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IDP Wednesday: 2009 Fantasy Football Recap

2010-02-10T12:39:00.000-08:00

By: Justin Curry (02/10/2010)

Well, another fantasy football season is in the books. Hopefully you were able to take the advice from this site and others and win yourself a championship.

I was in three leagues this year and made it to the playoffs in all of them, but I found myself coming up just short as I lost in the championship game in two of them (thank you Mr. Curtis Lofton and Peyton Manning).

Though I'm still a little bitter, overall, it was a great year. This post is intended to recap the season from an IDP perspective so nothing will be forgotten when draft time starts back up in August.

I've run the numbers for you on all the IDPers from this season by category (DL, LB, DB) and compiled a list of what each averaged each game for the entire year, Weeks One through Five, Weeks Six through 11, and Weeks 12 through 16. I've also included one of my favorite sections—IDP Opportunity —to show which teams had the most and fewest opportunities to pad their stats this year.

Using My Preferred IDP Scoring System

Solo	Assists	Sack	Int	FF	PD	TD
2	1	4	4	3	2	6

Best DLs (Average Per Game Played)

After running the numbers, it was no surprise to see Antwan Odom with the best overall average this year. Anyone that watched him play this season saw just how truly dominant he was before his season ended. With that said, I believe expectations should be downgraded a bit on him to repeat his dominance in 2010 when healthy.

Other interesting items: Though Jared Allen ended No. 2 overall, Will Smith was actually the only one that ranked in the top 15 DLs for all three subsections when you break down averages over the three trimesters of the entire season. Definitely keep this in mind next year when looking for someone who consistently performs over the course of the entire year.

Rank	Player
1	Antwan Odom
2	Jared Allen
3	Justin Tuck
4	Andre Carter
5	Terrell Suggs
6	Will Smith
7	Trent Cole
8	Aaron Schobel
9	Julius Peppers
10	David Bowens
11	C.J. Ah You
12	Ray Edwards
13	Darnell Dockett
14	Robert Mathis
15	Marcus Stroud
16	Kyle Williams
17	Mario Williams
18	Chris Kelsay
19	Calais Campbell
20	Louis Leonard

Best LBs (Average Per Game Played)

No surprise here—Patrick Willis ended as the No. 1 overall LB of the 2009 season. He is simply a man amongst boys at this point and will be for the foreseeable future. Other interesting points: Don't forget the power of the weakside linebacker position in Carolina. Whoever started there seemed to produce very well alongside Jon Beason.

When looking at the three subsections, Willis was the only top 15 performer in all three. Thomas Davis, Paul Posluszny, Jon Beason, Brian Cushing, London Fletcher, Ray Lewis, and D.J. Williams were in the top 15 for two of them and should all be considered upper echelon guys in 2010.

Also, I will preach this just like I have all year: YOU WANT JUSTIN DURANT on your squad in 2010!

Rank	Player
1	Patrick Willis
2	Thomas Davis
3	Paul Posluszny
4	Jon Beason
5	DQwell Jackson
6	Brian Cushing
7	London Fletcher
8	Ray Lewis
9	Curtis Lofton
10	D.J. Williams
11	Kirk Morrison
12	Barrett Ruud
13	James Laurinaitis
14	David Harris
15	Michael Boley
16	Justin Durant
17	Keith Bulluck
18	David Hawthorne
19	Lance Briggs
20	Jonathan Vilma

Best DBs (Average Per Game Played)

After looking at the numbers on DBs, a lot of unexpected names (if you don't truly follow IDP) came up to the top of the list this year. This is a great lesson on where you can really do damage in your draft next year. Whoever starts at SS for Oakland and Buffalo in 2010 should be high on your list to draft.

Other takeaways: Bernard Pollard is simply a beast. I don't see that fact being any different in 2010. Also, hopefully you were able to jump on the Bryan Scott train this year. Next year should be good for him as well.

Speaking of Scott, only he and Tyvon Branch found themselves in the top 15 every part of this year. Pollard (not really fair because he didn't have a home for a while until he went to Houston), Brian Dawkins, Charles Woodson, and Antoine Winfield found themselves in the top 15 for two of them. All of these guys should be on your radar in the 2010 draft as well.

Even though he's a CB (those that regularly read my blog know how much I try to stay away from them), I also really like Nick Harper in 2010.

Rank	Player
1	Bryan Scott
2	Bernard Pollard
3	Kenny Phillips
4	Tyvon Branch
5	Brian Dawkins
6	Charles Woodson
7	Nick Harper
8	Yeremiah Bell
9	Dashon Goldson
10	Oshiomogho Atogwe
11	Tanard Jackson
12	Antoine Winfield
13	Roman Harper
14	Jordan Babineaux
15	Erik Coleman
16	Jacob Lacey
17	Tracy Porter
18	Eric Weddle
19	Antoine Bethea
20	Mike Brown

Seasonal Breakdown

Weeks 1 through 5 (Top 15)

Rank	DL	LB	DB
1	Jared Allen	Thomas Davis	Troy Polamalu
2	Trent Cole	Patrick Willis	Bryan Scott
3	Antwan Odom	Curtis Lofton	Kenny Phillips
4	Julius Peppers	Stephen Cooper	Danieal Manning
5	Marcus Stroud	London Fletcher	Antoine Bethea
6	Justin Tuck	DQwell Jackson	Eric Weddle
7	Robert Mathis	James Harrison	Brian Dawkins
8	Terrell Suggs	Kirk Morrison	Tyvon Branch
9	Jimmy Wilkerson	Mike Peterson	Donte Whitner
10	Andre Carter	Ray Lewis	Charles Woodson
11	Adewale Ogunleye	David Harris	Roman Harper
12	Kroy Biermann	Elvis Dumervil	Chris Harris
13	Will Smith	Stephen Tulloch	Antoine Winfield
14	Aaron Schobel	D.J. Williams	Chris Hope
15	Greg Ellis	Justin Durant	Derek Cox

Weeks 6 through 10 (Top 15)

Rank	DL	LB	DB
1	David Bowens	Brian Cushing	Leon Hall
2	Andre Carter	David Hawthorne	Tanard Jackson
3	Greg White	Paul Posluszny	Erik Coleman
4	Ray Edwards	Thomas Davis	Bryan Scott
5	Robaire Smith	Clint Session	Reed Doughty
6	Jared Allen	Patrick Willis	Roman Harper
7	Chris Kelsay	Nick Barnett	Dashon Goldson
8	Kevin Williams	Keith Bulluck	Danieal Manning
9	Brett Keisel	Julian Peterson	Bernard Pollard
10	Robert Mathis	Calvin Pace	Ko Simpson
11	Julius Peppers	Justin Durant	Tyvon Branch
12	Anthony Hargrove	Lawrence Timmons	Tracy Porter
13	Jonathan Babineaux	Ray Lewis	C.C. Brown
14	Will Smith	Jon Beason	Cary Williams
15	Marques Douglas	D.J. Williams	Jairus Byrd

Weeks 11 through 16 (Top 15)

Rank	DL	LB	DB
1	Justin Tuck	Jon Beason	Bernard Pollard
2	Aaron Schobel	Patrick Willis	Antoine Winfield
3	Sedrick Ellis	London Fletcher	Bryan Scott
4	Will Smith	Paul Posluszny	Tyvon Branch
5	Trent Cole	Hunter Hillenmeyer	LaRon Landry
6	Kyle Williams	James Laurinaitis	Brian Dawkins
7	Anthony Adams	Jonathan Vilma	Charles Woodson
8	Darnell Dockett	Lamarr Woodley	Jordan Babineaux
9	Mario Williams	Brian Cushing	Yeremiah Bell
10	Derrick Harvey	Geno Hayes	Nick Harper
11	Tony Brown	Michael Boley	Brent Grimes
12	Daniel Muir	Demorrio Williams	Malcolm Jenkins
13	Mathias Kiwanuka	Gary Brackett	Tracy Porter
14	Trevor Scott	Barrett Ruud	Adrian Wilson
15	Shaun Ellis	Clint Session	Mike Brown

IDP Opportunity

When looking at the total number of defensive plays for each team, the numbers found were as interesting as I thought they would be earlier in the year. For the 2009 season, the Buffalo Bills' defensive starters played 1,086 plays. The Minnesota Vikings only played 940.

If you do the math, that's a 146-play difference, meaning the Buffalo starters had about two games more worth of opportunities to pad their stats than Minnesota players. This is one of the reasons I've always preached that, when all other factors are equal, go for the player on the team that is worse or teams with high-potent offenses that score quickly as the tiebreaker.

Most Amount of Total Defensive Plays in 2009

Rank	Team	Plays
1	Buffalo Bills	1,086
2	Indianapolis Colts	1,084
3	Cleveland Browns	1,072
4	Kansas City Chiefs	1,062
5	Seattle Seahawks	1,050
6	New Orleans Saints	1,044
7	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	1,039
8	Arizona Cardinals	1,038
9	Tennessee Titans	1,038
10	Philadelphia Eagles	1,037

Least Amount of Defensive Plays in 2009

Rank	Team	Plays
1	Minnesota Vikings	940
2	New England Patriots	941
3	Green Bay Packers	948
4	New York Giants	953
5	New York Jets	953
6	Pittsburgh Steelers	967
7	Miami Dolphins	968
8	Houston Texans	974
9	Carolina Panthers	976
10	Dallas Cowboys	979

Well, that's it for this week. Make sure to check back every now and again as I will post when big news regarding the IDP world happens (NFL draft, 2010 Fantasy Football drafts are about to begin, etc.).

Justin Curry

IDP Wednesday: Week 16

2009-12-22T08:15:00.000-08:00

By: Justin Curry (12/23/2009)

Welcome to the final IDP Wednesday for the 2009 NFL season. It's been fun bringing you this article every week. I hope you have found it insightful and that it helped you out throughout the year as that was the ultimate goal. If you're reading this, you're probably in the championship and need this information more than ever as the person you're up against obviously knows what they are doing, as well. So, with that said, lets get to the picks. I've been on fire of late, so hopefully I can keep it up for one more.

Similar to the last couple of weeks, I have listed the Favorable Five and the Formidable Five teams over the last five weeks of the season at each position and shown whom that team faces this week. I've also added who has been the best teams to play for the entire year at each position. For those not interested in the charts and just want the recommendations, I will start with the Analysis at the beginning this week instead of the end for you.

Quick Note: Please keep in mind, the Analysis portion doesn't take into consideration weather conditions, if it's a divisional game, or if it's a nationally televised game - all factors that have seemed to inconsistently skew the numbers for a given team. For example, if the wind is howling, you can expect there to be an inordinate amount of running plays by both teams, divisional teams now have film on the other team to change game plans, etc., and some players seem to step it up a notch when they know they are on the big stage. With that said, all should be considered when you are planning on using a player each week. I just want to make sure you remember.

So, as I have throughout this year, I will be using the following point system for my analysis:

My Preferred IDP Scoring System

Solo	Assists	Sack	Int	FF	PD	TD
2	1	4	4	3	2	6

Analysis

DL

Expected Player Production Better Than Normal

Justin Tuck	Should be a Monster
Dwight Freeney	If he plays entire game

Expected Player Production Worse Than Normal

Shaun Ellis
Marques Douglas

MLB/ILB

Expected Player Performance Better Than Normal

DeMeco Ryans

Nick Barnett

Justin Durant

Expected Player Performance Worse Than Normal

Larry Foote

WLB/OLB

Expected Player Performance Better Than Normal

Clay Matthews

Aaron Kampman

Matt Roth

Kamerion Wimbley

Jason Trusnik

James Anderson

Expected Player Performance Worse Than Normal

Anthony Spencer

DeMarcus Ware

Daryl Smith

Clint Ingram

Calvin Pace

Bryan Thomas

S

Expected Player Performance Better Than Normal

Quintin Mikell

Sean Jones

Expected Player Performance Worse Than Normal

Brian Dawkins

Renaldo Hill

CB

Expected Player Performance Better Than Normal

Vontae Davis

Richard Marshall

Expected Player Performance Worse Than Normal

Chris Johnson

Nnamdi Asomugha

Eric Wright

Good luck to all of you this week on winning your championship. For those that are data-junkies like myself, here is more information to wrap your brains around for you to make your decisions on who to play this week:

DL (Team to Left is Ranked Team, Team to Right is Opponent)

Over the Last Five Weeks

Favorable Five

1	NYJ	@IND
2	STL	@ARI
3	BUF	@ATL
4	@NE	JAC
5	CAR	@NYG

Formidable Five

1	@IND	NYJ
2	@NO	TB
3	@GB	SEA
4	TB	@NO
5	BAL	@PIT

Over the Entire Year

Favorable Five

1	@GB	SEA
2	NYJ	@IND
3	CAR	@NYG
4	KC	@CIN
5	@SF	DET

Formidable Five

1	@IND	NYJ
2	DAL	@WAS
3	@ATL	BUF
4	@NYG	CAR
5	@CIN	KC

MLB/ILB (Team to Left is Ranked Team, Team to Right is Opponent)

Over the Last Five Weeks

Favorable Five

1	@NE	JAC
2	@MIA	HOU
3	SEA	@GB
4	JAC	@NE
5	DAL	@WAS

Formidable Five

1	@SF	DET
2	MIN	@CHI
3	CAR	@NYG
4	SD	@TEN
5	@GB	SEA

Over the Entire Year

Favorable Five

1	@NE	JAC
2	@MIA	HOU
3	SEA	@GB
4	@NO	TB
5	NYJ	@IND

Formidable Five

1	@GB	SEA
2	SD	@TEN
3	@ATL	BUF
4	@SF	DET
5	@PHI	DEN

WLB/OLB (Team to Left is Ranked Team, Team to Right is Opponent)

Over the Last Five Weeks

Favorable Five

1	SEA	@GB
2	STL	@ARI
3	OAK	@CLE
4	@NO	TB
5	@NYG	CAR

Formidable Five

1	@WAS	DAL
2	@NE	BUF
3	DET	@SF
4	@MIA	HOU
5	@IND	NYJ

Over the Entire Year

Favorable Five

1	SEA	@GB
2	@NYG	CAR
3	DET	@SF
4	@CLE	OAK
5	OAK	@CLE

Formidable Five

1	@IND	NYJ
2	@PHI	DEN
3	NYJ	@IND
4	@WAS	DAL
5	@NE	JAC

S (Team to Left is Ranked Team, Team to Right is Opponent)

Over the Last Five Weeks

Favorable Five

1	DEN	@PHI
2	@CIN	KC
3	STL	@ARI
4	TB	@NO
5	DAL	@WAS

Formidable Five

1	@PHI	DEN
2	@WAS	DAL
3	@ATL	BUF
4	BAL	@PIT
5	@NE	JAC

Over the Entire Year

Favorable Five

1	@NO	TB
2	DEN	@PHI
3	@NYG	CAR
4	SEA	@GB
5	@CIN	KC

Formidable Five

1	BUF	@ATL
2	OAK	@CLE
3	@SF	DET
4	@PHI	DEN
5	JAC	@NE

CB (Team to Left is Ranked Team, Team to Right is Opponent)

Over the Last Five Weeks

Favorable Five

1	@CIN	KC
2	HOU	@MIA
3	@WAS	DAL
4	DET	@SF
5	@NYG	CAR

Formidable Five

1	@CLE	OAK
2	@IND	NYJ
3	OAK	@CLE
4	JAC	@NE
5	BUF	@ATL

Over the Entire Year

Favorable Five

1	@PIT	BAL
2	@ARI	STL
3	@NYG	CAR
4	HOU	@MIA
5	BAL	@PIT

Formidable Five

1	@CLE	OAK
2	OAK	@CLE
3	KC	@CIN
4	@TEN	SD
5	@SF	DET

You can always checkout the latest posts from Justin Curry at NumbersAndGuts.com

IDP Wednesday: Week 15

2009-12-15T19:40:00.000-08:00

By: Justin Curry (12/16/2009)

Welcome to another IDP Wednesday. Hopefully, you were able to get past your first round match-up and are fighting to go to the championship this week. If you had Curtis Lofton or David Harris, consider yourself fortunate as both players' performance last week surely brought more than a couple teams down. So, with that said, lets get to it.

Similar to the last couple of weeks, I have listed the Favorable Five and the Formidable Five teams over the last five weeks of the season at each position and shown whom that team faces this week. I've also added who has been the best teams to play for the entire year at each position. For those not interested in the charts and just want the recommendations, I will start with the Analysis at the beginning this week instead of the end for you.

Quick Note: Please keep in mind, the Analysis portion doesn't take into consideration weather conditions or if it's a divisional game - both factors that have seem to inconsistantly skew the numbers for a given team. For example, if the wind is howling, you can expect there to be an inordinate amount of running plays by both teams and divisional teams now have film on the other team to change game plans, etc. With that said, both should be considered when you are planning on using a player each week. I just want to make sure you remember.

So, as I have throughout this year, I will be using the following point system for my analysis:

My Preferred IDP Scoring System

Solo	Assists	Sack	Int	FF	PD	TD
2	1	4	4	3	2	6

Analysis

DL

Favorable

Over the last five weeks and the entire year, the New York Jets and New England Patriots have consistently been favorable match-ups for opposing defensive ends to play. Like some of the previous weeks, you have to like Aaron Schobel and Chris Kelsay this week for Buffalo. You also have to like Kroy Biermann and John Abraham.

Formidable

Over the same time period from above, the Indianapolis Colts have consistently been one of the worst teams for an opposing defensive end to play. If you are thinking about putting in Derrick Harvey, you might want to think twice about it.

MLB/ILB

Favorable

Over the last five weeks and the entire year, the New England Patriots, Houston Texans and the Seattle Seahawks have been very good to middle linebackers and inside linebackers. If you have Paul Posluzsny, James Laurinaitis, or Barrett Ruud, you should probably use them this week.

Formidable

Like Indianapolis to defensive ends, San Diego has consistently been in the bottom five teams for an MLB/ILB to play all year, thus far. Even though Dhani Jones had a nice game last week, don't be surprised if he doesn't in this one.

WLB/OLB

Favorable

The Oakland Raiders, Seattle Seahawks and New York Giants have been very friendly to the OLB position over the last five weeks and all year. Elvis Dumervil, Geno Hayes, and Rocky McIntosh should all be better than normal this week.

Formidable

Both the Indianapolis Colts and Jacksonville Jaguars have found themselves in the bottom five for the WLB/OLB position all year. If you are planning to use Clint Sessions or Daryl Smith, be cautious. With that said, remember what I said in the Quick Note section from above about divisional games, though.

S

Favorable

The New Orleans Saints, Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers have been in the top five all year for opposing safeties (including the last five weeks). Gerald Sensabaugh, Tyvon Branch, and Madieu Williams should be better than normal this week.

Formidable

As good as the Saints, Broncos, and Carolina have been, the Philadelphia Eagles and Buffalo Bills have been on the exact opposite end of the spectrum. If you plan on using Dashon Goldson or Brandon Meriweather, make sure you don't have better options first.

CB

Favorable

The New York Giants and Pittsburgh Steelers have been good to the CB position all year and the last five weeks. If the weather isn't terrible, Charles Woodson should be good this week and Tramon Williams and Fred Smoot could potentially be sneaky plays, as well.

Formidable

As for the other end, the Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers, and Oakland Raiders have been in the bottom five teams all year for CBs. Brandon Flowers, Sheldon Brown, and Champ Bailey should all be downgraded a bit.

Good luck to all of you this week on getting to the championship. For those that are data-junkies like myself, here is more information to wrap your brains around for you to make your decisions on who to play this week:
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DL (Team to Left is Ranked Team, Team to Right is Opponent)

Over the Last Five Weeks

Favorable Five

1	@NYJ	ATL
2	NE	@BUF
3	@STL	HOU
4	@BAL	CHI
5	@BUF	NE

Formidable Five

1	IND	@JAC
2	ARI	@DET
3	@WAS	NYG
4	TB	@SEA
5	GB	@PIT

Over the Entire Year

Favorable Five

1	GB	@PIT
2	@NYJ	ATL
3	NE	@BUF
4	@JAC	IND
5	SF	@PHI

Formidable Five

1	DAL	@NO
2	IND	@JAC
3	ATL	@NYJ
4	NYG	@WAS
5	CIN	@SD

MLB/ILB (Team to Left is Ranked Team, Team to Right is Opponent)

Over the Last Five Weeks

Favorable Five

1	NE	@BUF
2	HOU	@STL
3	@SEA	TB
4	@TEN	MIA
5	@NYJ	ATL

Formidable Five

1	SF	@PHI
2	@SD	CIN
3	@CAR	MIN
4	CIN	@SD
5	MIN	@CAR

Over the Entire Year

Favorable Five

1	NE	@BUF
2	@SEA	TB
3	MIA	@TEN
4	@NO	DAL
5	HOU	@STL

Formidable Five

1	@SD	CIN
2	GB	@PIT
3	ATL	@NYJ
4	@PHI	SF
5	DAL	@NO

WLB/OLB (Team to Left is Ranked Team, Team to Right is Opponent)

Over the Last Five Weeks

Favorable Five

1	OAK	@DEN
2	@SEA	TB
3	@STL	HOU
4	NYG	@WAS
5	ATL	@NYJ

Formidable Five

1	@DET	ARI
2	@WAS	NYG
3	IND	@JAC
4	NE	@BUF
5	@JAC	IND

Over the Entire Year

Favorable Five

1	CLE	@KC
2	NYG	@WAS
3	@SEA	TB
4	OAK	@DEN
5	@DET	ARI

Formidable Five

1	IND	@JAC
2	@NYJ	ATL
3	@PHI	SF
4	@PIT	GB
5	@JAC	IND

S (Team to Left is Ranked Team, Team to Right is Opponent)

Over the Last Five Weeks

Favorable Five

1	@DEN	OAK
2	@NO	DAL
3	CIN	@SD
4	@CAR	MIN
5	@STL	HOU

Formidable Five

1	ATL	@NYJ
2	@PHI	SF
3	@BUF	NE
4	@WAS	NYG
5	HOU	@STL

Over the Entire Year

Favorable Five

1	@NO	DAL
2	@DEN	OAK
3	NYG	@WAS
4	@SEA	TB
5	@CAR	MIN

Formidable Five

1	@BUF	NE
2	OAK	@DEN
3	SF	@PHI
4	@PHI	SF
5	@SD	CIN

CB (Team to Left is Ranked Team, Team to Right is Opponent)

Over the Last Five Weeks

Favorable Five

1	NYG	@WAS
2	@DET	ARI
3	@DEN	OAK
4	@PIT	GB
5	HOU	@STL

Formidable Five

1	@JAC	IND
2	CLE	@KC
3	SF	@PHI
4	OAK	@DEN
5	@SEA	TB

Over the Entire Year

Favorable Five

1	@PIT	GB
2	ARI	@DET
3	NYG	@WAS
4	ATL	@NYJ
5	@BAL	CHI

Formidable Five

1	CLE	@KC
2	OAK	@DEN
3	@KC	CLE
4	SF	@PHI
5	@TEN	MIA

You can always checkout the latest posts from Justin Curry at NumbersAndGuts.com

IDP Wednesday: Week 14

2009-12-09T03:00:00.000-08:00

By: Justin Curry (12/09/2009)

Whether this is the last week before your playoffs or this week kicks them off, this is a week our teams need to shine. As most of you already have the lineups you're going to be using, I'm assuming you probably need more advice on which ones to use as opposed to who to pickup.

With this in mind, I have listed the Favorable Five and the Formidable Five teams over the last four weeks of the season at each position, shown who that team faces this week, who are the people that should interest you at that position and how they played earlier in the season against that opponent if available. I will then talk about what I believe can be gained from the charts provided in the Analysis section below them.

We've been on a roll of late, so let's keep it up and win you this week!

As I have throughout this year, I will be using the following point system for my analysis:

My Preferred IDP Scoring System

Solo	Assists	Sack	Int	FF	PD	TD
2	1	4	4	3	2	6

Again, these rankings are over the last four weeks of the season.

DL

Favorable Five

Rank	Team	Opp.	Player	Previous
1	NYJ	TB	Stylez White
			Tim Crowder
2	NE	CAR	Julius Peppers
			Charles Johnson
3	ATL	NO	Will Smith	Very Good
			Anthony Hargrove	Very Good
4	STL	TEN	Kyle Vanden Bosch
			William Hayes
5	BAL	DET	Turk McBride
			Cliff Avril

Formidable Five

Rank	Team	Opp.	Player	Previous
1	NYG	PHI	Trent Cole	Good
			Juqua Parker	Not Good
2	CAR	NE	Jarvis Green
			Ty Warren
3	IND	DEN	Vonnie Holliday
			Kenny Peterson
4	WAS	OAK	Richard Seymour
			Greg Ellis
5	SEA	HOU	Mario Williams
			Antonio Smith

MLB/ILB

Favorable Five

Rank	Team	Opp.	Player	Previous
1	HOU	SEA	David Hawthorne
2	PHI	NYG	Chase Blackburn	Pierce - Not Good
3	NE	CAR	Jon Beason
4	TB	NYJ	David Harris
			Bart Scott
5	DAL	SD	Kevin Burnett
			Stephen Cooper

Formidable Five

Rank	Team	Opp.	Player	Previous
1	SF	ARI	Karlos Dansby	Average
2	SD	DAL	Keith Brooking
			Bradie James
3	MIN	CIN	Dhani Jones
4	DEN	IND	Gary Brackett
5	CIN	MIN	Jasper Brinkley

WLB/OLB

Favorable Five

Rank	Team	Opp.	Player	Previous
1	SEA	HOU	Brian Cushing
2	NYG	PHI	Tracy White	A. Jordan - Very Good
3	ATL	NO	Scott Fujita	N/A
4	STL	TEN	Keith Bulluck
5	DEN	IND	Clint Session

Formidable Five

Rank	Team	Opp.	Player	Previous
1	DET	BAL	Jarret Johnson
2	IND	DEN	Elvis Dumervil
3	ARI	SF	Manny Lawson	Not Good
4	WAS	OAK	Thomas Howard
5	NO	ATL	Mike Peterson	Average

S

Favorable Five

Rank	Team	Opp.	Player	Previous
1	DEN	IND	Melvin Bullitt
2	NO	ATL	Erik Coleman	Very Good
3	CIN	MIN	Madieu Williams
4	STL	TEN	Chris Hope
5	CAR	NE	Brandon Meriweather

Formidable Five

Rank	Team	Opp.	Player	Previous
1	IND	DEN	Brian Dawkins
2	DET	BAL	Dawan Landry
3	WAS	OAK	Tyvon Branch
4	BUF	KC	Mike Brown
5	BAL	DET	Louis Delmas

CB

Favorable Five

Rank	Team	Opp.	Player	Previous
1	DET	BAL	Dominique Foxworth
2	NYG	PHI	Asante Samuel	Very Good
3	ATL	NO	Malcom Jenkins	N/A
			Mike McKenzie	N/A
4	DAL	SD	Quentin Jammer
5	PHI	NYG	Terrell Thomas	Not Good

Formidable Five

Rank	Team	Opp.	Player	Previous
1	CHI	GB	Charles Woodson	Not Good
2	SEA	HOU	Dunta Robinson
3	SF	ARI	Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie	Not Good
4	NO	ATL	Brent Grimes	Very Good
5	JAC	MIA	Nathan Jones
			Vontae Davis

Analysis:

Remember, at this point in the season, you have to go with your studs no matter what there match-up may be. A perfect example of why you always do this is David Harris. David Harris had an unfavorable match-up on paper last week and he finished with eight solo tackles, three assists, one sack and a forced fumble. Simply put, studs are the exception to the rule when it comes to IDP.

DL

So, looking at the DL charts above, I love Will Smith and Anthony Hargrove for New Orleans this week. They played very well the last time they played the Falcons and that should continue to happen again. Besides Julius Peppers and Stylez White, who should also have good weeks, I think you should be alright using Kyle Vanden Bosch after his poor performance last week.

Though you have to put in Trent Cole and Mario Williams even though they don't necessarily have the best match-up this week, I would stay clear of Richard Seymour and Greg Ellis this week.

LB

Honestly, other than maybe Tracy White, I feel that all of the linebackers in both of the favorable sections are must plays this week. All of them have been hot of late and all of them have match-ups that should continue that trend.

For the formidable portion of the two linebacking charts, other than Karlos Dansby, Gary Brackett, Dhani Jones and Mike Peterson, I'm using other options if I have similar players on my bench available for the other players.

DB

For those that have asked this week, as long as he is not injured, Erik Coleman is a must play this week. Other guys I like from the safety and corner back charts are Melvin Bullitt, Brandon Meriweather and Mike McKenzie.

As far as who are must plays even though they are in the formidable section, you have to still play Tyvon Branch, Louis Delmas, Brian Dawkins, Charles Woodson and I also like Brent Grimes this week, as well. The other people on the list, though, I would look elsewhere.

One Final Note - If Lance Briggs can't go, you really need to consider inserting Jamar Williams into your lineups this week if you more than one linebacker has to start in your league. Last week, Williams was used when Briggs couldn't go and finished with 13 solo tackles, five assists and two pass deflections.

Well, I hope this helps you out with the decisions you'll be making this week. Here's to all of you making it through this week!

Justin Curry

IDP Wednesday: Week 13

2009-12-02T00:01:00.000-08:00

By: Justin Curry (12/02/2009)

Hello everyone and welcome to another IDP Wednesday. This week, I would like to simplify things a bit and really concentrate on one of the sections I've been bringing to you for the majority of this year - The Favorable & Formidable Fives.

In this weeks post, I would like to not only breakdown who the top and bottom five teams are over the course of the year, but also do the same for the previous three weeks of games. The goal is to use these four charts to give you a better understanding of the value that can be gained from them and do some analysis using the following for each position:

1. The Good - Which DLs, LBs and DBs play teams that have been favorable over the course of the year and over the last three weeks.
2. The Bad - Which teams should you stay away from this week as they seem to have been bad for not only the last three weeks, but also over the course of the whole year.

So with that said, here are the four charts which will be followed by my analysis on what this should mean for a handful of players this week:

Favorable & Formidable (Entire Year)

Favorable (Ordered w/ Best Team to Play First & Weekly Opponent)

Rank	DL	Opp.	LB	Opp.	DB	Opp.
1	GB	BAL	NO	WAS	NO	WAS
2	NYJ	BUF	NE	MIA	NYG	DAL
3	NE	MIA	IND	TEN	CAR	TB
4	JAC	HOU	MIA	NE	DEN	KC
5	SF	SEA	CAR	TB	SEA	SF

Formidable (Ordered w/ Worst Team to Play First & Weekly Opponent)

Rank	DL	Opp.	LB	Opp.	DB	Opp.
1	DAL	NYG	ATL	PHI	OAK	PIT
2	NYG	DAL	GB	BAL	SF	SEA
3	ATL	PHI	DEN	KC	BUF	NYJ
4	MIN	ARI	BUF	NYJ	IND	TEN
5	IND	TEN	SD	CLE	CLE	SD

Favorable & Formidable (Last Three Weeks)

Favorable (Ordered w/ Best Team to Play First & Weekly Opponent)

Rank	DL	Opp.	LB	Opp.	DB	Opp.
1	NE	MIA	DAL	NYG	STL	CHI
2	NYJ	BUF	TB	CAR	DEN	KC
3	ATL	PHI	BAL	GB	CAR	TB
4	BAL	GB	IND	TEN	NE	MIA
5	STL	CHI	PHI	ATL	SEA	SF

Formidable (Ordered w/ Worst Team to Play First & Weekly Opponent)

Rank	DL	Opp.	LB	Opp.	DB	Opp.
1	CAR	TB	SF	SEA	DAL	NYG
2	MIA	NE	MIN	ARI	SF	SEA
3	WAS	NO	CIN	DET	IND	TEN
4	IND	TEN	DEN	KC	NYJ	BUF
5	OAK	PIT	BUF	NYJ	OAK	PIT

DL Analysis:

The Good - If you look closely at these charts you will notice that two teams have been in the Favorable portion, not only the last three weeks, but also over the course of the year - the New England Patriots and the New York Jets. With that said, you have to like Aaron Schobel and Randy Starks chances to have good days this week.

*Note - Buffalo is just outside the top five in both favorable chart categories and I expect big days from Shaun Ellis and Marques Douglas, as well.

The Bad - The Indianapolis Colts have been brutal all year for the DE position. If you were thinking of playing Kyle Vanden Bosch because he has had a sack for two straight weeks and are in a sack-heavy league (he should have 2 or 3 tackles, though), I would think about it again.

LB Analysis:

The Good - As bad as the Colts have been for DEs this year, they have been a pot of gold for the LB position. If you have Keith Bulluck or Stephen Tulloch, I would argue they are must plays this week.

The Bad - As you can tell from the charts above, the Denver Broncos and the Buffalo Bills have been a death sentence to LBs this year and over the last three weeks. Though I think David Harris will be fine, don't be surprised if the other linebackers (Bart Scott, Calvin Pace, and Demorrio Williams) don't shine.

DB Analysis:

The Good - There are three teams that have been good to safeties all year and their names are the Carolina Panthers, the Denver Broncos, and the Seattle Seahawks. If you're in need, Tanard Jackson, Michael Lewis, and Mike Brown all statistically look to be in for productive days.

The Bad - I gave you three good ones above, now the three at the opposite end of the spectrum are the Oakland Raiders, the San Francisco 49ers and the Indianapolis Colts (this one surprises me). Anyway, though I think Jordan Babineaux might be alright, I don't know if I feel the same optimism for Chris Hope or any of the the Pittsburgh Steelers secondary, so be forewarned.

Well, that's it for another installment of the IDP Wednesday. Hope you enjoyed and are as excited as I am about playoffs starting next week!!! See you next Wednesday.

Justin Curry

IDP Wednesday: Week 12

2009-11-24T06:36:00.001-08:00

By: Justin Curry (11/25/2009)

***Quick Note Before We Begin - This week, the Fantasy Football Librarian is having her First Annual FFLibrarian Readers' Choice poll.

One of the questions asks what your favorite IDP resource is. If you like my articles each week, I would appreciate it immensely if you would take the poll and vote for my site - Numbers and Guts.

I'm going up against some real big dogs in the industry, so I need all the help I can get. The poll is really quick as it only takes about two minutes to complete. Any help is truly appreciated. The poll can be taken by clicking here.

So, with that being said, lets get back to some IDP, my peeps!!!

IDP Wednesday is dedicated to the stepchildren of the Fantasy Football world - The Individual Defensive Players. It's broken up into the following six parts:

1. Bye-Week Fillers - This section is dedicated to the players who may not be great, but should have a solid, if not spectacular week because of the situation they're in this week.
2. Go and Get 'Em - This section is dedicated to players you should think about for the rest of the way.
3. The Favorable & Formidable Fives - This section lists the five best and worst teams allowing points to the DL, LB and DB positions this year.
4. IDP Opportunity - The average NFL game has 126 plays (average for one team is 63 offensive plays and 63 defensive plays). This section illustrates the top and bottom five teams that are above and below that average for both offense and defense showing you which IDP players are getting more opportunities to pad their stats.
5. Playoff Considerations - This section is devoted to what you need to be thinking about with the playoffs coming up.
6. IDP Injury Considerations - This section is devoted to who's out and who you should get as a replacement.

Hope you enjoy and please keep in mind that for the purposes of this article, I am excluding the top 20 linebackers, top 15 defensive backs and top 10 defensive linemen as I'm assuming that they are already on someone's team.

Bye-Week Fillers (Good for This Week)

Thus far this year, if you take out the bye-week recommendations that were benched after my original Wednesday posting (3 players) and players that were injured in the first half and didn't return (2 players), here are my averages for each position so far:

Using My Preferred IDP Scoring System

Solo	Assists	Sack	Int	FF	PD	TD
2	1	4	4	3	2	6

Avg. Return for Bye-Week Filler Positions I've Recommended

Position	Point Total That Week
LB	15
DB	12
DL	7

Week 10 Recommendations

DL

1. Cliff Avril (Detroit Lions - DE) - The last time Avril played Green Bay, he put up his best numbers of the year with six solo tackles, one assist, and one sack. Though he's been relatively quiet lately, I think he gets a little kick this week and becomes productive again.

2. Shaun Ellis (New York Jets - DE) - Carolina comes to town and they love helping DEs pad stats. Since Ellis is the best on the Jets at that position in my opinion, I believe he will be the primary beneficiary this week.

LB

1. Jerod Mayo (New England Patriots - ILB) - Through 11 weeks, there is no better team for an ILB to play than the New Orleans Saints. Mayo should turn an alright season into a very nice day this week and it should be close to this year's best for him.

2. Andra Davis (Denver Broncos - ILB) - The New York Giants are second to only the Saints in awarding ILBs points this year. Over the last two games, Davis has been productive and should continue this trend.

3. DeMeco Ryans (Houston Texans - MLB) - If you have Ryans on your team and are afraid to use him because of his up and down season, thus far, this is the week you must put him in. The Colts have been good to him over his career and this week should be no different.

DB

1. Bryan Scott (Buffalo Bills - DB/LB) - The match-up is only alright this week, but you have to ride this wave until it stops. If you have him, he's a must play every week until he proves otherwise.

2. Darcel McBath (Denver Broncos - FS) - With Brian Dawkins out because of injury this week and the pass-happy New York Giants coming to town, the stage is set for McBath to have a monster game that comes "out of nowhere."

3. Nick Harper (Tennessee Titans - CB) - Harper seems to have his best statistical games when he plays a team with a big name receiver. In comes Arizona who has two of them. I expect very solid numbers from Harper this week.

Go and Get 'Em (Worth Considering Over the Long Term)

DL

Previous Recommendations I Still Like:

John Abraham/Chris Kelsay Best Match-Up, Andre Carter, Elvis Dumervil, James Hall, Anthony Hargrove, Robaire Smith, Jason Taylor, "Stylez G" White, Jimmy Wilkerson

This Week:

1. David Bowens (Cleveland Browns - LB/DE) - If Bowens is eligible to be a DL in your league, you need to jump on this one right now. Over the last two weeks, Bowens is averaging six solo tackles, two assists, two sacks and has a forced fumble. Couple that with a very good fantasy playoff schedule and he could be very good the rest of the way for you.

LB

Previous Recommendations I Still Like:

Nick Barnett, David Bowens, Keith Brooking, Keith Bulluck, Channing Crowder, Brian Cushing, Andra Davis, Justin Durant, Larry Foote, David Hawthorne, LeRoy Hill, Hunter Hillenmeyer, Thomas Howard, Kaluka Maiava, Calvin Pace, Mike Peterson, Paul Posluszney, Stephen Tulloch, Will Witherspoon

This Week:

1. Michael Boley (New York Giants - OLB) - Though the remainder of his schedule this year is rather tough, you still need to consider picking him up for the rest of the way. Over the last two games, he's averaging nine solo tackles, one assist, has one sack, and has one pass deflection. To make things even better, Antonio Pierce looks like he's going to be out for awhile, so he has no one to really compete with him for tackles.

2. Kevin Burnett (San Diego Chargers - ILB) - Since returning from injury, Burnett has averaged seven solo tackles, two assists, one sack, and has one pass deflection. If you're hurting and LB, you might want to ride this until it slows down.

3. Channing Crowder (Miami Dolphins - ILB) - Over the past two weeks, Crowder is averaging seven solo tackles and has one sack. Though this week should be another slow one for him, weeks 13 - 16 should be very good with him playing New England, Jacksonville, Tennessee and Houston.

DB

Previous Recommendations I Still Like:

Jordan Babineaux, Atari Bigby, Tyvon Branch, Mike Brown, Melvin Bullitt, Erik Coleman, Thomas DeCoud, Louis Delmas, Reed Doughty, Abram Elam, Deshon Goldson, Chris Harris, LaRon Landry, Michael Lewis, Brandon McGowan, Chinedum Ndukwe, Bernard Pollard, Gerald Sensabaugh, Donte Whitner/George Wilson, Antoine Winfield

This Week:

1. Bryan Scott (Buffalo Bills - DB/WLB) - Couple his DB eligibility with Keith Ellison being put on I.R. late last week and Scott should finish off the year in very productive fashion. Over the last two games that he's been moved to WLB, he is averaging nine solo tackles, one assist, has one sack, one forced fumble, and one pass deflection. If he's available, get him immediately

2. Nick Harper (Tennessee Titans - CB) - Back from injury last week, Harper continued the very productive pace he was on before his injury with six solo tackles, one assist and one pass deflection. If you take out the games he's missed this year, Harper is averaging six solo tackles, two assists and about one pass deflection a game this year.

3. Antoine Winfield (Minnesota Vikings - CB) - This is the last chance to jump on-board this train before it leaves the station. It looks like this is the week he comes back into the lineup. Winfield is a Top 10 DB when healthy.

Favorable & Formidable Fives

As one looks at the Favorable portion below, you will notice that you want your DL players to play Green Bay and your LB and DB players to play New Orleans.

As for the Formidable portion, DLs haven't been successful against Dallas' o-line, linebackers aren't productive against Philadelphia and you already knew to stay away from Oakland with your DBs.

Favorable (Ordered w/ Best Team to Play First & Weekly Opponent)

Rank	DL	Opp.	LB	Opp.	DB	Opp.
1	GB	DET	NO	NE	NO	NE
2	NE	NO	NYG	DEN	NYG	DEN
3	SF	JAC	NE	NO	DEN	NYG
4	KC	DEN	CLE	CIN	CIN	CLE
5	JAC	SF	CAR	NYJ	CAR	NYJ

Formidable (Ordered w/ Worst Team to Play First & Weekly Opponent)

Rank	DL	Opp.	LB	Opp.	DB	Opp.
1	DAL	OAK	PHI	WAS	OAK	DAL
2	ATL	TB	ATL	TB	SF	JAC
3	IND	HOU	GB	DET	BUF	MIA
4	NYG	DEN	SD	KC	STL	SEA
5	MIN	CHI	DEN	NYG	PHI	WAS

IDP Opportunity

As mentioned at the beginning of this post, these four charts are to illustrate which players are actually getting more opportunities to fill up their stat sheet just because they are on a certain team.

Offensively, what can be gained from these first two charts along with the 'Favorable & Formidable Fives' section is that you want your safeties and linebackers to go up against New England and New Orleans. If you have a DB going up against Oakland, bench him.

As far as the defensive play portion (bottom two charts), I've added a new column that shows you over the course of the year what these averages translate to. For example, the average total of defensive plays per team is 628. As you can see from the two defensive charts below, right now, Buffalo is 67 plays ahead of that average, meaning they have had 67 more plays this year on defense than the average team in the NFL to make tackles, etc. Conversely, the New York Giants are 68 plays below the average in the NFL for total number of defensive plays, meaning they have had 68 fewer opportunities to make tackles, etc. Through ten games for every NFL team, the difference between the total number of defensive plays for Buffalo and the total number of defensive plays for the New York Giants is 135 total defensive plays. This total is equivalent to more than two extra games for the average NFL defensive player.

Most Amount of Offensive Plays per Game Avg. (League Avg. is 62.8)

Team	Plays	Pass	Rush
New England	70.2	40.4	28.4
New York Giants	66.6	33.8	31.2
Green Bay	66.3	34.4	27.6
Detroit	66.3	38.1	25.2
Miami	65.8	30.1	33.4

Least Amount of Offensive Plays per Game Avg. (League Avg. is 62.8)

Team	Plays	Pass	Rush
Oakland	55.7	26.9	26.1
San Francisco	56.3	31.1	22.1
Buffalo	57.6	29.1	25.8
Tampa Bay	59.3	32.9	24.1
San Diego	59.4	32.1	25.3

Most Amount of Defensive Plays per Game Avg. (League Avg. is 62.8, Average Total Defensive Plays for the Season is 627.78)

Team	Plays	Total Above Average	Pass	Rush
Buffalo	69.4	67	33.4	34.1
Cleveland	67.4	47	32.0	33.5
San Francisco	67.2	45	38.3	27.0
Oakland	66.9	42	28.7	36.0
Kansas City	66.1	34	33.6	31.0

Least Amount of Defensive Plays per Game Avg. (League Avg. is 62.8, Average Total Defensive Plays for the Season is 627.78)

Team	Plays	Total Below Average	Pass	Rush
New York Giants	56.0	-68	29.7	24.1
Green Bay	58.0	-48	31.1	24.8
New England	58.0	-48	31.6	24.6
Pittsburgh	59.0	-38	35.7	20.3
Houston	59.4	-34	32.9	25.2

Playoff Considerations

If you're at a point where you're wondering what the SoS (Strength of Schedule) is like for the IDPers on your squad, take a look at this great recommendation from the Fantasy Football Librarian:

FFToolbox.com's SoS Application

Not quite sure the methodology behind it and would like to see it broken out into DE, ILB, OLB, SS, FS & CB, but I have a feeling those will be coming in the future. With that said, seriously, is there a better SoS fantasy football tool on the web?! If there is, I haven't found it yet.

After doing my own analysis for weeks 14 through 16, weighing week 14 slightly more than 15, and week 15 slightly more than 16, here is my SoS for the fantasy playoffs this year:

Most Favorable SoS (Weeks 14 - 16)

	DL	LB	DB
1	NE	JAC	CAR
2	CHI	CAR	MIN
3	SEA	STL	TB
4	BUF	MIA	GB
5	CLE	ATL	PHI

Least Favorable SoS (Weeks 14 - 16)

	DL	LB	DB
1	SD	NO	DEN
2	NO	CHI	ARI
3	NYJ	NYJ	KC
4	WAS	ARI	PIT
5	DEN	SEA	DET

IDP Injury Considerations

DLs

Player	Pos	Return	You Want
Richard Seymour	DL	Might Return This Week	Elsewhere
Terrell Suggs	DL	Out Indefinitely	Jarrett Johnson
Antwan Odom	DL	Out Rest of Season	Michael Johnson
Kris Jenkins	DL	Out Rest of Season	Elsewhere

LBs

Player	Pos	Return	You Want
Lawrence Timmons	LB	Returned Last Week
Justin Durant	LB	Should Return This Week
Keith Rivers	LB	Might Return This Week	Dehani Jones
David Thornton	LB	Might Return This Week	Elsewhere
Ernie Sims	LB	Out Indefinitely	DeAndre Levy
Landon Johnson	LB	Out Indefinitely	James Anderson
Akeem Jordan	LB	Out Indefinitely	Will Witherspoon
Brian Urlacher	LB	Out Rest of Season	Nick Roach
Lofa Tatupu	LB	Out Rest of Season	David Hawthorne
D'Qwell Jackson	LB	Out Rest of Season	Kaluka Maiava
Omar Gaither	LB	Out Rest of Season	Will Witherspoon
Pisa Tinoisama	LB	Out Rest of Season	Nick Roach
Eric Barton	LB	Out Rest of Season	David Veikune
Thomas Davis	LB	Out Rest of Season	Landon Johnson
Antonio Pierce	LB	Out Rest of Season	Michael Boley
Keith Ellison	LB	Out Rest of Season	Bryan Scott

DBs

Player	Pos	Return	You Want
Donte Whitner	DB	Returned Last Week
Nick Harper	DB	Returned Last Week
Michael Lewis	DB	Returned Last Week
Al Afalava	DB	Returned Last Week
Antoine Winfield	DB	Should Return This Week
Jairus Byrd	DB	Should Return This Week
Troy Polamalu	DB	Out Until Week 13-15	Tyrone Carter
Nate Clements	DB	Out Until Week 14-16	Dashon Goldson
Ko Simpson	DB	Out Indefinitely	Marvin White
Brian Dawkins	DB	Out Indefinitely	Darcel McBath
Tracy Porter	DB	Out Indefinitely	Darren Sharper
Chris Horton	DB	Out Rest of Season	Reed Doughty
Jermaine Phillips	DB	Out Rest of Season	Sabby Piscitelli
Daniel Bullocks	DB	Out Rest of Season	Louis Delmas
Kenny Phillips	DB	Out Rest of Season	C.C. Brown
Will Allen	DB	Out Rest of Season	Elsewhere
Jarrad Page	DB	Out Rest of Season	Mike Brown
Roy Williams	DB	Out Rest of Season	Chinedum Ndukwe
Al Harris	DB	Out Rest of Season	Tramon Williams

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-Justin Curry

IDP Wednesday: Week 11

2009-11-18T00:01:00.000-08:00

By: Justin Curry (11/18/2009)

IDP Wednesday is dedicated to the stepchildren of the Fantasy Football world - The Individual Defensive Players. It's broken up into the following six parts:

1. Bye-Week Fillers - This section is dedicated to the players who may not be great, but should have a solid, if not spectacular week because of the situation they're in this week.
2. Go and Get 'Em - This section is dedicated to players you should think about for the rest of the way.
3. The Favorable & Formidable Fives - This section lists the five best and worst teams allowing points to the DL, LB and DB positions this year.
4. IDP Opportunity - The average NFL game has 126 plays (average for one team is 63 offensive plays and 63 defensive plays). This section illustrates the top and bottom five teams that are above and below that average for both offense and defense showing you which IDP players are getting more opportunities to pad their stats.
5. Playoff Considerations - This section is devoted to what you need to be thinking about with the playoffs coming up.
6. IDP Injury Considerations - This section is devoted to who's out and who you should get as a replacement.

Hope you enjoy and please keep in mind that for the purposes of this article, I am excluding the top 20 linebackers, top 15 defensive backs and top 10 defensive linemen as I'm assuming that they are already on someone's team.

Bye-Week Fillers (Good for This Week)

On to this weeks picks:

Thus far this year, if you take out the bye-week recommendations that were benched after my original Wednesday posting (3 players) and players that were injured in the first half and didn't return (2 players), here are my averages for each position so far:

Using My Preferred IDP Scoring System

Solo	Assists	Sack	Int	FF	PD	TD
2	1	4	4	3	2	6

Avg. Return for Bye-Week Filler Positions I've Recommended

Position	Point Total That Week
LB	16
DB	13
DL	8

Week 10 Recommendations

DL

1. Chris Kelsay (Buffalo Bills - DE) - Using the Abraham/Kelsay match-up play strategy, this week, week will be inserting Chris Kelsay. The Jags are usually very good to opposing DEs and this one should be no different.

2. Justin Smith (San Francisco 49ers - DE) - This is the game Smith gets out of his three game funk and goes off. If he can't do it against the worst offensive line in football, he never will.

LB

1. Channing Crowder (Miami Dolphins - ILB) - Crowder came back with a vengence last week with 9 solo tackles and a sack. Miami goes to Carolina this week without Ronnie Brown. Since the Dolphins won't be able to control the clock without him, he should have another great game this week.

2. Lawrence Timmons (Pittsburgh Steelers - ILB) - The Chiefs have been surprisingly good to the LB position this year. Timmons should continue to get better and so should his numbers this week.

3. Nick Barnett (Green Bay Packers - ILB) - Barnett has continued to impress over the last seven games. Even last week against the supposed worst team for a LB to play - the Cowboys - he had six solo tackles, 2 assists and 2 sacks. San Francisco is a much better match-up for him, so I think he continues this.

DB

1. Tanard Jackson (Tampa Bay Buccaneers - FS) - Jackson has been rollin' lately. In comes the Saints for him to feast on.

2. Thomas DeCoud (Atlanta Falcons - FS) - DeCoud has slowed down lately. With that said, he goes to play the Giants this week and will get back on track as they are the second best team in the NFL to give points to safeties this year.

3. Chris Harris (Carolina Panthers - SS) - Harris has been relatively quiet since he's been back, but should be a very good play against a good match-up with Miami coming in.

Go and Get 'Em (Worth Considering Over the Long Term)

DL

Previous Recommendations I Still Like:

John Abraham/Chris Kelsay Best Match-Up, Andre Carter, Elvis Dumervil, James Hall, Anthony Hargrove, Robaire Smith, Jason Taylor, "Stylez G" White, Jimmy Wilkerson,

This Week:

1. Robaire Smith (Cleveland Browns - DE) - Smith has averaged six solo tackles and two assists over the last three games. With Detroit coming in this weekend, that trend shouldn't change.

LB

Previous Recommendations I Still Like:

Nick Barnett, Keith Brooking, Keith Bulluck, Brian Cushing, Andra Davis, Justin Durant, Larry Foote, David Hawthorne, LeRoy Hill, Hunter Hillenmeyer, Thomas Howard, Landon Johnson, Kaluka Maiava, Calvin Pace, Mike Peterson, Paul Posluszney, Stephen Tulloch, Will Witherspoon
This Week:

1. David Bowens (Cleveland Browns - OLB) - Last week, Bowens had seven solo tackles, two assists and two sacks. It looks like he is the one the will be benefiting from the injuries to D'Qwell Jackson and Eric Barton going forward.

2. Channing Crowder (Miami Dolphins - ILB) - As mentioned in the earlier section, Crowder had nine solo tackles and one sack. With a very favorable playoff schedule, now is the time to pick him up.

3. Nick Barnett (Green Bay Packers - ILB) - Another player mentioned earlier, Barnett has been really productive for awhile now, even with bad match-ups. His numbers should continue to stay solid the rest of the way.

DB

Previous Recommendations I Still Like:

Jordan Babineaux, Atari Bigby, Tyvon Branch, C.C. Brown, Mike Brown, Melvin Bullitt, Erik Coleman, Thomas DeCoud, Louis Delmas, Reed Doughty, Abram Elam, Deshon Goldson, Chris Harris, LaRon Landry, Michael Lewis (Injured), Brandon McGowan, Bernard Pollard, Gerald Sensabaugh, Donte Whitner (Injured)/George Wilson

This Week:

1. Chinedum Ndukwe (Cincinnati Bengals - SS) - With the Bengals putting Roy Williams on I.R., Ndukwe should step up nicely and finish out the year with very productive numbers. In the four games he's started this year, he's averaging about six solo tackles and one assist.

2. Reed Doughty (Washington Redskins - SS) - With Chris Horton being shelved due to injury for the next couple of weeks, Doughty should be the beneficiary of some really nice IDP production until Horton comes back.

3. Antoine Winfield (Minnesota Vikings - CB) - Though I think it will be another week until he plays, Winfield should be picked up now as it's rare to find a potential Top 5 DB on the waiver wire this late in the season. Winfield should start getting healthy and really producing for you right in time for the playoffs this year which is when you really want him.

Favorable & Formidable Fives

As one looks at the Favorable portion below, you will notice that you want your DL players to play Green Bay and your LB and DB players to play New Orleans.

As for the Formidable portion, DLs haven't been successful against Dallas' o-line, linebackers aren't productive against Philadelphia and you already knew to stay away from Oakland with your DBs. One other note, though they haven't been represented yet in these charts below, St. Louis has been just an awful place for MLBs to play these past three games. In those contests, MLBs are only averaging 3 solo tackles, so be cautious if your guys play the Rams and truly think about benching them no matter who they are.

Favorable (Ordered w/ Best Team to Play First & Weekly Opponent)

Rank	DL	Opp.	LB	Opp.	DB	Opp.
1	GB	SF	NO	TB	NO	TB
2	NYJ	NE	CAR	MIA	NYG	ATL
3	JAC	BUF	NE	TB	SEA	MIN
4	WAS	DEN	MIA	CAR	ARI	STL
5	KC	PIT	KC	PIT	ATL	NYG

Formidable (Ordered w/ Worst Team to Play First & Weekly Opponent)

Rank	DL	Opp.	LB	Opp.	DB	Opp.
1	DAL	WAS	GB	SF	OAK	CIN
2	DEN	SD	DAL	WAS	SF	GB
3	ATL	NYG	ATL	NYG	BUF	JAC
4	CIN	OAK	SD	DEN	CLE	DET
5	IND	BAL	DEN	SD	GB	SF

IDP Opportunity

As mentioned at the beginning of this post, these four charts are to illustrate which players are actually getting more opportunities to fill up their stat sheet just because they are on a certain team.

Offensively, what can be gained from these first two charts along with the 'Favorable & Formidable Fives' section is that you want your safeties and linebackers to go up against New England and New Orleans. If you have a DB going up against Oakland, bench him. If you have a linebacker going up against St. Louis, also bench him.

As far as the defensive play portion (bottom two charts), I've added a new column that shows you over the course of the year what these averages translate to. For example, the average total of defensive plays per team is 561. As you can see from the two defensive charts below, right now, Buffalo and Cleveland are 67 more plays ahead of that average meaning they have had 67 more plays this year on defense than the average team in the NFL to make tackles, etc. Conversely, the New York Giants are 79 plays below the average in the NFL for number of defensive plays meaning they have had 79 fewer opportunities to make tackles, etc. Through nine games for every NFL team, the difference between the total number of defensive plays for Buffalo and the total number of defensive plays for the New York Giants is 146 total defensive plays which is equivalent to more than two extra games for the average NFL defensive player.

Most Amount of Offensive Plays per Game Avg. (League Avg. is 62.7)

Team	Plays	Pass	Rush
New England	69.3	40.3	27.7
Seattle	68.0	41.1	24.3
Detroit	66.9	37.6	26.1
New York Giants	66.7	33.2	31.8
Miami	66.4	30.2	33.7

Least Amount of Offensive Plays per Game Avg. (League Avg. is 62.7)

Team	Plays	Pass	Rush
Oakland	55.4	26.1	26.3
San Francisco	57.4	30.9	23.4
Cleveland	58.2	29.1	26.4
Buffalo	58.2	28.9	26.6
San Diego	58.8	33.2	23.3

Most Amount of Defensive Plays per Game Avg. (League Avg. is 62.8, Average Total Defensive Plays for the Season is 560.75)

Team	Plays	Total Above Average	Pass	Rush
Buffalo	69.8	67	33.8	34.1
Cleveland	69.4	52	32.2	35.1
Oakland	66.8	40	29.4	35.2
San Francisco	65.9	32	37.6	26.4
Tennessee	65.7	30	38.7	24.7

Least Amount of Defensive Plays per Game Avg. (League Avg. is 62.8, Average Total Defensive Plays for the Season is 560.75)

Team	Plays	Total Below Average	Pass	Rush
New York Giants	53.6	-79	27.9	23.4
Houston	58.9	-31	34.1	23.3
New England	59.0	-30	32.8	24.4
Green Bay	59.3	-27	30.9	26.4
Pittsburgh	59.4	-26	36.3	20.3

Playoff Considerations

If you're at a point where you're wondering what the SOS (Strength of Schedule) is like for the IDPers on your squad, take a look at this great recommendation from the Fantasy Football Librarian:

FFToolbox.com's SOS Application

Not quite sure the methodology behind it and would like to see it broken out into DE, ILB, OLB, SS, FS & CB, but I have a feeling those will be coming in the future. With that said, seriously, is there a better SOS fantasy football tool on the web?! If there is, I haven't found it yet.

IDP Injury Considerations

Player	Pos	Return	You Want
Bryan Scott	LB	Returned Last Week
Lawrence Timmons	LB	Might Return This Week	James Farrior
Ricky Brown	LB	Might Return This Week	John Alston
David Thornton	LB	Out Indefinitely	Gerald McRath
Ernie Sims	LB	Out Indefinitely	DeAndre Levy
Keith Rivers	LB	Out Indefinitely	Dehani Jones
Brian Urlacher	LB	Out Rest of Season	Nick Roach
Lofa Tatupu	LB	Out Rest of Season	David Hawthorne
D'Qwell Jackson	LB	Out Rest of Season	Kaluka Maiava
Omar Gaither	LB	Out Rest of Season	Will Witherspoon
Pisa Tinoisama	LB	Out Rest of Season	Nick Roach
Eric Barton	LB	Out Rest of Season	David Veikune
Thomas Davis	LB	Out Rest of Season	Landon Johnson
Donte Whitner	DB	Should Return This Week
Nick Harper	DB	Might Return This Week	Elsewhere
Antoine Winfield	DB	Might Return This Week	Benny Sapp
Troy Polamalu	DB	Out Until Week 13-15	Tyrone Carter
Chris Horton	DB	Out Until Week 13-15	Reid Doughty
Nate Clements	DB	Out Until Week 14-16	Dashon Goldson
Tracy Porter	DB	Out Indefinitely	Darren Sharper
Jim Leonhard	DB	Out Indefinitely	Eric Smith
Michael Lewis	DB	Out Indefinitely	Deshon Goldson
Al Afalava	DB	Out Indefinitely	Elsewhere
Jermaine Phillips	DB	Out Rest of Season	Sabby Piscitelli
Daniel Bullocks	DB	Out Rest of Season	Louis Delmas
Kenny Phillips	DB	Out Rest of Season	C.C. Brown
Will Allen	DB	Out Rest of Season	Elsewhere
Jarrad Page	DB	Out Rest of Season	Mike Brown
Roy Williams	DB	Out Rest of Season	Chinedum Ndukwe
Justin Tuck	DL	Out Indefinitely	Elsewhere
Antwan Odom	DL	Out Rest of Season	Michael Johnson
Kris Jenkins	DL	Out Rest of Season	Elsewhere

IDP Wednesday: Week 10

2009-11-11T00:00:00.000-08:00

By: Justin Curry (11/11/2009)

IDP Wednesday is dedicated to the stepchildren of the Fantasy Football world - The Individual Defensive Players. It's broken up into the following six parts:

1. Bye-Week Fillers - This section is dedicated to the players who may not be great, but should have a solid, if not spectacular week because of the situation they're in this week.
2. Go and Get 'Em - This section is dedicated to players you should think about for the rest of the way.
3. The Favorable & Formidable Fives - This section lists the five best and worst teams allowing points to the DL, LB and DB positions this year.
4. IDP Opportunity - The average NFL game has 126 plays (average for one team is 63 offensive plays and 63 defensive plays). This section illustrates the top and bottom five teams that are above and below that average for both offense and defense showing you which IDP players are getting more opportunities to pad their stats.
5. Playoff Considerations - This section is devoted to what you need to be thinking about with the playoffs coming up.
6. IDP Injury Considerations - This section is devoted to who's out and who you should get as a replacement.

Hope you enjoy and please keep in mind that for the purposes of this article, I am excluding the top 20 linebackers, top 15 defensive backs and top 10 defensive linemen as I'm assuming that they are already on someone's team.

Bye-Week Fillers (Good for This Week)

Byes Week 10: Houston and New York Giants

Well, my calls on White, Abraham and the three linebackers were right on from last week. Though the DBs did alright, they didn't do nearly what I thought they would. Anyways, on to this weeks picks:

Thus far this year, if you take out the bye-week recommendations that were benched after my original Wednesday posting (2 players) and players that were injured in the first half and didn't return (2 players), here are my averages for each position so far:

Using My Preferred IDP Scoring System

Solo	Assists	Sack	Int	FF	PD	TD
2	1	4	4	3	2	6

Avg. Return for Bye-Week Filler Positions I've Recommended

Position	Point Total That Week
LB	16
DB	13
DL	9

Week 10 Recommendations

DL

1. John Abraham (Atlanta Falcons - DE) - Using my 'Abraham/Kelsay Combo Method' that I describe a little later on in the 'Go and Get 'Em' section, for this week, we will be putting in John Abraham who goes up against one of the best teams in the NFL for a DE to face - the Carolina Panthers.

2. Marques Douglas (New York Jets - DE) - Currently, Douglas is averaging about four tackles a game and has 1 1/2 sacks on the year. He gets Jacksonville this week who is a top five play for a DE. He should be very solid this week.

LB

1. Hunter Hillenmeyer (Chicago Bears - MLB) - With five solo tackles and five assists, Hillenmeyer had a very productive game last week against the Cardinals. This week, Hillenmeyer goes to San Francisco who is also a top five team for a MLB to play. Expect about the same numbers at the end of the day for him.

2. DeMarcus Ware (Dallas Cowboys - OLB) - In sack-heavy formats, Ware should be used this week. He goes to Green Bay and there is simply no one on that offensive line that can stop him. He should have a very nice day against the Packers.

3. Clint Session (Indianapolis Colts - WLB) - Over the last two games, Session has averaged 11 total tackles (10 solo's) and should continue a similar pace against New England this week.

DB

1. Donte Whitner (Buffalo Bills - SS) - It sounds like Whitner will be back this week. With Jairus Byrd playing so well, I believe Byrd will continue playing at FS while Whitner will move to his preferred role at SS. I'm telling you, people, get on this freight train before it leaves the station as he is going to be a monster for the second-half of the season. If for some reason Whitner can't go, Bryan Scott will be the one you want in his place as he's finally back this week.

2. Melvin Bullitt (Indianapolis Colts - SS) - New England has been one of the better teams all year for safeties to play and this should be no different for Bullitt. Expect solid numbers for him against the Patriots.

3. Ron Bartell (St. Louis Rams - CB) - Bartell has quietly had a very productive season, thus far. With New Orleans coming in to play the Rams this week, this has the potential to be his best game of the season. Use him with confidence.

Go and Get 'Em (Worth Considering Over the Long Term)

DL

Previous Recommendations I Still Like:

Andre Carter, Elvis Dumervil, James Hall, Anthony Hargrove, Robaire Smith, Jason Taylor, "Stylez G" White, Jimmy Wilkerson,

This Week:

1. John Abraham & Chris Kelsay Combo Method (Atlanta Falcons & Buffalo Bills - DE) - For all of you who weren't fortunate enough to get Jared Allen, Elvis Dumervil, Aaron Schobel or Andre Carter, I have a pretty good strategy for you to implement the rest of the way. I call it the Abraham/Kelsay Combo Method. Simply put, we are going to play Top 10 match-ups from now through week 16 using two pretty solid guys to try and make one studly producer each and every week. To implement this strategy, play the following player for each given week:

Week 10: John Abraham vs. Carolina
Week 11: Chris Kelsay vs. Jacksonville
Week 12: Chris Kelsay vs. Miami
Week 13: Chris Kelsay vs. New York Jets
Week 14: Chris Kelsay vs. Kansas City
Week 15: John Abraham vs. New York Jets
Week 16: John Abraham vs. Buffalo

LB

Previous Recommendations I Still Like:

Nick Barnett, Keith Brooking, Keith Bulluck, Brian Cushing, Andra Davis, Justin Durant, Larry Foote, David Hawthorne, LeRoy Hill, Hunter Hillenmeyer, Thomas Howard, Kaluka Maiava, Calvin Pace, Mike Peterson, Paul Posluszney, Stephen Tulloch, Will Witherspoon

This Week:

1. Landon Johnson (Carolina Panthers - WLB) - Well, to all you Thomas Davis owners who were able to ride the tsunami season known as Thomas Davis, welcome back to the real world where you actually have to worry about your linebacker not producing. Though I don't believe Johnson will be nearly as productive as I think this more helps Beason's numbers over the long term, Johnson still needs to be picked up to see what he can do in the interim.

2. Kaluka Maiava (Cleveland Browns - ILB) - As I wrote last week, since the injury of D'Qwell Jackson, Maiava has averaged four solo tackles, one assist, has one forced fumble and one pass deflection. Maiava is an average linebacker in a spectacular position the rest of the way. I believe his numbers are going to be a little better than what they have been for the rest of the way, so I recommend you getting him.

3. Hunter Hillenmeyer (Chicago Bears - MLB) - It's very hard to find a MLB in a 4-3 this late in the game. Hillenmeyer is just that. Though his numbers haven't been great, they are at least worth rostering in leagues that play two or three linebackers each week. Even though his schedule the rest of the way is pretty rough (well, other than this week against San Francisco where he should have a pretty good game) , I still think he will be a guy who gets you four to five solo tackles and one or two assists each week going forward. If that's better than what you are currently receiving from your starting LB spot, you should get him.

Other LB Notes:

1. David Hawthorne (Seattle Seahawks - MLB) - He is a monster and should be picked-up and used every week in all formats.
2. LeRoy Hill (Seattle Seahawks - WLB) - Has averaged 5.5 solo tackles and .5 assists since his return two weeks ago.

DB

Previous Recommendations I Still Like:

Jordan Babineaux, Atari Bigby, Tyvon Branch, C.C. Brown, Mike Brown, Erik Coleman, Thomas DeCoud, Louis Delmas, Reed Doughty, Abram Elam, Deshon Goldson, Chris Harris, Michael Lewis (Injured), Brandon McGowan, Bernard Pollard, Gerald Sensabaugh, Donte Whitner (Injured)/George Wilson

This Week:

1. LaRon Landry (Washington Redskins - FS) - Over the course of this year, Landry has averaged roughly five solo tackles and one assist. With a schedule which is very favorable to putting up a lot of points for the second half of the season (Dallas twice, Philadelphia, New Orleans, New York Giants and San Diego), Landry should be owned in all formats going forward as his production should increase.

2. Melvin Bullitt (Indianapolis Colts - SS) - With the oft-injured Bob Sanders now on injured reserve, Bullitt is a must add in all formats. Last week against Houston, Bullitt had seven solo tackles. That pace should continue this week against New England, as well.

3. Ron Bartell (St. Louis Rams - CB) - Somewhat quietly, Bartell has had a very productive year. On the season, he is averaging six solo tackles a game, has three forced fumbles, and three pass deflections. Like Landry above, Bartell has a very favorable second-half schedule (Arizona twice, New Orleans, Seattle, Chicago, and Houston). His production should also increase from where it currently has been.

Other DB Notes:

1. Antoine Winfield (Minnesota Vikings - CB) - Out Indefinitely - Benny Sapp is the replacement.

Favorable & Formidable Fives

As one looks at the Favorable portion below, you will notice that you want your DL players to play Green Bay and your LB and DB players to play New Orleans.

As for the Formidable portion, DLs haven't been successful against Dallas' o-line, linebackers aren't productive against Philadelphia and you already knew to stay away from Oakland with your DBs. One other note, though they haven't been represented yet in these charts below, St. Louis has been just an awful place for MLBs to play these past three games. In those contests, MLBs are only averaging 3 solo tackles, so be cautious if your guys play the Rams and truly think about benching them no matter who they are.

Favorable (Ordered w/ Best Team to Play First & Weekly Opponent)

Rank	DL	Opp.	LB	Opp.	DB	Opp.
1	GB	DAL	NO	STL	NO	STL
2	CAR	ATL	CAR	ATL	NYG	BYE
3	NYJ	JAC	MIA	TB	ATL	CAR
4	WAS	DEN	SF	CHI	SEA	ARI
5	MIA	TB	CIN	PIT	PIT	CIN

Formidable (Ordered w/ Worst Team to Play First & Weekly Opponent)

Rank	DL	Opp.	LB	Opp.	DB	Opp.
1	DAL	GB	GB	DAL	OAK	KC
2	DEN	WAS	DAL	GB	SF	CHI
3	ATL	CAR	PHI	SD	BUF	TEN
4	CIN	PIT	ATL	CAR	CLE	BAL
5	IND	NE	TB	MIA	STL	NO

Team	Plays	Pass	Rush
New England	69.0	40	28
New Orleans	67.0	33	32
New York Giants	66.7	33	32
Seattle	66.4	40	24
Miami	66.3	30	33

Least Amount of Offensive Plays per Game Avg. (League Avg. is 62.6)

Team	Plays	Pass	Rush
Oakland	54.4	25	26
Cleveland	57.9	29	26
San Francisco	58.0	32	23
Buffalo	58.3	28	27
Tampa Bay	59.0	34	24

Most Amount of Defensive Plays per Game Avg. (League Avg. is 62.6)

Team	Plays	Pass	Rush
Buffalo	71.0	35	34
Cleveland	69.4	32	35
Oakland	66.8	29	36
Tennessee	66.6	39	25
Philadelphia	65.9	35	27

Least Amount of Defensive Plays per Game Avg. (League Avg. is 62.6)

Team	Plays	Pass	Rush
New York Giants	53.6	28	23
New England	58.5	31	25
Carolina	58.8	29	28
Houston	58.9	34	23
Green Bay	59.5	30	28

Playoff Considerations

If your at a point where you're wondering what the SOS (Strength of Schedule) is like for the IDPers on your squad, take a look at this great recommendation from the Fantasy Football Librarian:

FFToolbox.com's SOS Application

Not quite sure the methodology behind it and would like to see it broken out into DE, ILB, OLB, SS, FS & CB, but I have a feeling those will be coming in the future. With that said, seriously, is there a better SOS fantasy football tool on the web?! If there is, I haven't found it yet.

IDP Injury Considerations

Player	Pos	Return	You Want
Scott Fujita	LB	Should Return This Week
Lawrence Timmons	LB	Might Return This Week	James Farrior
Ricky Brown	LB	Might Return This Week	John Alston
David Thornton	LB	Out Indefinitely	Gerald McRath
Ernie Sims	LB	Out Indefinitely	DeAndre Levy
Keith Rivers	LB	Out Indefinitely	Dehani Jones
Brian Urlacher	LB	Out Rest of Season	Nick Roach
Lofa Tatupu	LB	Out Rest of Season	David Hawthorne
D'Qwell Jackson	LB	Out Rest of Season	Kaluka Maiava
Omar Gaither	LB	Out Rest of Season	Will Witherspoon
Pisa Tinoisama	LB	Out Rest of Season	Nick Roach
Eric Barton	LB	Out Rest of Season	David Veikune
Thomas Davis	LB	Out Rest of Season	Landon Johnson
Roy Williams	DB	Should Return This Week
Bryan Scott	DB	Should Return This Week
Donte Whitner	DB	Might Return This Week	Jairus Byrd
Nick Harper	DB	Might Return This Week	Elsewhere
Antoine Winfield	DB	Out Until Week 11-13	Benny Sapp
Nate Clements	DB	Out Until Week 14-16	Dashon Goldson
Chris Horton	DB	Out Until Week 13-15	Reid Doughty
Michael Lewis	DB	Out Indefinitely	Deshon Goldson
Al Afalava	DB	Out Indefinitely	Elsewhere
Jermaine Phillips	DB	Out Rest of Season	Sabby Piscitelli
Daniel Bullocks	DB	Out Rest of Season	Louis Delmas
Kenny Phillips	DB	Out Rest of Season	C.C. Brown
Will Allen	DB	Out Rest of Season	Elsewhere
Jarrad Page	DB	Out Rest of Season	Mike Brown
Greg Ellis	DL	Out Until Week 11	Elsewhere
Justin Tuck	DL	Out Indefinitely	Elsewhere
Antwan Odom	DL	Out Rest of Season	Michael Johnson
Kris Jenkins	DL	Out Rest of Season	Elsewhere