Bruno Boys Fantasy Football

Some of you might be reading this and wondering what exactly is IDP? IDP stands for Individual Defensive Players. IDP fantasy football leagues select Individual Defensive Players (e.g. Ray Lewis) as opposed to selecting a team defense (e.g. Baltimore Ravens). There are a variety of different IDP scoring systems that are currently being used in fantasy football leagues. However, you can group most scoring systems into two categories. There are “tackle-heavy” IDP leagues and “big play” IDP leagues. How do you know which type of league you’re in? The easiest way is to look at the ratio between points awarded for sacks and points awarded for solo tackles (found by dividing points awarded for sacks by points awarded for solo tackles). A league with a sack-to-tackle ratio less than 2.5 is considered a tackle-heavy league. A league with a sack-to-tackle ratio more than 4.0 is a big-play league. Knowing what type of scoring system your IDP league uses is crucial to your success as an IDP fantasy football owner.

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Hello and welcome to the third and final installment of a series covering the 2010 NFL Draft from an IDP perspective. This week we will focus on 2010 NFL defensive back prospects.

Many fantasy football gems are hidden within each NFL Draft and every IDP owner is looking for the next emerging rookie stud on the defensive side of the football. I feel as though rookies on the defensive side of the ball are a little easier to predict when it comes to expected performance. This is mainly because defensive players’ fantasy football production is more closely tied to opportunity and scheme than to pure talent. I realize that the NFL Draft is still roughly three weeks away and that many of these players’ values will change dramatically depending on where they land in the draft.

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Many fantasy football gems are hidden within each NFL Draft and every IDP owner is looking for the next emerging rookie stud on the defensive side of the football. I feel as though rookies on the defensive side of the ball are a little easier to predict when it comes to expected performance. This is mainly because defensive players’ fantasy football production is more closely tied to opportunity and scheme than to pure talent. I realize that the NFL Draft is still roughly three weeks away and that many of these players’ values will change dramatically depending on where they land in the draft.

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