it isn't even certain yet is going to play.

Barry

Posted Oct 15, 2009 10:20am EDT

Will there be a Rest Of Season Cheat sheet for IDP's sometime in the season?

ronkronk

Posted Oct 15, 2009 7:23am EDT

for all those disgruntled demeco ryans owners out there...this will be the week you have been waiting for. i am finally going to bench this underperforming disappointment, ensuring he has a career day. enjoy.

SteveM

Posted Oct 15, 2009 3:58am EDT

Keith Rivers did absolutely nada last week in what was supposed to be a good matchup. Zero points, nothing. Did he get hurt? Benched? I haven't found anything on it. Considering I almost lost my week 5 matchup because of his zero, until I hear otherwise he is Tier Nothing for me.

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