Week 15 IDP Rankings

Let’s jump right into our Week 15 IDP Rankings of each position, according to tackle-heavy scoring formats, enjoy.

 

**Note: IDP scoring format vary greatly from league to league, the rankings below will be listed based upon the following scoring format.**

 

• Solo tackle: 2 points
• Assisted tackle: 1 point
• Tackle for loss: 1 point
• Sack: 3 points
• Interception: 3 points
• Forced fumble: 3 points
• Fumble recovery: 3 points
• Defensive TD: 6 points
• Safety: 2 points

 

Defensive Linemen

	DL	TEAM	OPP
1	Joey Bosa	LAC	@ KC
2	Calais Campbell	JAX	HOU
3	Demarcus Lawrence	DAL	@ OAK
4	Everson Griffen	MIN	CIN
5	Melvin Ingram	LAC	@ KC
6	Brandon Graham	PHI	@ NYG
7	Aaron Donald	LAR	@ SEA
8	Danielle Hunter	MIN	CIN
9	Akiem Hicks	CHI	@ DET
10	Khalil Mack	OAK	DAL
11	Cameron Jordan	NO	NYJ
12	Yannick Ngakoue	JAX	HOU
13	Myles Garrett	CLE	BAL
14	Cameron Heyward	PIT	NYJ
15	Jadeveon Clowney	HOU	@ JAX
16	Jason Pierre-Paul	NYG	PHI
17	Carlos Dunlap	CIN	@ MIN
18	Fletcher Cox	PHI	@ NYG
19	Ndamukong Suh	MIA	@ BUF
20	Mario Addison	CAR	GB
21	Trey Flowers	NE	@ PIT
22	DeForest Buckner	SF	TEN
23	Geno Atkins	CIN	@ MIN
24	Jurrell Casey	TEN	@ SF
25	Anthony Zettel	DET	CHI
26	Cameron Wake	MIA	@ BUF
27	Frank Clark	SEA	LAR
28	Olivier Vernon	NYG	PHI
29	Kawann Short	CAR	GB
30	Damon Harrison	NYG	PHI
31	Adrian Clayborn	ATL	@ TB
32	Brandon Williams	BAL	@ CLE
33	Michael Bennett	SEA	LAR
34	Muhammad Wilkerson	NYJ	@ NO
35	Linval Joseph	MIN	CIN
36	David Irving	DAL	@ OAK
37	Eric Lee	NE	@ PIT
38	A'Shawn Robinson	DET	CHI
39	Julius Peppers	CAR	GB
40	Mike Daniels	GB	@ CAR

Trending Up: Ezekiel Ansah (DE, DET)

Although he has been a bust for almost this entire season, Ezekiel Ansah has played well over the past three weeks, tallying a total of 13 solo tackles and two sacks in the Lions last three games. With Chicago, Cincinnati, and Green Bay on the schedule to finish the year, Ansah could seriously pad his stats and earn himself a much bigger contract next year on the open market.

Trending Down: Solomon Thomas (DE, SF)

49ers rookie defensive lineman Solomon Thomas has had many chances over the past month to break out and show he was worth the third overall selection in this year’s NFL Draft, but the rookie from Stanford just hasn’t been able to make an impact on the field yet. With only two sacks on the season, including zero in his last seven games, Thomas may need another full offseason of work with San Francisco for him to develop into the player they projected him to be.

 

Linebackers

	LB	TEAM	OPP
1	Luke Kuechly	CAR	GB
2	Joe Schobert	CLE	BAL
3	Deion Jones	ATL	@ TB
4	Telvin Smith	JAX	HOU
5	Reuben Foster	SF	TEN
6	Demario Davis	NYJ	@ NO
7	C.J. Mosley	BAL	@ CLE
8	Christian Kirksey	CLE	BAL
9	Blake Martinez	GB	@ CAR
10	Wesley Woodyard	TEN	@ SF
11	Lavonte David	TB	ATL
12	Mark Barron	LAR	@ SEA
13	Vince Williams	PIT	NE
14	Vontaze Burfict	CIN	@ MIN
15	Navorro Bowman	OAK	DAL
16	Tahir Whitehead	DET	CHI
17	Kiko Alonso	MIA	@ BUF
18	Sean Lee	DAL	@ OAK
19	Danny Trevathan	CHI	@ DET
20	Alec Ogletree	LAR	@ SEA
21	Darron Lee	NYJ	@ NO
22	Kwon Alexander	TB	ATL
23	Michael Wilhoite	SEA	LAR
24	Brandon Marshall	DEN	@ IND
25	Benardrick McKinney	HOU	@ JAX
26	Reggie Ragland	KC	LAC
27	Preston Brown	BUF	MIA
28	Craig Robertson	NO	NYJ
29	Lawrence Timmons	MIA	@ BUF
30	Mychal Kendricks	PHI	@ NYG
31	Denzel Perryman	LAC	@ KC
32	Deone Bucannon	ARI	@ WAS
33	Jon Bostic	IND	DEN
34	Anthony Hitchens	DAL	@ OAK
35	Zach Vigil	WAS	ARI
36	Matt Milano	BUF	MIA
37	Jarrad Davis	DET	CHI
38	Eric Kendricks	MIN	CIN
39	Zach Cunningham	HOU	@ JAX
40	Jordan Evans	CIN	@ MIN
41	Nigel Bradham	PHI	@ NYG
42	Myles Jack	JAX	HOU
43	Todd Davis	CIN	@ MIN
44	Kyle Van Noy	NE	@ PIT
45	Justin Houston	KC	LAC
46	Nick Kwiatkoski	CHI	@ DET
47	B.J. Goodson	NYG	PHI
48	James Burgess	CLE	BAL
49	De'Vondre Campbell	ATL	@ TB
50	Von Miller	DEN	@ IND

Trending Up: Zach Cunningham (ILB, HOU)

After producing mediocre fantasy numbers during the middle portion of the season, IDP owners may finally be able to trust Zach Cunningham in their starting lineups for the remainder of 2017. The second-round rookie selection from Vanderbilt has played 100% of defensive snaps over the last two weeks, even after Brian Cushing returned last week from a 10-game suspension. Cunningham is a player I had ranked highly at the beginning of the season and he could be a great buy-low at this time in dynasty leagues heading into next season.

Trending Down: Christian Jones (ILB, CHI)

After posting his best game of the season in week 13, compiling ten solo tackles, three assists, and a sack, Bears coaches must not have liked what they saw from Jones on the field because he was only on the field for ten total snaps against the Bengals in week 14. Nick Kwiatkoski and Danny Trevathan were on the field for a majority of the game in Cincinnati instead and I expect that to be the trend moving forward, as both linebackers are under contract through 2019.

 

Defensive Backs

	DB	TEAM	OPP
1	Reshad Jones	MIA	@ BUF
2	Keanu Neal	ATL	@ TB
3	Sean Davis	PIT	NE
4	Landon Collins	NYG	PHI
5	Jordan Poyer	BUF	MIA
6	Morgan Burnett	GB	@ CAR
7	Kurt Coleman	CAR	GB
8	Karl Joseph	OAK	DAL
9	Barry Church	JAX	HOU
10	Daniel Sorensen	KC	LAC
11	Harrison Smith	MIN	CIN
12	Patrick Chung	NE	@ PIT
13	Bradley McDougald	SEA	LAR
14	T.J. McDonald	MIA	@ BUF
15	Jahleel Addae	LAC	@ KC
16	Budda Baker	ARI	@ WAS
17	Ha-Ha Clinton Dix	GB	@ CAR
18	Johnathan Cyprien	TEN	@ SF
19	Vonn Bell	NO	NYJ
20	Eric Reid	SF	TEN
21	Micah Hyde	BUF	MIA
22	Andrew Sendejo	MIN	CIN
23	Matthias Farley	IND	DEN
24	Justin Evans	TB	ATL
25	Eric Weddle	BAL	@ CLE
26	Devin McCourty	NE	@ PIT
27	Glover Quin	DET	CHI
28	Darian Thompson	NYG	PHI
29	Kevin Byard	TEN	@ SF
30	Tyrann Mathieu	ARI	@ WAS
31	Tony Jefferson	BAL	@ CLE
32	Byron Jones	DAL	@ OAK
33	Desmond King	LAC	@ KC
34	Jamal Adams	NYJ	@ NO
35	Malcolm Jenkins	PHI	@ NYG
36	Earl Thomas	SEA	LAR
37	Adoree Jackson	TEN	@ SF
38	Eddie Jackson	CHI	@ DET
39	John Johnson	LAR	@ SEA
40	Marcus Maye	NYJ	@ NO

Trending Up: Bradley McDougald (SS, SEA)

Seattle’s defense has suffered through injury after injury this season and they just kept piling on in week 14. In addition to Cliff Avril, Richard Sherman, and Kam Chancellor already on injured reserve, the Seahawks will most likely be without both of their star linebackers, Bobby Wagner and K.J. Wright, this week. Someone on their defense will have to step up to try and stop Todd Gurley and the Rams and those responsibilities will fall upon both Bradley McDougald and veteran safety Earl Thomas. McDougald has been kind to fantasy owners since replacing Kam Chancellor at strong safety with 34 total tackles in the last four games. I expect similar production for him this week in a huge divisional matchup of NFC West foes.

Trending Down: Harrison Smith (FS, MIN)

One of the perks of being on a top-tier defense in the NFL is being recognized for your play when you a performing at a high level, but unfortunately, one of the downsides of being surrounded by Pro-Bowl level talent is that sometimes there just isn’t enough tackles to go around for everyone. The latter seems to be the case lately for Harrison Smith as he has managed just ten solo tackles and one assist over the Vikings last four games despite being on the field for almost every single snap in that time.

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