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Here is a list of the Top 10 Fantasy Football Linebackers in 2017 based on FantasyInFrames’ standard scoring rubric for Individual Defensive Player (IDP) players utilizing ESPN’s fantasy scoring options. While many sources in the arena of IDP leagues vary from place to place we believe that this rubric provides a balanced scoring system that will help to supplant any scoring deficiencies you might have on the offensive side of your team’s starting roster.
In other words, by adopting this scoring system to your league you will provide a means for defensive players to help you win fantasy football games and championships just like in “real-life” football without the overinflated scoring metrics found in other types of IDP leagues with “Tackle Heavy or Big Play” scoring settings which have the potential to confuse and aggravate the average fantasy football player. After all, this IS SUPPOSED TO BE FUN! This scoring rubric is as follows:
There are three rankings metrics examined when looking at these Top 10 scoring Linebackers of 2017. All of these metrics only count data for 15 weeks of an NFL Fantasy Football season since BYE weeks don’t help anyone AND assuming you don’t play in week 17…which if you do find another league:
- The average number of fantasy points scored by a player over the course of 15 games in fantasy football season
- The average % of a time a player has scored double-digit points over the course of those 15 weeks
- The average number of double-digit points scored when a player has achieved a double-digit point total
The purpose of these metrics is to give you an idea of just how much the Top 10 overall scoring Linebackers in 2017 helped you on average during the course of a season, how consistent there were at helping you achieve double-digit points during a season, and when they did go off by how much.
Basically, with this information, you can start to understand the differences in not just WHAT a player scores, but HOW they do it and HOW often.
Over the course of the offseason, we’ll be providing you more IDP content at other positions leading up to and through the 2018 Fantasy Football season.
Here is your IDP Top 10 Linebacker scoring data for 2017!
Widely considered to be the “running back” of the defensive IDP positions, linebackers (LB’s) are the players on your fantasy team that consistently score the most points for you via solo and assisted tackles on defense. As you’ll see in the coming weeks LB’s have the potential to be just as valuable as some running backs and even more consistent than some wide receivers.
For example, Bobby Wagner was first in total points scored at the LB position this year, scored in double-digits 47% of the time, and averaged 12.6 fantasy points when he DID score double-digits. Ladies and gentleman he performed better, as a whole, than the likes of A.J. Green, Brandon Cooks, Jarvis Landry, and is right below the top 10 running backs in the league using these three scoring metrics. Having stud linebackers on your roster is essential for many if not all IDP leagues.
Blake Martinez, C.J. Mosley, and Wesley Woodyard also fit the mold of LB’s that could have helped you win your fantasy football championships in 2017, and should be considered in your upcoming 2018 fantasy football drafts!
Lesson to be learned: In IDP leagues that utilize Fantasy In Frames’ scoring rubric don’t pass up on a stud IDP player, especially at the linebacker position, and waste a draft pick on a “so-so” running back/wide receiver. You want to make your entire team unstoppable, not just at one or two positions.
For full data used to compile rankings click here for google spreadsheet!
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