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 ...

Chris Clemons vs. Redskins - In the world that is defensive linemen, a good pass rusher can have a horrible stretch of games, but he's only one matchup away from an explosion and that was the case for Chris Clemons last week. Clemons was actually on my sit'em list last week, not because of his tasty matchup against the Rams, but more because of his failure to get much done in recent weeks. Like Jason Babin, ...

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 ...

Start'em Will Smith vs Texans - Back after serving a two-game suspension for his part in the Star caps situation, Will Smith is ready to make an impact for the Saints. It seems like Smith has a great year, every other season and that means he's in-line for a strong year in 2011. Smith should be viewed no less than a DL-3 in his first game back. Greg Hardy vs Jaguars - Look for Greg Hardy to bounce back agai ...

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 ...

It's all about the Giants pass rush this week as they head out to Washington to take on the Redskins. The Giants own this team, and second year defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul is a must start and a likely DL-1 producer this week in any scoring format. JPP has ridiculous ability and with the starting job in hand, this youngster will build off his impressive preseason with a strong week one. Veterans Justin T ...

It looks like the main players are signed an in camp as the dust starts to clear from what has been a wild and crazy free agent frenzy over the past few weeks. With all the changes has come the inevitable re-rankings for IDP player values as we get set to march into another full year of IDP fantasy football. Defensive end, Charles Johnson was listed as the top lineman to acquire via free agency but ultimate ...