2009 IDP Dynasty Keepers – DB

Defensive Backs are where you win or lose, there’s a bigger drop off between the consistent top-tier talent and joe average.

Teams will simply stop throwing at a corner back if he proves himself to be uh-mazing. Which makes picking blitzing safeties, the safest choice. Of course, a quality cover 2 corner will always rack up more points, but the uncertainty and inconsistency  is too great

1.  Gibril Wilson – Safety – Oakland Raiders – 1981

Gibril Wilson started out very solid in New York, and has continued his defensive dominance in Oakland. He puts up  good tackle numbers, a couple INTs, a handful of forced fumbles and decent passes defensed for a safety

2.  Troy Polamalu – Safety – Pittsburgh Steelers – 1981
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2009 IDP Dynasty Keepers – DL

All Fantasy football IDP leagues are different, and reward sacks, passes defensed, and interceptions with different point values.

The only constant is tackles, and my list generally focuses on tackles with the rest of the stats bumping someone up or down. The talent pool in IDP leagues is always deep, so it may be wise to take a flyer on a low-tackle high-sack guy. But here’s a list of guys that wont shit the bed.

1. Patrick Willis – San Francisco 49ers – 1985

• Far and away the best defensive fantasy contributer out there. Willis is a tackle-machine that adds in a little bit of everything else. The guys up front are big enough to keep guards off him, and occasionally he’ll come on a blitz.  The passes defensed are nice, but you cant count on them.

2. DeMarcus Ware – Dallas Cowboys – 1982

• I’m not a fan of putting an OLB that predicates his game on the pass rush this high, but Ware has a great combo. Ware racks up enough tackles to warrant putting him at 2, and the sacks will at least hit 10 every year assuming Dallas’ offensive allows for an aggressive defense.

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