2017 PSDG: Drafting Strategies for IDP Leagues (Preview)
Steve Yerger - 6/28/2017

Welcome to the world of Individual Defensive Players. Before reading on, please note that this article is intended as an overall introduction to IDP, and may be too elementary for your needs. However, I will explain my personal IDP philosophies, which may help you in deciphering why my rankings look like they do. It’s important to understand the thinking behind a set of rankings before just blindly following them. So, let’s get started and cover a few of the very important aspects that will affect your IDP experience. 


League Size 

 
I just wanted to briefly touch on this subject because it would greatly impact the value of IDPers. I play in one 32 team league that starts 3 LBs per team, so the value of having Luke Kuechly increases dramatically compared to an 8-team league, where every team will have good enough LBs to...

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