2011 Fantasy Football Week 8 IDP Rankings

Got a lot of requests for some Individual Defensive Player (IDP) rankings. So I played my hand at it.

There is a lot of discrepancy in how points are awarded for IDP slots. I am in an IDP league that rewards points heavily to the players with a high volume of tackles. Some of the research that went into these rankings gave only fractional points for tackles and more for turnovers. While some of them were evenly split.

If you see that your IDP league is more tackle heavy, you might have to adjust. I have provided some statistics to help you mix and match how your league is played.

This is my first IDP article, so please tell me in the comments what you think.

Defensive Linemen Rankings	Asst Tackles	Solo Tackles	Sacks	Total Turnovers
1) Jared Allen	8	21	11.5	5
2) Terrell Suggs	3	17	5	3
3) Jason Pierre-Paul	6	24	7.5	1
4) Trent Cole	2	12	3	0
5) Ndamukong Suh	7	16	3	0
6) Charles Johnson	4	18	6	1
7) Robert Mathis	3	9	3.5	2
8) Haloti Ngata	8	16	3	5
9) Osi Umenyiora	3	7	5	2
10) Andre Carter	7	16	2.5	0
11) Brian Robinson	3	14	4.5	1
12) Jason Babin	4	15	7	1
13) Justin Smith	5	17	4.5	2
14) Greg Hardy	6	20	3	1
15) Dwight Freeney	3	7	4.5	2
16) Calais Campbell	10	21	2.5	1
17) Jeremy Mincey	6	18	2	1
18) Chris Long	2	9	3	0
19) Kyle Vanden Bosch	5	12	4	4
20) Chris Clemons	6	14	5	1

Linebacker Rankings	Asst Tackles	Solo Tackles	Sacks	Total Turnovers
1) Patrick Willis	10	37	0	3
2) Sean Lee	17	34	0	5
3) Paul Posluszny	23	36	1	0
4) D'Qwell Jackson	15	40	2.5	3
5) Derrick Johnson	9	35	0	0
6) Nick Barnett	20	28	0	3
7) James Anderson	16	43	1	1
8) Ray Lewis	10	40	2	3
9) Demarcus Ware	3	17	8	1
10) David Hawthorne	17	23	1	1
11) Pat Angerer	39	41	0	2
12) D.J. Williams	5	17	2	2
13) James Laurninaitis	15	32	0	2
14) Daryl Washington	4	26	2	1
15) Chad Greenway	13	39	0	0
16) Daryl Smith	12	38	2	2
17) Brian Cushing	15	32	1	0
18) Navarro Bowman	13	43	0	1
19) Jerod Mayo	5	20	0	1
20) Stephen Tullock	12	32	2	2

Defensive Backs Rankings	Asst Tackles	Solo Tackles	Sacks	Total Turnovers
1) LaRon Landry	4	28	.5	1
2) George Wilson	14	43	0	4
3) Quintin Mikell	5	33	1	4
4) Jarius Byrd	10	36	0	2
5) Troy Polamalu	15	28	1	1
6) Kam Chancellor	8	30	1	4
7) Patrick Chung	15	22	1	1
8) Yeremiah Bell	13	39	1	1
9) Eric Weddle	8	26	0	3
10) Roman Harper	11	31	3.5	1
11) Antoine Bethea	24	34	0	1
12) Jason McCourty	6	32	0	0
13) Ryan Clark	12	30	0	1
14) Antrel Rolle	7	38	0	2
15) Ladarious Webb	7	29	.5	3
16) Kyle Arrington	10	24	0	4
17) Craig Dahl	3	23	0	1
18) Dawan Landry	11	31	0	1
19) T.J. Ward	8	23	1	1
20) Terence Newman	2	9	0	1