It’s no longer difficult to find a league that allows for the use of individual defensive players (IDP). In fact, this is no longer a small trend. Expanding fantasy football rosters to include players on both sides of the line of scrimmage is a trend that has arrived in full force, with linebackers, defensive linemen and defensive backs all part of the draft pool, much in the same way that offensive players have been available for many seasons of fantasy football competition. 

In some schemes, these IDPs have supplemented the Team Defenses and Special Teams (DST) roster slot. In others, the defensive players supplant the entire team DST roster position.

 

 

 

IDP tends to collect points from the same categories as a traditional fantasy...