IDP Fantasy Football Wednesday: Week 14

Whether this is the last week before your playoffs or this week kicks them off, this is a week our teams need to shine.

As most of you already have the lineups you're going to be using, I'm assuming you probably need more advice on which players to use as opposed to who to pickup.

With this in mind, I have listed the Favorable Five and the Formidable Five teams over the last four weeks of the season at each position, shown who that team faces this week, the people that should interest you at that position, and how they played earlier in the season against that opponent, if available.

I will then talk about what I believe can be gained from the charts provided in the Analysis section below them.

We've been on a roll of late, so let's keep it up and help you win this week!

As I have throughout this year, I will be using the following point system for my analysis:

My Preferred IDP Scoring System

Solo	Assists	Sack	Int	FF	PD	TD
2	1	4	4	3	2	6

Again, these rankings are over the last four weeks of the season.

DL

Favorable Five

Rank	Team	Opp.	Player	Previous Match-up
1	NYJ	TB	Stylez White
			Tim Crowder
2	NE	CAR	Julius Peppers
			Charles Johnson
3	ATL	NO	Will Smith	Very Good
			Anthony Hargrove	Very Good
4	STL	TEN	Kyle Vanden Bosch
			William Hayes
5	BAL	DET	Turk McBride
			Cliff Avril

Formidable Five

Rank	Team	Opp.	Player	Previous Match-up
1	NYG	PHI	Trent Cole	Good
			Juqua Parker	Not Good
2	CAR	NE	Jarvis Green
			Ty Warren
3	IND	DEN	Vonnie Holliday
			Kenny Peterson
4	WAS	OAK	Richard Seymour
			Greg Ellis
5	SEA	HOU	Mario Williams
			Antonio Smith

MLB/ILB

Favorable Five

Rank	Team	Opp.	Player	Previous Match-up
1	HOU	SEA	David Hawthorne
2	PHI	NYG	Chase Blackburn	Pierce - Not Good
3	NE	CAR	Jon Beason
4	TB	NYJ	David Harris
			Bart Scott
5	DAL	SD	Kevin Burnett
			Stephen Cooper

Formidable Five

Rank	Team	Opp.	Player	Previous Match-up
1	SF	ARI	Karlos Dansby	Average
2	SD	DAL	Keith Brooking
			Bradie James
3	MIN	CIN	Dhani Jones
4	DEN	IND	Gary Brackett
5	CIN	MIN	Jasper Brinkley

WLB/OLB

Favorable Five

Rank	Team	Opp.	Player	Previous Match-up
1	SEA	HOU	Brian Cushing
2	NYG	PHI	Tracy White	A. Jordan - Very Good
3	ATL	NO	Scott Fujita	N/A
4	STL	TEN	Keith Bulluck
5	DEN	IND	Clint Session

Formidable Five

Rank	Team	Opp.	Player	Previous Match-up
1	DET	BAL	Jarret Johnson
2	IND	DEN	Elvis Dumervil
3	ARI	SF	Manny Lawson	Not Good
4	WAS	OAK	Thomas Howard
5	NO	ATL	Mike Peterson	Average

S

Favorable Five

Rank	Team	Opp.	Player	Previous Match-up
1	DEN	IND	Melvin Bullitt
2	NO	ATL	Erik Coleman	Very Good
3	CIN	MIN	Madieu Williams
4	STL	TEN	Chris Hope
5	CAR	NE	Brandon Meriweather

Formidable Five

Rank	Team	Opp.	Player	Previous Match-up
1	IND	DEN	Brian Dawkins
2	DET	BAL	Dawan Landry
3	WAS	OAK	Tyvon Branch
4	BUF	KC	Mike Brown
5	BAL	DET	Louis Delmas

CB

Favorable Five

Rank	Team	Opp.	Player	Previous Match-up
1	DET	BAL	Dominique Foxworth
2	NYG	PHI	Asante Samuel	Very Good
3	ATL	NO	Malcom Jenkins	N/A
			Mike McKenzie	N/A
4	DAL	SD	Quentin Jammer
5	PHI	NYG	Terrell Thomas	Not Good

Formidable Five

Rank	Team	Opp.	Player	Previous Match-up
1	CHI	GB	Charles Woodson	Not Good
2	SEA	HOU	Dunta Robinson
3	SF	ARI	Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie	Not Good
4	NO	ATL	Brent Grimes	Very Good
5	JAC	MIA	Nathan Jones
			Vontae Davis

Analysis

Remember, at this point in the season, you have to go with your studs no matter what there matchup may be.

A perfect example of why you always do this is David Harris. David Harris had an unfavorable matchup on paper last week, and he finished with eight solo tackles, three assists, one sack, and a forced fumble.

Simply put, studs are the exception to the rule when it comes to IDP.

DL

So, looking at the DL charts above, I love Will Smith and Anthony Hargrove for New Orleans this week. They played very well the last time they played the Falcons, and that should continue to happen again.

Besides Julius Peppers and Stylez White, who should also have good weeks, I think you should be alright using Kyle Vanden Bosch after his poor performance last week.

Though you have to put in Trent Cole and Mario Williams, even though they don't necessarily have the best matchup this week, I would stay clear of Richard Seymour and Greg Ellis this week.

LB

Honestly, other than maybe Tracy White, I feel all of the linebackers in both of the favorable sections are must plays this week. All of them have been hot of late, and all of them have match-ups that should continue that trend.

For the formidable portion of the two linebacking charts, other than Karlos Dansby, Gary Brackett, Dhani Jones, and Mike Peterson, I'm using other options if I have similar players on my bench available for the other players.

DB

For those that have asked this week, as long as he is not injured, Erik Coleman is a must play this week. Other guys I like from the safety and corner back charts are Melvin Bullitt, Brandon Meriweather, and Mike McKenzie.

As far as who are must plays even though they are in the formidable section, you have to still play Tyvon Branch, Louis Delmas, Brian Dawkins, Charles Woodson, and I also like Brent Grimes this week, as well. The other people on the list, though, I would look elsewhere.

One Final Note—If Lance Briggs can't go, you really need to consider inserting Jamar Williams into your lineups this week if more than one linebacker has to start in your league. Last week, Williams was used when Briggs couldn't go and finished with 13 solo tackles, five assists, and two pass deflections.

Well, I hope this helps you out with the decisions you'll be making this week. Here's to all of you making it through this week!