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Re: IDP - an opinionated and bias overview for beginners

Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 12:39 pm
by MR ROURKE
bump for those entering IDP this year.

I'd give it a sticky to help people out, but I can't seem to locate that for some reason :confused:

Re: IDP - an opinionated and bias overview for beginners

Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 1:13 pm
by hamburglar
Going to check this out tonight, after work. Thanks.

Re: IDP - an opinionated and bias overview for beginners

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 5:52 am
by BAMtastic
Still all valid points Mr. Rouke thanks for the bump!

Re: IDP - an opinionated and bias overview for beginners

Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 1:18 pm
by MR ROURKE
bump

Re: IDP - an opinionated and bias overview for beginners

Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 2:38 pm
by WhyB
Great post for the new comer to idp that I am.
Thank you.

Re: IDP - an opinionated and bias overview for beginners

Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2014 5:14 am
by ledrewt05
Great info!

I'm in a 12 team, 32 player .5 PPR DYNASTY, (1QB, 2RB, 3WR, 1RB/WR, 1TE, 1OP) and IDP (3LB/3DB/2DL) plus DP. 14 Bench and 4 IR.

QB only get 3 for a TD. WR and RB get 1 for every 10 yds so seems to be a higher value on WR's.

IDP seems standard (4-sack, 5-int, 1-forced fum, .5-asst tack, 1.5-solo, 4-passes defended)

Most if not all the rankings I've seen are based on about half of the IDP that are in my pool.

Can someone give advice or direction as to where I can find a ranking list based on my numbers above?

Re: IDP - an opinionated and bias overview for beginners

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 2:14 pm
by ginganinjaKB
Thank you great read

Re: IDP - an opinionated and bias overview for beginners

Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2014 11:19 am
by AS3Dynasty
Awesome read. Thank you!

Quick question for the IDP guys. What is the best way to judge matchups? For a LB, do I just want to play against a run-heavy team? Am I looking for a matchup against a GOOD offense, so my IDP is on the field more, thus increasing the volume of plays/tackles/etc.? I understand you start your studs, regardless, but can someone explain identifying good matchups in IDP?

Thanks in advance!

Re: IDP - an opinionated and bias overview for beginners

Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2014 5:15 am
by Cult of Dionysus
For the different NFL schemes, could you give a nutshell breakdown what types of players are good/bad for each scheme type? That would be really useful.

Re: IDP - an opinionated and bias overview for beginners

Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 8:39 pm
by johnnydes
This was very helpful - thank you!

Re: IDP - an opinionated and bias overview for beginners

Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2017 3:25 am
by aticodejon
Brilliant, thanks for this!

Re: IDP - an opinionated and bias overview for beginners

Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 12:46 am
by goggleface
Excellent read, thank you

Re: IDP - an opinionated and bias overview for beginners

Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 9:22 am
by Bronco Billy
IDP 101. Pay attention to which D player wears the green dot. This is the D player calling the plays, and the reason he has the helmet with the green dot is that is the helmet with the remote communication capability with the sideline (the radio helmet). That’s the guy who is on the field in all situations (a 3 down D player). He’s going to get a lot more opportunities than some other D players, and he’s a vital cog in the D.

Re: IDP - an opinionated and bias overview for beginners

Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 10:15 am
by Bronco Billy
AS3Dynasty wrote: Wed Sep 10, 2014 11:19 am Awesome read. Thank you!

Quick question for the IDP guys. What is the best way to judge matchups? For a LB, do I just want to play against a run-heavy team? Am I looking for a matchup against a GOOD offense, so my IDP is on the field more, thus increasing the volume of plays/tackles/etc.? I understand you start your studs, regardless, but can someone explain identifying good matchups in IDP?

Thanks in advance!
Generally, teams that have poor offenses tend to have IDP players that score a more. If a team’s O can’t stay on the field, the D will end up getting a lot of opportunities because they are on the field more, if sheer talent is not the deciding factor.

Running teams tend to have better Ds. That’s counterintuitive to the point in the paragraph above, because running teams tend to do better in time of possession. However, in today’s NFL that has rules slanted to enhance passing, teams that choose to run on a higher percentage of plays also tend to build their Ds stronger. They don’t want to get into track meets and so they focus on better Ds, plus some of these running teams aren’t burning a higher proportion of their salary cap on higher paid O players like top of the line QBs and WRs, so they can afford better D players.

Having your guys play against running teams can be a real blessing for LBs, SSs, and DLs. Just watch your OLBs - if they are light and built for pass rush (Clay Matthews type players) then they may get swamped taking on run heavy teams who will be trying to exploit them getting OTs and pulling guards out on them who will physically overmatch them.

Starting your D players against high scoring Os can be a mixed blessing, so watch average time of possession or average number of O plays run instead of average points scored by your D players’ opponents. High scoring Os do that by sustaining drives or by striking quickly. You want your Ds players playing against teams that sustain drives - they run a lot of plays. You don’t want your D players up against a quick strike team - they may put up big plays, meaning they get off the field quickly and don’t run as many plays. However, if you have D players that play on a team that has a quick strike O, that can be great because the D players are on the field a lot more, and on top of that the opposing O can be stressed into making more mistakes.

Look for LBs who have strong interior D linemen in front of them. Those beasts up front gobble up blockers, freeing up your LBs to make a lot of tackles. Look for SSs who have weaker LBs in front of them. LBs getting blocked out of plays or missing tackles can provide SSs to fill their stat sheet with tackles.

Watch out for DEs on 3-4 teams, especially those bigger DEs who can anchor the end of the D line. Those guys are great football players who also are pretty rare, but they also tend to get double teamed by blockers a lot on both run and pass plays, so they lose opportunities while they are tangled up with multiple O linemen.

Look for Ss on 2 deep teams. Those Ss tend to get a lot of tackle opportunities, and neither guy will be put in centerfield a long way from the line very often. Some of those 2 deep teams cheat their Ss in on passing downs when they go to nickel coverage too, so there can be sack opportunities.

Look for DTs that flex out to DE on passing downs, but avoid DEs that get flexed inside on passing downs. Look for CBs who love to run support (a lot of them don’t). They rack up nice numbers by adding tackles on RBs to their coverage tackles, passes defended, and INTs.

And always. Always. Always. Look to have the guy with the green dot on your roster. There are only 32 of them in the league, and the ones on good Ds tend to be very valuable (and they aren’t always MLBs).