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Week six was a quiet one for the IDP rookies unless your name is Devin Bush, although some key injuries could mean playing time and more opportunity to step up. The defensive linemen have been largely underwhelming, particularly Quinnen Williams and Ed Oliver, but the immensely talented group will step up this season. Defensive Lineman Josh Allen, DE JAX 38 (88%) snaps 1 solo tackle, 1 assist, 1 sack Allen continues to see playing time ...
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Isn’t it amazing how fast the season goes by? Week six is done already and the advance of new IDP targets is slowing. It never stops though. Vigilance and patience set you apart from your rivals. Arizona Cardinals The cards have settled down in defensive volume. They're just 11th in average defensive naps now after a red-hot start. That’s not bad but it’s not the advantage it looked like early on. Terrell Suggs managed just ...
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This season seems quite fun defensively doesn’t it? There’s a lot of young talent at the CB and edge positions in particular. Either way, we saw some big games this week. Read on for more information as to which were real performances and which were merely mirages. Arizona Cardinals LB Haason Reddick (67) has now played every defensive snap of the last three games. Only 19 other inside LBs have played more snaps than him ...
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The world of IDP fantasy football is definitely a tricky landscape. While someone seems to erupt out of nowhere on any given week, there are ways to uncover them before they break out. Let’s dig in for week six and see which players have put themselves in the best position to earn their way on an IDP roster! The gist of this column: finding guys that are either long-term dynasty fliers or quality one-week rentals-you’ll ...
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The NFL season is a quarter through already with most teams having played four games. Astonishing isn’t it? Here’s your weekly information on the playing time changes you need to know about to dominate your IDP league. Arizona Cardinals Safety D.J. Swearinger played 62 of 63 snaps in this game. He’s played all but one snap for the season, which makes it very odd that he was cut after the game. Rookie Deionte Thompson (two) ...
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It’s been an interesting 2019 for the Packers through four games. The team is 3-1 on the year, losing their last matchup at home against the Eagles, but they’ve got an impressive head start in the NFC North thanks to a talented defense with playmakers all over the place. One might think this team would be a dynasty farm in that sense, and in a way they are. Maybe it’s a little too soon to ...
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The world of IDP fantasy football is definitely a tricky landscape. While someone seems to erupt out of nowhere on any given week, there are ways to uncover them before they break out. Let’s dig in for week two and see which players have put themselves in the best position to earn their way on an IDP roster! Since this is a brand-new weekly column I will be running, we are going to start out ...
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Week three brought about more playing time, particularly to the young linebackers due to many injuries to star defenders. The linebacker class was thought to be shallow by most but some guys are getting a chance to prove otherwise early. Defensive Lineman Josh Allen, DE JAX 54 (68%) snaps 3 solo tackles, 1 assist, 2 sacks, 1 fumble recovery Allen showcased the overall skill set which made him a first-round pick - he was everywhere ...
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With three weeks in the bank, we can start seeing not just data but trends. Twice can be a coincidence but three weeks in a row? That’s when we know. A reminder – this article is about spotting changes and interesting news for IDP owners. It’s not for explaining exactly what every single player is up to. 599 players played defense in week two. It’s just not possible to touch on them all – and ...
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The world of IDP fantasy football is definitely a tricky landscape. While someone seems to erupt out of nowhere on any given week, there are ways to uncover them before they break out. Let’s dig in for week two and see which players have put themselves in the best position to earn their way on an IDP roster! Since this is a brand-new weekly column I will be running, we are going to start out ...
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With week two in the books, the injuries are piling up and some of the rookies are getting their time to shine earlier than expected. A few IDPs who I personally thought would take off by now are off to a slow start, but in dynasty, it’s all about patience. DEFENSIVE LINEMAN Zach Allen, DE ARI 44 (74%) snaps, 2 tackles 1 QB Pressure 1 TFL Allen recorded two tackles and one tackle for a ...
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Two weeks are in the books. Things are starting to settle down. We can pounce on good players our opponents have ignored while they chase last week’s big plays. Arizona Cardinals The Cards played 79 snaps this week. As suspected, they’re going to be a high-volume defense. This is great news. Jordan Hicks (79) continues to be the only every-down inside linebacker. He’s heading for a big year. Atlanta Falcons The Falcons played 80 snaps ...
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The world of IDP fantasy football is definitely a tricky landscape. While someone seems to erupt out of nowhere on any given week, there are ways to uncover them before they break out. Let’s dig in for week two and see which players have put themselves in the best position to earn their way on an IDP roster! Since this is a brand new weekly column I will be running, we are going to start ...
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The NFL draft featured strong defensive options at all positions and many rookies are primed to stand out in 2019. Week 1 was a quiet week for the most part and many rookies will earn more time and be starters for IDP squads as the year progresses. Defensive Lineman Josh Allen, DE JAX 51 (75%) snaps 2 solo tackles Allen’s presence in the ferocious Jacksonville pass rush will go beyond the stats, he is not ...
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Welcome to 2019 everyone. It’s going to be a great year. As always. this column will go into detail on the most important bit of data for any IDP owner – how much players are on the field. Efficiency is great, but sheer snap volume does more to determine production than anything else. Arizona Cardinals It looks like the Cardinals might be a high-volume defense. Since their first game lasted five quarters it’s a bit ...
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The world of IDP fantasy football is definitely a tricky landscape. While someone seems to erupt out of nowhere on any given week, there are ways to uncover them before they break out. Let’s dig in for week two and see which players have put themselves in the best position to earn their way on an IDP roster! Since this is a brand new weekly column I will be running, we are going to start ...
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It’s now been over 200 days since the Patriots defeated the Rams in Super Bowl LIII. That’s over 200 days of content including research, articles, podcasts and more getting ready for the next fantasy season. Well, the wait is almost over, as the 2019 NFL Football season is right around the corner. That also means that it’s time for DLF’s 2019 Fantasy Predictions. As we do every year, we have several different prediction articles for ...
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More and more, standard fantasy leagues have made moves to eliminate positions like kickers and team defense. The simplification makes sense, if you’d prefer to focus on a few offensive positions to make the game more enjoyable. But some folks want to go the other route with defense, and would prefer to roster individual defensive players rather than sweep defense under the rug. Are IDP leagues more difficult? I don’t think there’s a great answer ...
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More and more, standard fantasy leagues have made moves to eliminate positions like kickers and team defense. The simplification makes sense, if you’d prefer to focus on a few offensive positions to make the game more enjoyable. But some folks want to go the other route with defense, and would prefer to roster individual defensive players rather than sweep defense under the rug. Are IDP leagues more difficult? I don’t think there’s a great answer ...
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More and more, standard fantasy leagues have made moves to eliminate positions like kickers and team defense. The simplification makes sense, if you’d prefer to focus on a few offensive positions to make the game more enjoyable. But some folks want to go the other route with defense, and would prefer to roster individual defensive players rather than sweep defense under the rug. Are IDP leagues more difficult? I don’t think there’s a great answer ...
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More and more, standard fantasy leagues have made moves to eliminate positions like kickers and team defense. The simplification makes sense, if you’d prefer to focus on a few offensive positions to make the game more enjoyable. But some folks want to go the other route with defense, and would prefer to roster individual defensive players rather than sweep defense under the rug. Are IDP leagues more difficult? I don’t think there’s a great answer ...
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More and more, standard fantasy leagues have made moves to eliminate positions like kickers and team defense. The simplification makes sense, if you’d prefer to focus on a few offensive positions to make the game more enjoyable. But some folks want to go the other route with defense, and would prefer to roster individual defensive players rather than sweep defense under the rug. Are IDP leagues more difficult? I don’t think there’s a great answer ...
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There are few events in the NFL that can singularly the dynasty values of multiple players at a time. The NFL Draft, the start of free agency, the trade deadline and so-called “Black Monday” when often multiple coaches get fired at the end of each regular season, are all events that immediately spring to mind as instances when multiple player valuations are subject to be altered. However, a fifth, lesser-known event that occurs each season ...
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More and more, standard fantasy leagues have made moves to eliminate positions like kickers and team defense. The simplification makes sense, if you’d prefer to focus on a few offensive positions to make the game more enjoyable. But some folks want to go the other route with defense, and would prefer to roster individual defensive players rather than sweep defense under the rug. Are IDP leagues more difficult? I don’t think there’s a great answer ...
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As per last year, I’ll be sharing projections for every team in the NFL. I use past production in specific roles for each team’s scheme to work out realistic production profiles. You can see how accurate I was in 2018 in my IDP Projection Marking series. The Bears were one of the better defenses in the league in 2018 and have been assigned the yearly misplaced tag of top team defense. Thousands of people will ...
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As per last year, I’ll be sharing projections for every team in the NFL. I use past production in specific roles for each team’s scheme to work out realistic production profiles. You can see how accurate I was in 2018 in my IDP Projection Marking series. The Lions were pretty abysmal in 2018 in Matt Patricia’s first season as a head coach. They won six games but the only team with a winning record they ...
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As per last year, Tom Kislingbury will be sharing projections for every team in the NFL. He uses past production in specific roles for each team’s scheme to work out realistic production profiles. You can see how accurate he was in 2018 in his IDP Projection Marking series. Today's article is written by Ryan Early. A new head coach (Kliff Kingsbury), the drafting of quarterback Kyler Murray, and the full installation of an Air Raid ...
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As per last year, I’ll be sharing projections for every team in the NFL. I use past production in specific roles for each team’s scheme to work out realistic production profiles. You can see how accurate I was in 2018 in my IDP Projection Marking series. The Packers broke from their history this off-season by splashing the cash on big free agents. Historically, they’ve preferred to promote from within and develop talent, but Mike Pettine ...
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As per last year, I’ll be sharing projections for every team in the NFL. I use past production in specific roles for each team’s scheme to work out realistic production profiles. You can see how accurate I was in 2018 in my IDP Projection Marking series. The Steelers have undertaken a bit of a rebuilding job on their defense over the last couple of years in particular. As recently as 2016, Ross Cockrell, Mike Mitchell, ...
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As per last year, Tom Kislingbury will be sharing projections for every team in the NFL. He uses past production in specific roles for each team’s scheme to work out realistic production profiles. You can see how accurate he was in 2018 in his IDP Projection Marking series. Today's article is written by Ryan Early. In February, the Bengals replaced long-time defensive-minded coach Marvin Lewis with Zac Taylor, the Rams’ 2018 quarterback coach. Bengals owner ...
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As per last year, I’ll be sharing projections for every team in the NFL. I use past production in specific roles for each team’s scheme to work out realistic production profiles. You can see how accurate I was in 2018 in my IDP Projection Marking series. It seems everyone has gone Browns crazy. After finally finding a franchise quarterback after decades of fruitless searching, the Browns have made a couple of other splash signings and ...
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Defensive rookies often don’t have a strong IDP output in their first season. Schemes and coaching staff in the NFL are often a lot to take in. Rookies don’t generally make the impact right off like a Saquon Barkley or Baker Mayfield but there is always an outlier - like Darius Leonard - who will absolutely light the IDP world on fire. Below are several rookies I like a lot and am targeting in the ...
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As per last year, I’ll be sharing projections for every team in the NFL. I use past production in specific roles for each team’s scheme to work out realistic production profiles. You can see how accurate I was in 2018 in my IDP Projection Marking series. The Ravens were a pretty good team last year. They actually had a bad record in close games too, which tells us they were even better than we thought ...
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As per last year, I’ll be sharing projections for every team in the NFL. I use past production in specific roles for each team’s scheme to work out realistic production profiles. You can see how accurate I was in 2018 in my IDP Projection Marking series. You’ve got to feel for the Rams, don’t you? After a magical 2018 where everything suddenly went perfectly for the team they just crumbled in the Super Bowl as ...
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As per last year, I’ll be sharing projections for every team in the NFL. I use past production in specific roles for each team’s scheme to work out realistic production profiles. You can see how accurate I was in 2018 in my IDP Projection Marking series. In 2018, lots of people (including this analyst) were pessimistic about the Seahawks. The view was that they just didn’t have the talent after losing so many key defensive ...
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As per last year, I’ll be sharing projections for every team in the NFL. I use past production in specific roles for each team’s scheme to work out realistic production profiles. You can see how accurate I was in 2018 in my IDP Projection Marking series. The 49ers have been interesting ever since Kyle Shanahan took over – but the team has been snakebitten by injuries ever since. All teams have injuries and it’s an ...
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As per last year, I’ll be sharing projections for every team in the NFL. I use past production in specific roles for each team’s scheme to work out realistic production profiles. You can see how accurate I was in 2018 in my IDP Projection Marking series. It has been a good few years since the Broncos won a Super Bowl on the back of an awesome defense, and most of the personnel from that team ...
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As per last year, I’ll be sharing projections for every team in the NFL. I use past production in specific roles for each team’s scheme to work out realistic production profiles. You can see how accurate I was in 2018 in my IDP Projection Marking series. Here’s a little stat to tell you how bad the Raiders were under Jon Gruden in 2018. The Lions finished 31st in total pressures with 229. The Raiders finished ...
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The landscape at defensive line is robust and there are some impact prospects coming up in the next few seasons. 2020 features several defensive edge rushers as good as we have seen in the past ten years and a few tackles who could make an impact for your IDP squads as well. Below, I outline some players on the cusp of superstardom and some names to watch and target in your devy IDP leagues. * ...
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As per last year, I’ll be sharing projections for every team in the NFL. I use past production in specific roles for each team’s scheme to work out realistic production profiles. You can see how accurate I was in 2018 in my IDP Projection Marking series. What a magical year 2018 was for the Chiefs. They were incredible offensively and had truly epic shootouts with the Rams and Patriots before not quite having enough experience ...
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As per last year, I’ll be sharing projections for every team in the NFL. I use past production in specific roles for each team’s scheme to work out realistic production profiles. You can see how accurate I was in 2018 in my IDP Projection Marking series. The Chargers are routinely talked about as having a great roster that always disappoints. Certainly, towards the end of 2018 they were heralded as a “complete” and “balanced” defense ...
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As per last year, I’ll be sharing projections for every team in the NFL. I use past production in specific roles for each team’s scheme to work out realistic production profiles. You can see how accurate I was in 2018 in my IDP Projection Marking series. The Buccaneers are one of just three defenses not selected in at least 5% of team defense drafts over the past two months. This tells you exactly what you ...
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As per last year, I’ll be sharing projections for every team in the NFL. I use past production in specific roles for each team’s scheme to work out realistic production profiles. You can see how accurate I was in 2018 in my IDP Projection Marking series. The Saints had a magical 2018 and could easily have won another title for Drew Brees and Sean Payton before it fell apart on them. Defensively it wasn’t a ...
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Khalil Mack’s rookie season: 4.0 sacks, 16 tackles for losses, 12 quarterback hits, 16 starts, 994 snaps Harold Landry's rookie season: 4.5 sacks, 5 TFL, 14 QB hits, 3 starts, 593 snaps A starter in only three games in his rookie season, Titans edge rusher Harold Landry is in a great position for a breakout campaign in year number two. With the retirements of Brian Orakpo and Derrick Morgan, Landry has been thrust into the ...
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As per last year, I’ll be sharing projections for every team in the NFL. I use past production in specific roles for each team’s scheme to work out realistic production profiles. You can see how accurate I was in 2018 in my IDP Projection Marking series. Along with the Jets, this is one of the harder teams to predict for in 2019 because of the uncertainty of scheme. It’s not a situation where a new ...
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As per last year, I’ll be sharing projections for every team in the NFL. I use past production in specific roles for each team’s scheme to work out realistic production profiles. You can see how accurate I was in 2018 in my IDP Projection Marking series. The Falcons suffered two crippling defensive injuries right at the start of 2018 and it threw their whole season off track. Replacing a player like Deion Jones is virtually ...
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As per last year, I’ll be sharing projections for every team in the NFL. I use past production in specific roles for each team’s scheme to work out realistic production profiles. You can see how accurate I was in 2018 in my IDP Projection Marking series. The Titans have had a dull defense for a couple of years now. Under the tutelage of Mike Vrabel and Dean Pees (who worked for the Patriots and Ravens ...
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As crazy as it seems, college football season is closing in fast like an Alabama edge rusher against a DIII quarterback. Soon we’ll be busting out the sweatshirts from the alma mater and grilling brats in the crisp autumn air. Did you really think we’d let you head into football season without a list of players to watch? We wouldn’t do that. We've got you. Linebackers Dylan Moses, Alabama, Jr. College football begins and ends ...
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As per last year, I’ll be sharing projections for every team in the NFL. I use past production in specific roles for each team’s scheme to work out realistic production profiles. You can see how accurate I was in 2018 in my IDP Projection Marking series. A year ago, this column focused on likely regression. 2017 saw everything go right for the Jaguars defensively, 2018 was bound to see something go wrong. That played out ...
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As per last year, I’ll be sharing projections for every team in the NFL. I use past production in specific roles for each team’s scheme to work out realistic production profiles. You can see how accurate I was in 2018 in my IDP Projection Marking series. In this column in 2018, the Colts were hailed as a team who could have vast improvements. To quote: “This defense is genuinely exciting. Last year was a disaster ...
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