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2012 Dynasty Rankings: : Top 100 | DL | LB | DB | Where To Play IDP |
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Last Updated – August 23rd
| 1 | Jason Pierre-Paul |
| 2 | Jared Allen |
| 3 | Trent Cole |
| 4 | Justin Tuck |
| 5 | Mario Williams |
| 6 | Chris Long |
| 7 | Jabaal Sheard |
| 8 | Julius Peppers |
| 9 | Jason Babin |
| 10 | Elvis Dumervil |
| 11 | Calais Campbell |
| 12 | Justin Smith |
| 13 | Osi Umenyiora |
| 14 | Kamerion Wimbley |
| 15 | Charles Johnson |
| 16 | Jeremy Mincey |
| 17 | Robert Quinn |
| 18 | Cameron Wake |
| 19 | Chris Clemons |
| 20 | Cliff Avril |
| 21 | Matt Shaughnessy |
| 22 | Adrian Clayborn |
| 23 | J.J. Watt |
| 24 | Mark Anderson |
| 25 | Greg Hardy |
| 26 | Michael Johnson |
| 27 | Michael Bennett |
| 28 | Chandler Jones |
| 29 | John Abraham |
| 30 | Kyle Vanden Bosch |
| 31 | Derrick Morgan |
| 32 | Will Smith |
| 33 | Andre Branch |
| 34 | Carlos Dunlap |
| 35 | Brian Robison |
| 36 | Lawrence Jackson |
| 37 | Bruce Irvin |
| 38 | Frostee Rucker |
| 39 | Philip Hunt |
| 40 | Israel Idonije |
| 41 | Courtney Upshaw* |
| 42 | Lamarr Houston |
| 43 | Pernell McPhee |
| 44 | Israel Idonije |
| 45 | Shea McClellin |
Fantasy Football Draft Prep
2011 DE Player Rankings
Latest Update – August 27th
While Julius Peppers made an impact on the Bears defense and team, he failed to reach double digit sacks for just the third time in his fabulous nine year career. The Bears should have another good year on defense and I like Peppers to move back to around eleven sacks. With that, I still have Peppers ranked down to the sixth best defensive lineman because he totals around 50 tackles a season and that is very average (if not below) for a top end on your IDP squad.
That said, the two defensive ends in front of Peppers may not be eligible for this position in your IDP league. Terrell Suggs is still listed as only a linebacker in Yahoo and ESPN leagues, and Elvis Dumervil is expected to gain eligibility as the season progress, because he will be a full time lineman, with the Broncos switching back to a 4-3 scheme.
While those three lineman are great options, the first three on this list in Justin Tuck, Jared Allen and Trent Cole are a cut above them all. All three have been top end producers for multiple seasons, and theirs no reason to believe the won’t continue their terrific play in the up-coming season. It’s probably worth targeting one of these three lineman, maybe as one of the first IDP options off the board on draft day, because it can be a challenge to find trust worthy options from week one to Championship weekend.
To provide a balanced scoring system between tackle heavy leagues and big play leagues I have a kept solo tackles and assists at two and one but bumped up big play scoring by a point or two for each category. Make sure you check with your scoring rules before you draft to adjust for your league.
1. Justin Tuck
2. Jared Allen
3. Trent Cole
4. Terrell Suggs***
5. Charles Johnson
6. Elvis Dumervil**
7. Julius Peppers
8. Mathias Kiwanuka
9. Mario Williams
10. Robert Mathis
11.Justin Smith
12. Jason Babin
13. Matt Shaughnessy
14. Kyle Vanden Bosch
15. Osi Umenyiora
16. John Abraham
17. Aaron Kampman
18. Jason Pierre-Paul
19. Derrick Morgan
20. Cliff Avril
21. Calais Campbell
22. Chris Clemons
23. Ray Edwards
24. Chris Long
25. Will Smith*
26.Lamarr Houston**
27. Dwight Freeney
28. Glenn Dorsey
29. Marcell Dareus
30. James Hall
31. Da’Quan Bowers
32. Richard Seymour**
Best Of The Rest
Carlos Dunlap, Shaun Ellis, Tyson Alualu**, Robert Quinn, Albert Haynesworth, J.J. Watt, Adrian Clayborn, Everette Brown, William Hayes, Muhammad Wilkerson, Cameron Jordan, Jabaal Seard, Antwan Odom, Brandon Graham, Matt Roth, Kenyon Coleman, Jason Hunter, Kendall Langford, Mike DeVito, Stylez White, Kroy Biermann, Dwan Edwards,
