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Updated IDP Rankings and Tiers (Defensive Players)

Updated fantasy football IDP rankings & tiers for September. Top 75 ranks for NFL defensive players - DL (defensive line), LB (linebacker), DB (defensive back).

Welcome back to our 2017 fantasy football rankings series here at RotoBaller. This an updated look at our overall preseason 2017 fantasy football IDP rankings, including our ranking tiers for each defensive player.

In the fantasy football IDP format, you draft and start individual defensive players instead of an NFL team's entire defense. Individual defensive players score fantasy points based on their individual performance. Fantasy teams can earn points for individual player tackles, sacks, interceptions, and other categories.

Be sure to also check out our Rankings Wizard to see our staff's tiered ranks and auction values for PPR, Standard, and Half-PPR leagues. You to easily filter, sort, and export all sorts of ranks. On that page you can also find more in-depth breakdowns by position.

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Top 75 Tiered IDP Rankings (September)

Rank Tier Player Name Pos
1 1 JJ Watt DL1
2 1 Luke Kuechly LB1
3 1 Kwon Alexander LB2
4 2 Bobby Wagner LB3
5 2 Khalil Mack DL2
6 2 Landon Collins DB1
7 2 Alec Ogletree LB4
8 2 C.J. Mosley LB5
9 2 Reshad Jones DB2
10 2 Navorro Bowman LB6
11 2 Vontaze Burfict LB7
12 2 Joey Bosa DL3
13 2 Jamie Collins LB8
14 2 Danielle Hunter DL4
15 2 Telvin Smith LB9
16 2 Jerrell Freeman LB10
17 3 Bernardrick McKinney LB11
18 3 Zach Brown LB12
19 3 Deion Jones LB13
20 3 Keanu Neal DB3
21 3 Lavonte David LB14
22 3 Jatavis Brown LB15
23 3 Morgan Burnett DB4
24 3 Sean Lee LB16
25 3 Harrison Smith DB5
26 3 Jason Pierre-Paul DL5
27 3 Ryan Shazier LB17
28 3 Eric Kendricks LB18
29 4 Jonathan Cyprien DB6
30 4 Jamal Adams DB7
31 4 Kiko Alonso LB19
32 4 Carlos Dunlap DL6
33 4 Barry Church DB8
34 4 Christian Kirksey LB20
35 4 Mark Barron LB21
36 4 Melvin Ingram DL7
37 4 Olivier Vernon DL8
38 4 Preston Brown LB22
39 4 Rueben Foster LB23
40 4 Calais Campbell DL9
41 4 T.J. Ward DB9
42 4 Cameron Jordan DL10
43 5 Su'a Cravens DB10
44 5 Kurt Coleman DB11
45 5 Ziggy Ansah DL11
46 5 Aaron Donald DL12
47 5 Everson Griffen DL13
48 5 Ha Ha Clinton-Dix DB12
49 5 Brandon Graham DL14
50 5 Jarrad Davis LB24
51 5 Tony Jefferson DB13
52 5 Sean Davis DB14
53 5 Muhammad Wilkerson DL15
54 5 Jerry Hughes DL16
55 5 Eric Reid DB15
56 5 K.J. Wright LB25
57 6 Fletcher Cox DL17
58 6 Kam Chancellor DB16
59 6 Micah Hyde DB17
60 6 Jahleel Addae DB18
61 6 Leonard Williams DL18
62 6 Ndamukong Suh DL19
63 6 Eric Weddle DB19
64 6 Eric Berry DB20
65 7 Tyrann Mathieu DB21
66 7 Cliff Avril DL20
67 7 Jadeveon Clowney DL21
68 7 Kenny Vaccaro DB22
69 7 Trey Flowers DL22
70 7 Karl Joseph DB23
71 8 Cameron Heyward DL23
72 8 Myles Garrett DL24
73 8 Malcolm Jenkins DB24
74 8 Mario Addison DL25
75 8 Bashaud Breeland DB25

 

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