Andy Richardson

January 04, 2017

IDP Playoff ReDrafter

Select Patriots, Cowboys and Falcons first

A reader asked for a Playoff ReDrafter of Individual Defensive Players. It's a lower percentage of readers who use IDPs, but I thought it was worthwhile anyway. If you want to bump up your playoff competitions with a larger player pool, maybe consider including a few defenders and seeing how things go.

As with our regular ReDrafter, we're assuming a single draft for the entire postseason. Some leagues do one draft, some have new drafts before each playoff week, some have salary cap competitions, etc. These rankings imagine you build your entire playoff team before the postseason starts, and those are the players you have through the Super Bowl.

For that reason, rankings are affected dramatically by how we think the playoffs will go. It doesn't matter if Cameron Wake is maybe the best pass rusher in the postseason, because we give Miami very little chance of winning at Pittsburgh this week. You don't want to use a high pick on a player who gets bounced in the wild-card round. If perhaps you think Miami is Super Bowl bound, by all means, select Wake early.

On our board, we've got New England, Dallas and Atlanta slated to play the most games -- the teams most likely to reach the Super Bowl. That helps those players dramatically in the overall rankings. Bobby Wagner puts up huge linebacker stats, but we think Atlanta's Deion Jones has a better shot to play more games.

Top 100 IDPs for the Playoffs are below. Rankings assume 1.5 points for solo tackles, .75 points for assisted tackles, 4 points for sacks and turnovers, and 6 points for touchdowns.

INDIVIDUAL DEFENSIVE PLAYERS (PLAYOFFS)
Player	Team	Pos (Gen)	Pos (Spc)
Sean Lee	DAL	LB	OLB
Deion Jones	ATL	LB	MLB
Barry Church	DAL	DB	SS
Devin McCourty	NE	DB	FS
Bobby Wagner	SEA	LB	MLB
Patrick Chung	NE	DB	SS
Keanu Neal	ATL	DB	FS
Logan Ryan	NE	DB	CB
Vic Beasley	ATL	LB	OLB
Malcolm Butler	NE	DB	CB
Byron Jones	DAL	DB	FS
Lawrence Timmons	PIT	LB	ILB
Dont'a Hightower	NE	LB	MLB
Rob Ninkovich	NE	LB	OLB
Ryan Shazier	PIT	LB	ILB
Benardrick McKinney	HOU	LB	ILB
Landon Collins	NYG	DB	SS
K.J. Wright	SEA	LB	OLB
Ricardo Allen	ATL	DB	SS
Khalil Mack	OAK	DL	DE
Morgan Burnett	GB	DB	SS
Trey Flowers	NE	DL	DE
Eric Berry	KC	DB	SS
Daniel Sorensen	KC	DB	DB
Anthony Hitchens	DAL	LB	MLB
Michael Morgan	SEA	LB	OLB
Brandon Carr	DAL	DB	CB
Sean Davis	PIT	DB	SS
Mike Mitchell	PIT	DB	FS
Ha Ha Clinton-Dix	GB	DB	FS
Orlando Scandrick	DAL	DB	CB
Malcolm Smith	OAK	LB	OLB
James Harrison	PIT	LB	OLB
Robert Alford	ATL	DB	CB
Ramik Wilson	KC	LB	ILB
Kam Chancellor	SEA	DB	SS
Artie Burns	PIT	DB	CB
Brian Poole	ATL	DB	CB
Tahir Whitehead	DET	LB	MLB
DeShawn Shead	SEA	DB	CB
Cliff Avril	SEA	DL	DE
Malcom Brown	NE	DL	DT
Kiko Alonso	MIA	LB	MLB
Frank Clark	SEA	DL	DE
Whitney Mercilus	HOU	LB	OLB
Nick Perry	GB	LB	OLB
De'Vondre Campbell	ATL	LB	OLB
Chris Long	NE	DL	DE
Alan Branch	NE	DL	DT
Jonathan Casillas	NYG	LB	OLB
William Gay	PIT	DB	CB
Bruce Irvin	OAK	LB	OLB
Blake Martinez	GB	LB	ILB
Steven Nelson	KC	DB	CB
Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie	NYG	DB	CB
Ross Cockrell	PIT	DB	CB
Marcus Peters	KC	DB	CB
Olivier Vernon	NYG	DL	DE
Jake Ryan	GB	LB	ILB
Ron Parker	KC	DB	FS
Damon Harrison	NYG	DL	DT
Joe Thomas	GB	LB	ILB
Jabaal Sheard	NE	DL	DE
Richard Sherman	SEA	DB	CB
Tavon Wilson	DET	DB	SS
Dee Ford	KC	LB	OLB
Michael Bennett	SEA	DL	DE
Terrell McClain	DAL	DL	DT
Quintin Demps	HOU	DB	SS
Elandon Roberts	NE	LB	OLB
Jadeveon Clowney	HOU	DL	DE
Reggie Nelson	OAK	DB	FS
Benson Mayowa	DAL	DL	DE
Kareem Jackson	HOU	DB	CB
Stephon Tuitt	PIT	DL	DE
Grady Jarrett	ATL	DL	DT
Jarvis Jones	PIT	LB	OLB
A.J. Bouye	HOU	DB	CB
Tyrone Crawford	DAL	DL	DE
Keenan Robinson	NYG	LB	LB
Maliek Collins	DAL	DL	DT
David Irving	DAL	DL	DE
LaDarius Gunter	GB	DB	CB
Phillip Gaines	KC	DB	CB
David Amerson	OAK	DB	CB
D.J. Alexander	KC	LB	LB
John Simon	HOU	LB	OLB
Janoris Jenkins	NYG	DB	CB
Adrian Clayborn	ATL	DL	DE
Brian Cushing	HOU	LB	ILB
Devon Kennard	NYG	LB	OLB
Glover Quin	DET	DB	FS
Ndamukong Suh	MIA	DL	DT
Cameron Wake	MIA	DL	DE
Damien Wilson	DAL	LB	OLB
Karl Joseph	OAK	DB	SS
Julius Peppers	GB	LB	OLB
Andre Hal	HOU	DB	FS
Ahtyba Rubin	SEA	DL	DT

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