Weekly Rankings: Week 3 IDP Rankings and Notes from Week 2

Week 2 Notes

Raiders DE Benson Mayowa continued his tear to start the year, picking up another forced fumble and 1.5 sacks against the Chiefs to give him 2 and 3.5 on the season, respectively. All this despite playing less than a third of the Raider’s defensive snaps thus far.
J.J. Watt had another slow game with just two assisted tackles and a fumble recovery, though it’s infinitely better than his goose egg from Week 1.
Tracy Walker looks like he might be the real deal, once again playing every snap for the Lions and adding 10 tackles (7 Solo, 3 Assists) to his 9 from the previous week. It makes sense given how lacking the Lions linebacker group is, and I’m excited for Walker’s outlook going forward.
Minkah Fitzpatrick is now a Steeler and should slot in as a starting safety alongside Terrell Edmunds, assuming Sean Davis misses time. Even when Davis returns, it’s entirely possible the Steelers let their new young stud keep his preferred position.
Jordan Hicks was a machine on Sunday, racking up 11 tackles (8 Solo, 3 Assists) to already give him 25 on the young season, good for second in the league behind Thomas Davis, who has been equally ridiculous at generating tackles early.
Danielle Hunter is a bonafide manimal out there, posting 13 tackles, 2.0 sacks, a league-leading 4 TFL, 15 pressures and 4 QB hits through the first two weeks. It’s hard to not place him at number one among defensive linemen this week.
With the Dolphins throwing four interceptions to the Patriots hungry defense, the NFL’s new premier punching bag has coughed up the ball an astounding seven times in two games. Fire up your defensive backs against this team wherever and whenever possible.
All-Pro safety Adrian Phillips has a broken arm and will be out indefinitely, in the latest stroke of awful Chargers’ injury luck. Jaylen Watkins looks to be in line to pick up most of the slack and should be added in most formats where you need multiple DB’s.
Superstar LB Darius Leonard is in the concussion protocol and may miss Week 3, per head coach Frank Reich.
With a huge night against Trevor Siemian/Luke Falk and the Jets, Myles Garrett leads the league with 5.0 sacks on the season, and he’s been one of the top producers at DL so far.

Below are my Top 50 players this week at each defensive position. Players who appeared on their teams’ injury report as of this writing are in red lettering.

Week 3 Linebacker Rankings

Rank	Name	Team	Matchup
1	Luke Kuechly	CAR	at ARI
2	Bobby Wagner	SEA	v NO
3	Cory Littleton	LAR	at CLE
4	Darius Leonard	IND	v ATL
5	Blake Martinez	GBP	v DEN
6	Deion Jones	ATL	at IND
7	CJ Mosley	NYJ	at NEP
8	Jordan Hicks	ARI	v CAR
9	Leighton Vander Esch	DAL	v MIA
10	Roquan Smith	CHI	at WAS
11	Zach Cunningham	HOU	at LAC
12	Tremaine Edmunds	BUF	v CIN
13	Devin Bush	PIT	at SFO
14	Lavonte David	TBB	v NYG
15	Jerome Baker	MIA	at DAL
16	Devin White	TBB	v NYG
17	Thomas Davis	LAC	v HOU
18	Jaylon Smith	DAL	v MIA
19	Myles Jack	JAX	v TEN
20	Christian Kirksey	CLE	v LAR
21	Joe Schobert	CLE	v LAR
22	Khalil Mack	CHI	at WAS
23	TJ Watt	PIT	at SFO
24	Nick Vigil	CIN	at BUF
25	Anthony Hitchens	KCC	v BAL
26	Kwon Alexander	SFO	v PIT
27	Patrick Onwuasor	BAL	at KCC
28	Jayon Brown	TEN	at JAX
29	DeMario Davis	NOR	at SEA
30	Jahlani Tavai	DET	at PHI
31	Cole Holcomb	WAS	v CHI
32	Vontaze Burfict	OAK	at MIN
33	Matt Milano	BUF	v CIN
34	Alec Ogletree	NYG	at TBB
35	Fred Warner	SFO	v PIT
36	Shaq Thompson	CAR	at ARI
37	Kyzir White	LAC	v HOU
38	Neville Hewitt	NYJ	at NEP
39	Josey Jewell	DEN	at GBP
40	Jamie Collins Sr.	NEP	v NYJ
41	Eric Kendricks	MIN	v OAK
42	Bradley Chubb	DEN	at GBP
43	Matt Judon	BAL	at KCC
44	Mark Barron	PIT	at SFO
45	Nigel Bradham	PHI	v DET
46	Danny Trevathan	CHI	at WAS
47	Von Miller	DEN	at GBP
48	Devon Kennard	DET	at PHI
49	KJ Wright	SEA	v NO
50	Benardrick McKinney	HOU	at LAC

Week 3 Defensive Line Rankings

Rank	Name	Team	Matchup
1	Danielle Hunter	MIN	v OAK
2	Cameron Jordan	NOR	at SEA
3	Aaron Donald	LAR	at CLE
4	Joey Bosa	LAC	v HOU
5	Calais Campbell	JAX	v TEN
6	Myles Garrett	CLE	v LAR
7	J.J. Watt	HOU	at LAC
8	DeMarcus Lawrence	DAL	v MIA
9	Akiem Hicks	CHI	at WAS
10	Melvin Ingram	LAC	v HOU
11	DeForest Buckner	SFO	v PIT
12	Chris Jones	KCC	v BAL
13	Marcus Davenport	NOR	at SEA
14	Olivier Vernon	CLE	v LAR
15	Frank Clark	KCC	v BAL
16	Everson Griffen	MIN	v OAK
17	Dee Ford	SFO	v PIT
18	Kenny Clark	GBP	v DEN
19	Jadeveon Clowney	SEA	v NOR
20	Chandler Jones	ARI	v CAR
21	Clelin Ferrell	OAK	at MIN
22	Montez Sweat	WAS	v CHI
23	Nick Bosa	SFO	v PIT
24	Carlos Dunlap	CIN	at BUF
25	Cameron Heyward	PIT	at SFO
26	Justin Houston	IND	v ATL
27	Vita Vea	TBB	v NYG
28	Preston Smith	GBP	v DEN
29	Sam Hubbard	CIN	at BUF
30	Leonard Williams	NYJ	at NEP
31	Stephon Tuitt	PIT	at SFO
32	Linval Joseph	MIN	v OAK
33	Jurrell Casey	TEN	at JAX
34	Denico Autry	IND	v ATL
35	Grady Jarrett	ATL	at IND
36	Yannick Ngakoue	JAX	v TEN
37	Trey Flowers	DET	at PHI
38	Geno Atkins	CIN	at BUF
39	Brandon Graham	PHI	v DET
40	Fletcher Cox	PHI	v DET
41	Mario Addison	CAR	at ARI
42	Derek Barnett	PHI	v DET
43	Ed Oliver	BUF	v CIN
44	Trey Hendrickson	NOR	at SEA
45	Takkarist McKinley	ATL	at IND
46	Romeo Okwara	DET	at PHI
47	Da’Ron Payne	WAS	v CHI
48	Ezekiel Ansah	SEA	v NOR
49	Jerry Hughes	BUF	v CIN
50	Benson Mayowa	OAK	at MIN

Week 3 Defensive Back Rankings

Rank	Name	Team	Matchup
1	Landon Collins	WAS	v CHI
2	John Johnson	LAR	at CLE
3	Jamal Adams	NYJ	at NEP
4	Budda Baker	ARI	v CAR
5	Jordan Poyer	BUF	v CIN
6	Harrison Smith	MIN	v OAK
7	Keanu Neal	ATL	at IND
8	Shawn Williams	CIN	at BUF
9	Jessie Bates III	CIN	at BUF
10	Antoine Bethea	NYG	at TBB
11	Tracy Walker	DET	at PHI
12	Malcolm Jenkins	PHI	v DET
13	Justin Reid	HOU	at LAC
14	Jabrill Peppers	NYG	at TBB
15	Kevin Byard	TEN	at JAX
16	Ronnie Harrison	JAX	v TEN
17	Bradley McDougald	SEA	v NOR
18	Tyrann Mathieu	KCC	v BAL
19	Kyle Fuller	CHI	at WAS
20	Kareem Jackson	DEN	at GBP
21	Hasean Clinton-Dix	CHI	at WAS
22	Damarious Randall	CLE	v LAR
23	Adrian Amos	GBP	v DEN
24	Xavier Woods	DAL	v MIA
25	Kenny Vaccaro	TEN	at JAX
26	Terrell Edmunds	PIT	at SFO
27	Clayton Geathers	IND	v ATL
28	Eddie Jackson	CHI	at WAS
29	Montae Nicholson	WAS	v CHI
30	Earl Thomas III	BAL	at KCC
31	Minkah Fitzpatrick	PIT	at SFO
32	Jordan Whitehead	TBB	v NYG
33	Anthony Harris	MIN	v OAK
34	Jaylen Watkins	LAC	v HOU
35	Bobby McCain	MIA	at DAL
36	Rayshawn Jenkins	LAC	v HOU
37	Jaquiski Tartt	SFO	v PIT
38	Juan Thornhill	KCC	v BAL
39	Rashaan Melvin	DET	at PHI
40	Malik Hooker	IND	v ATL
41	Darnell Savage Jr.	GBP	v DEN
42	Morgan Burnett	CLE	v LAR
43	Bobby McCain	MIA	at DAL
44	Justin Simmons	DEN	at GBP
45	Tre Flowers	SEA	v NOR
46	Marshon Lattimore	NOR	at SEA
47	Vernon Hargreaves	TBB	v NYG
48	Kendall Fuller	KCC	v BAL
49	Eric Reid	CAR	at ARI
50	Quandre Diggs	DET	at PHI

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3 responses to “Weekly Rankings: Week 3 IDP Rankings and Notes from Week 2”

Edu says:

September 18, 2019 at 4:43 am

Would you go with Landon Collins or Deion Jones in standard scoring? (1 IDP per team)

- Nate Watt says:
  
  September 18, 2019 at 6:30 pm
  
  It’s close, but I would give the slight edge to Deion Jones.
  
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