Weekly Rankings: Week 5 IDP Rankings and Notes from Week 4

Week 4 Notes

Four players hit the 15 tackle mark this week: De’Vondre Campbell (17), Joe Schobert (Also 17), Blake Martinez (15) and a surprise from the DB spot, Eric Weddle (15). For Martinez, Week 4 was his 3rd straight week with at least 12 tackles, and he’s a single tackle behind Jordan Hicks for the NFL lead.
Continuing the infuriating trend of New England’s carousel of linebackers having tremendous weeks, Kyle Van Noy racked up 8 tackles (1 for loss), 2.0 sacks, and a pair of forced fumbles. Given how sporadically Belichick deploys his linebacking group it’s hard to recommend any of them for fantasy consistency, but there are always worse dart throws to take.
With Darius Leonard out once again, Anthony Walker and Bobby Okereke once again had a spectacular week together for fantasy, racking up 17 combined tackles (Walker 10, Okereke 7) and they both remain firmly on the fantasy radar if Leonard is unable to go for a third straight week.
Shaquil Barrett continued to dominate this week, adding 4 tackles, 1.0 sack, 2 defensed passes and a fumble recovery to his already gaudy season line. Barrett is already up to a gargantuan 9.0 sacks on the season, and while this type of production is statistically unsustainable, it’s difficult to justify benching him while he’s this scorching hot.
The Philadlephia Eagles traded strong safety Johnathan Cyprien to the Falcons, where he should step into the strong safety spot occupied by Kemal Ishmael, and becomes an immediate fantasy asset. From 2013 to 2016 Cyprien had 4 straight seasons of 100+ tackles, in a defensive scheme similar to that of the Falcons’ no less. Ishmael had 9 tackles on Sunday replacing the injured Keanu Neal, and Cyprien should be able to do even better than the career backup did.
With Roquan Smith out, the Bears needed someone to step up, and Nick Kwiatkoski handled the task admirably. He racked up 9 tackles (2 for loss), forced a fumble and picked up a sack en route to a Bears win. If Roquan remains on the shelf, Kwiatkoski and Danny Trevathan would both be strong options.
Giants rookie linebacker Ryan Connelly was diagnosed with a torn ACL, and his season is now over. It’s a sad end to a very promising rookie campaign for the linebacker out of Wisconsin. Ironically, potentially returning starter Alec Ogletree may represent a downgrade at LB at this point.
Bradley Chubb also tore his ACL, and the Broncos will be without one of their best players for the remainder of the season.
The Miami Dolphins and Detroit Lions are on bye this week. The most notable loss is DB Tracy Walker, who has 36 tackles through the first 4 weeks. Beyond him though, there’s very few impact IDP’s lost this week. Enjoy it while it lasts, next weeks’ is a doozy.

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. Position eligibility is based on FantasyPros, so positional rankings may differ depending on your host site.

Week 4 Linebacker Rankings

Rank	Player Name	Team	Position	Matchup
1	Luke Kuechly	CAR	LB	v JAX
2	Bobby Wagner	SEA	LB	v LAR
3	Darius Leonard	IND	LB	at KCC
4	Blake Martinez	GBP	LB	at DAL
5	Jordan Hicks	ARI	LB	at CIN
6	Cory Litttleton	LAR	LB	at SEA
7	Leighton Vander Esch	DAL	LB	v GBP
8	Joe Schobert	CLE	LB	at SFO
9	Devin Bush	PIT	LB	v BAL
10	Zach Cunningham	HOU	LB	v ATL
11	C.J. Mosley	NYJ	LB	at PHI
12	Deion Jones	ATL	LB	at HOU
13	Tremaine Edmunds	BUF	LB	at TEN
14	Roquan Smith	CHI	LB	at OAK
15	Devin White	TBB	LB	at NOR
16	Jaylon Smith	DAL	LB	v GBP
17	Lavonte David	TBB	LB	at NOR
18	Shaq Thompson	CAR	LB	v JAX
19	Eric Kendricks	MIN	LB	at NYG
20	Khalil Mack	CHI	LB	at OAK
21	Thomas Davis	LAC	LB	v DEN
22	Jayon Brown	TEN	LB	v BUF
23	Myles Jack	JAX	LB	at CAR
24	DeMario Davis	NOR	LB	v TBB
25	Patrick Onwuasor	BAL	LB	at PIT
26	Kwon Alexander	SFO	LB	v CLE
27	Anthony Hitchens	KCC	LB	v IND
28	Haason Reddick	ARI	LB	at CIN
29	Jamie Collins Sr.	NEP	LB	at WAS
30	Danny Trevathan	CHI	LB	at OAK
31	Nick Vigil	CIN	LB	v ARI
32	T.J. Watt	PIT	LB	v BAL
33	De’Vondre Campbell	ATL	LB	at HOU
34	Tahir Whitehead	OAK	LB	v CHI
35	Denzel Perryman	LAC	LB	v DEN
36	Neville Hewitt	NYJ	LB	at PHI
37	Anthony Walker	IND	LB	at KCC
38	Shaquil Barrett	TBB	LB	at NOR
39	Benardrick McKinney	HOU	LB	v ATL
40	Matt Milano	BUF	LB	at TEN
41	Fred Warner	SFO	LB	v CLE
42	Todd Davis	DEN	LB	at LAC
43	K.J. Wright	SEA	LB	v LAR
44	Chandler Jones	ARI	LB	at CIN
45	Quincy Williams	JAX	LB	at CAR
46	Jon Bostic	WAS	LB	v NEP
47	Alec Ogletree	NYG	LB	v MIN
48	Zach Brown	PHI	LB	v NYJ
49	Nicholas Morrow	OAK	LB	v CHI
50	Rashaan Evans	TEN	LB	v BUF

Week 4 Defensive Line Rankings

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

Week 4 Defensive Back Rankings

Rank	Player Name	Team	Position	Matchup
1	Jamal Adams	NYJ	DB	at PHI
2	Landon Collins	WAS	DB	v NEP
3	Harrison Smith	MIN	DB	at NYG
4	Jordan Poyer	BUF	DB	at TEN
5	John Johnson	LAR	DB	at SEA
6	Budda Baker	ARI	DB	at CIN
7	Justin Reid	HOU	DB	v ATL
8	Shawn Williams	CIN	DB	v ARI
9	Antoine Bethea	NYG	DB	v MIN
10	Ronnie Harrison	JAX	DB	at CAR
11	Jabrill Peppers	NYG	DB	v MIN
12	Jessie Bates III	CIN	DB	v ARI
13	Tyrann Mathieu	KCC	DB	v IND
14	Adrian Amos	GBP	DB	at DAL
15	Terrell Edmunds	PIT	DB	v BAL
16	Kevin Byard	TEN	DB	v BUF
17	Hasean Clinton-Dix	CHI	DB	at OAK
18	Vonn Bell	NOR	DB	v TBB
19	Kyle Fuller	CHI	DB	at OAK
20	Johnathan Cyprien	ATL	DB	at HOU
21	Kareem Jackson	DEN	DB	at LAC
22	Malcolm Jenkins	PHI	DB	v NYJ
23	Bradley McDougald	SEA	DB	v LAR
24	Damarious Randall	CLE	DB	at SFO
25	Kendall Fuller	KCC	DB	v IND
26	Xavier Woods	DAL	DB	v GBP
27	Eric Weddle	LAR	DB	at SEA
28	Montae Nicholson	WAS	DB	v NEP
29	Kenny Vaccaro	TEN	DB	v BUF
30	Minkah Fitzpatrick	PIT	DB	v BAL
31	Darnell Savage	GBP	DB	at DAL
32	Eddie Jackson	CHI	DB	at OAK
33	Jaquiski Tartt	SFO	DB	v CLE
34	Earl Thomas III	BAL	DB	at PIT
35	Khari Willis	IND	DB	at KCC
36	Johnathan Joseph	HOU	DB	v ATL
37	Clayton Geathers	IND	DB	at KCC
38	Ricardo Allen	ATL	DB	at HOU
39	LaMarcus Joyner	OAK	DB	v CHI
40	Rayshawn Jenkins	LAC	DB	v DEN
41	Eric Reid	CAR	DB	v JAX
42	Anthony Harris	MIN	DB	at NYG
43	Tre Flowers	SEA	DB	v LAR
44	Karl Joseph	OAK	DB	v CHI
45	Marshon Lattimore	NOR	DB	v TBB
46	Logan Ryan	TEN	DB	v BUF
47	Juan Thornhill	KCC	DB	v IND
48	Devin McCourty	NEP	DB	at WAS
49	Jarrod Wilson	JAX	DB	at CAR
50	Roderic Teamer	LAC	DB	v DEN

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Weekly Rankings: Week 5 IDP Rankings and Notes from Week 4

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