Mark Anderson vs. Dolphins - With Andre Carter lost for the season, expect Mark Anderson to see an up tick in his snap count, as he came through with another great performance against the Broncos with two sacks, a forced fumble and a recovery. With the Dolphins coming to town, Anderson should have at least a DL-2 worthy performance as Tom Brady should build up a lead, and allow Anderson to focus on getting ...

Justin Tuck @ Cowboys - The former DL-1 stud put up another five tackle performance against the Packers last week, and he finally found his way to the quarterback for the first time in over a month. No, I wouldn't go as far as to say that Tuck had the kind of performance that would make me believe he's a DL-1 play going forward, but he's worthy of using in your lineup. What I can say is that Tuck probably l ...

Elvis Dumervil @ Vikings - Finally, the stretch of games we've been waiting for from Elvis Dumervil as put up over one sack in each of his past two games, and at least half a sack in the past four weeks. Looking healthy, Dumervil may be counted on as the teams top pass rusher this week, if Von Miller can't play because of thumb surgery, the Broncos will need their star defensive end to continue playing at a ...

Start'em DB: Bernard Pollard - It's taken some time for Bernard Pollard to finally get a quality amount of snaps in Baltimore, but he's got it going now and is a worthy DB-1 going forward. We've seen what Pollard can do as an IDP stud over recent years, and playing time was really the only problem for Pollard's chances to produce as a star defensive back. In a hard-hitting game against the physical 49ers, t ...

Chris Clemons vs Bengals - Last year Chris Clemons seemingly broke out of nowhere as he was basically an irrelevant defensive linemen for IDP fantasy until he won a starting job with the Seahawks. Sure, Clemons did have eight sacks with the Raiders back in 2007, but he was basically used one passing downs and totaled a mire 20 tackles on the season. Not only did Clemons post a career high eleven sacks last ...

Elvis Dumervil @ Dolphins - Expectations were high for Elvis Dumervil as the Broncos were set to move back to a 4-3 defensive scheme which meant the veteran would move back to defensive end. In his first quarter of action this season, Dumervil suffered a shoulder injury against the Raiders, and his snaps and play haven't been up to standards. Look for Dumervil to get things going this week in Miami as he wi ...

Richard Seymour vs Browns - The Raiders stepped it up toward the end of the game vs the Texans and Richard Seymour was right in the mix with five tackles, two sacks and two pass deflections throughout. No one should doubt Seymour's abilities to be a productive IDP option, but more that his health problems are concerning through a full season. This week should be another special game against the Browns as Ra ...

Will Smith @ Jaguars - After serving a two-game suspension Will Smith came back against the Texans and posted six tackles. This week he should pickup his first sack of the year going against a rookie quarterback in Jacksonville. The Saints will get off to a big lead early allowing Smith and company room to blitz, and that is exactly why I have Smith as a top ten option and Sedrick Ellis as a top thirty line ...

Trent Cole vs Giants Linemen come and linemen go but one of the more consistent top producers in IDP fantasy football has been Trent Cole of the Eagles. I had to laugh when Cris Collinsworth kept questioning on TV, asking how long would the Falcons let one guy beat them, and that player was Cole. In reality, with the Eagles adding linemen like Cullen Jenkins and Jason Babin, it's hard to focus on one great ...

Well, that was one heck of a start for Terrell Suggs against the Steelers and it didn't seem to matter if you had him starting as a defensive linemen or a linebacker, the dude just dropped the sizzle shake on Big Ben all day. Coming into week two I have Suggs ranked as the top linemen on our list as he gets another tasty matchup against the Titans and immobile Matt Hasselbeck. Look for Suggs to steam up the ...