By Jeff Chudnofsky – Staff Writer
The majority of fantasy football leagues use Team Defense instead of individual defensive players, but if you want to make things more interesting, I recommend using IDPs. A standard format uses three defensive linemen, four linebackers and four defensive backs. Scoring is based on tackles, sacks, interceptions, touchdowns, forced fumbles and fumble recoveries. You can even add blocked kicks and pass deflections to your system to make things complete. The best way to accumulate points is to target tackles, which is the most predictable defensive scoring category. As the season gets closer, RotoScoop.com will post the full defensive rankings, but for now let’s look at the top 10 at each position
Defensive linemen
1) Julius Peppers
2) Michael Strahan
3) Derrick Burgess
4) Osi Umenyiora
5) Jason Taylor
6) Simeon Rice
7) Dwight Freeney
8) Robert Mathis
9) Aaron Schobel
10) Adewale Ogunleye
Linebackers
1) Jonathan Vilma
2) Keith Bullock
3) Brain Urlacher
4) Donnie Edwards (currently in a dispute with the San Diego front office)
5) Mike Peterson
6) Lofa Totupu
7) Ray Lewis
8) Zach Thomas
9) London Fletcher
10) Derrick Brooks
Defensive backs
1) Adrian Wilson
2) Troy Polamalu
3) Ronde Barber
4) Mike Brown
5) Gibril Wilson
6) Roy Williams
7) Rodney Harrison (pending recovery from knee surgery)
8) Brian Dawkins
9) Nate Clements
10) Sean Taylor (assuming no suspension takes place after his plea bargain)
Top 10 comedies of all-time
1) Happiness
2) The Naked Gun
3) Dumb and Dumber
4) Caddyshack
5) Bad Santa
6) Wet Hot American Summer
7) Airplane
8) Animal House
9) Coming to America
10) Anchorman
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