Fantasy Football Week 12 IDP Rankings

by MikeGallagher on Nov 23, 2011 12:28 AM EST in 2011 Fantasy Football Weekly Rankings

Welcome back, ID people. We're back early because of the holiday weekend. Is there any holiday better than Thanksgiving? It has always been my favorite holiday even before I found out Santa Claus wasn't real (and I'm not even from Philly). Football fanatics will literally have an entire day of football since many will have their Turkey Bowls followed by back-to-back-to-back NFL games with five of the six very much in contention for the playoffs. Personally, I'm playing at 7:30 in the morning because I refuse to miss a minute of the Packers-Lions game. It's the best slate of games we've ever had on Thanksgiving and it obviously helps that the Lions are actually good this year. As for IDP, the day games should see a lot of passing, so you'll see a lot of defensive backs from those two games in the rankings. The night game should be a good ol' fashion slug fest. Don't eat too much and I'll spare you of the lame amino acid joke involving tryptophan. We're also going to be previewing the games by breaking down all the important players on offense. From Aaron Rodgers and Calvin Johnson all the way down to Brian Hartline and Delanie Walker.

The rankings are after the jump:

Linebackers

Rank	Linebacker	Team
1	Patrick Willis	SF
2	James Laurinaitis	STL
3	D'Qwell Jackson	CLE
4	Derrick Johnson	KC
5	Paul Posluszny	JAC
6	London Fletcher	WAS
7	Pat Angerer	IND
8	NaVorro Bowman	SF
9	Desmond Bishop	GB
10	Brian Urlacher	CHI
11	James Anderson	CAR
12	Nick Barnett	BUF
13	D.J. Williams	DEN
14	Chad Greenway	MIN
15	Von Miller	DEN
16	David Hawthorne	SEA
17	David Harris	NYJ
18	Karlos Dansby	MIA
19	Lance Briggs	CHI
20	Brian Cushing	HOU
21	Sean Weatherspoon	ATL
22	Sean Lee	DAL
23	Daryl Washington	ARI
24	Stephen Tulloch	DET
25	Rolando McClain	OAK
26	Jerod Mayo	NE
27	Lawrence Timmons	PIT
28	Perry Riley	WAS
29	Daryl Smith	JAC
30	DeMarcus Ware	DAL
31	Jameel McClain	BAL
32	Jamar Chaney	PHI
33	Colin McCarty	TEN
34	Donald Butler	SD
35	E.J. Henderson	MIN
36	Kavell Conner	IND
37	Jovan Belcher	KC
38	Wesley Woodyard	DEN
39	Clay Matthews	GB
40	Kevin Burnett	MIA
41	Rey Maualuga	CIN
42	Calvin Pace	NYJ
43	Mason Foster	TB
44	Kelvin Sheppard	BUF
45	Quincy Black	TB
46	Aaron Curry	OAK
47	Takeo Spikes	SD
48	A.J. Hawk	GB
49	DeAndre Levy	DET
50	Tamba Hali	KC

Defensive Backs

Rank	Defensive Back	Team
1	Yeremiah Bell	MIA
2	George Wilson	BUF
3	Antoine Bethea	IND
4	Roman Harper	NO
5	Tyvon Branch	OAK
6	LaRon Landry	WAS
7	Kam Chancellor	SEA
8	Troy Polamalu	PIT
9	Morgan Burnett	GB
10	Sean Jones	TB
11	Earl Thomas	SEA
12	Jordan Babineaux	TEN
13	Patrick Chung	NE
14	Sean Jones	TB
15	Charlie Peprah	GB
16	Donte Whitner	BUF
17	Darian Stewart	STL
18	Bernard Pollard	BAL
19	Jason McCourty	TEN
20	Jarius Byrd	BUF
21	Antrel Rolle	NYG
22	Charles Woodson	GB
23	Kurt Coleman	PHI
24	Charles Godfrey	CAR
25	Usama Young	CLE
26	Dashon Goldson	SF
27	Louis Delmas	DET
28	Quintin Mikell	STL
29	Charles Tillman	CHI
30	Kenny Phillips	NYG
31	Adrian Wilson	ARI
32	Ryan Clark	PIT
33	Kyle Arrington	NE
34	Eric Smith	NYJ
35	Dawan Landry	JAC
36	Reggie Nelson	CIN
37	Tramon Williams	GB
38	Chris Houston	DET
39	DeAngelo Hall	WAS
40	Eric Weddle	SD
41	Gerald Sensabaugh	DAL
42	Tyvell Johnson	MIN
43	Devin McCourty	NE
44	Tim Jennings	CHI
45	Darrelle Revis	NYJ

Defensive Linemen

Rank	Defensive Lineman	Team
1	Terrell Suggs	BAL
2	Jared Allen	MIN
3	Calais Campbell	ARI
4	Chris Clemons	SEA
5	Chris Long	STL
6	Will Smith	NO
7	Julius Peppers	CHI
8	Andre Carter	NE
9	Charles Johnson	CAR
10	Darnell Dockett	ARI
11	James Hall	STL
12	Elvis Dumervil	DEN
13	Jason Pierre-Paul	NYG
14	Greg Hardy	CAR
15	Trent Cole	PHI
16	Osi Umenyiora	NYG
17	John Abraham	ATL
18	Ndamukong Suh	DET
19	Mathius Kiwanuka	NYG
20	Haloti Ngata	BAL
21	Robert Mathis	IND
22	Jabaal Sheard	CLE
23	Jason Babin	PHI
24	Jeremy Mincey	JAC
25	Cliff Avril	DET
26	Geno Atkins	CIN
27	Mark Anderson	NE
28	B.J. Raji	GB
29	Sione Pouha	NYJ
30	Justin Tuck	NYG