As we prepare for the upcoming season, the Individual Defensive Players (IDP) format is becoming more popular among fantasy football owners. Just as you do when you select offensive players, IDP score points, for the most part, for tackles, sacks, and interceptions. In these types of leagues I tend to look for middle linebackers or outside linebackers. Many inexperienced owners will go after defensive lineman with star-powered names. If you follow suit, your defensive team will suck. Don’t fall into the trap, stay the course of looking for tackling machines who can get you five-to-eight sacks. Defensive lineman are like Patrick DiCaprio’s hair line, fading…
Make sure to check out the other positions : QB | RB | WR | TE | K |DEF | IDP
Here are our 2012 IDP Pre-Season Rankings.
RK Name
1 ILB Patrick Willis, SF
2 DE Jason Pierre-Paul, NYG
3 ILB DQwell Jackson, CLE
4 ILB Desmond Bishop, GB
5 DE Jared Allen, MIN
6 ILB James Laurinaitis, STL
7 ILB Derrick Johnson, KC
8 ILB London Fletcher, WAS
9 DE Trent Cole, PHI
10 DE Mario Williams, BUF
11 ILB Curtis Lofton, NO
12 ILB Navorro Bowman, SF
12 ILB Ray Lewis, BAL
14 ILB Daryl Washington, ARI
15 ILB Colin McCarthy, TEN
16 OLB Sean Weatherspoon, ATL
17 DE Justin Tuck, NYG
18 DE Julius Peppers, CHI
19 DE Jason Babin, PHI
20 S Eric Berry, KC
21 ILB Paul Posluszny, JAX
22 ILB Karlos Dansby, MIA
23 ILB Luke Kuechly, CAR
24 ILB Stephen Tulloch, DET
25 OLB Chad Greenway, MIN
26 S George Wilson, BUF
27 S Tyvon Branch, OAK
28 ILB Sean Lee, DAL
29 ILB Brian Cushing, HOU
29 DE Calais Campbell, ARI
31 S Morgan Burnett, GB
31 CB Charles Tillman, CHI
33 DE Charles Johnson, CAR
33 ILB Lawrence Timmons, PIT
35 OLB Pat Angerer, IND
36 S Antoine Bethea, IND
36 S Kam Chancellor, SEA
36 S Bernard Pollard, BAL
39 ILB Jon Beason, CAR
39 DE Jabaal Sheard, CLE
41 OLB Von Miller, DEN
42 ILB Brian Urlacher, CHI
43 DE Cliff Avril, DET
44 DE Osi Umenyiora, NYG
45 ILB Jerod Mayo, NE
45 OLB DeMarcus Ware, DAL
47 S Patrick Chung, NE
48 S Roman Harper, NO
49 CB Jason McCourty, TEN
50 CB Charles Woodson, GB
51 DE Justin Smith, SF
52 DE Chris Long, STL
53 DE Elvis Dumervil, DEN
54 ILB David Hawthorne, NO
55 ILB Nick Barnett, BUF
56 OLB D.J. Williams, DEN
57 S Earl Thomas, SEA
58 S Eric Weddle, SD
59 S Quintin Mikell, STL
59 S T.J. Ward, CLE
59 ILB Rolando McClain, OAK
62 DE Chris Clemons, SEA
63 OLB Lance Briggs, CHI
64 ILB DeMeco Ryans, PHI
65 S LaRon Landry, NYJ
66 S Antrel Rolle, NYG
66 OLB James Harrison, PIT
68 DE J.J. Watt, HOU
69 DE Carlos Dunlap, CIN
70 OLB Bobby Wagner, SEA
71 CB Devin McCourty, NE
72 DT Haloti Ngata, BAL
72 S Mark Barron, TB
74 CB Cortland Finnegan, STL
75 CB DeAngelo Hall, WAS
76 DE Jeremy Mincey, JAX
76 ILB Mason Foster, TB
78 S Dawan Landry, JAX
79 ILB David Harris, NYJ
80 ILB Donald Butler, SD
81 S Jairus Byrd, BUF
82 ILB Perry Riley, WAS
82 OLB Michael Boley, NYG
82 S Adrian Wilson, ARI
85 S Darian Stewart, STL
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2012 Fantasy Football Pre-Season IDP Rankings – FantasyPros911 …: As we prepare for the upcoming season, the I… http://t.co/MSJbvciF
2012 Fantasy Football Pre-Season IDP Rankings – FantasyPros911 …: As we prepare for the upcoming season, the I… http://t.co/MSJbvciF