High School coach was former NFL All-Pro fullback, Mike Alstott
Played at Northside Christian School in St. Petersburg, FL
33 Career Games for Carson Newman (16’-19’)
25 Consecutive starts
122nd All-American in school history
156 tackles, 7 interceptions
Led the South Atlantic Conference with 5 interceptions in 2017
2017 All-SAC 1st team
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S, Devin McCourty, New England Patriots
The ten-year veteran is off to one of his best starts to begin a season in his career. He’s leading the NFL interceptions (4) through the first four games of the season and has one in each game. This is the most he’s had in a season, since 2012, his third year in the league. While this pace won’t continue, I do expect him to continue to be an impact player in pass defense.
IDP Stock Market: Week 5 Edition Read More »
Each week I will recap the top performances by this year’s rookie defenders. Some are well-known names and others come out of nowhere. Rookies are highly coveted in the dynasty community, but their value can be very volatile at times. In this series each week, we’ll look at their numbers and what impact they have. I am also including their snap counts and percentage of snaps. These snap counts can tell us a lot about how much a player is being used and the opportunities they have to make plays. I like to target rookies that play 80% plus of the team’s defensive snaps. Let’s jump right into this week’s group.
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Duquesne Dukes #1 Defensive Back
Twitter: @DaiUno1_2014 All-County & All-League honors as a senior for Don Bosco PrepWas a three-star recruit according to 247 Sports Composite, ranked No. 25 player in the state of New Jersey & No. 100 nationally at his position29 Career Games for Syracuse (15’-17)105 Tackles, 1 Interception, 6 Pass Break Ups, 2 Forced Fumbles2018 Transferred to Duquesne
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OLB, Shaq Barrett, Tampa Bay BuccaneersThe five-year pro, from Colorado State, is one of the hottest names in IDP right now. In his previous four seasons, all with the Denver Broncos, he never had more than six sacks in a season. His career-best of five and a half came in his rookie season. After his rookie contract expired, the Broncos decided to go in a different direction. The Buccaneers stepped up and took a chance on him and signed him to a one year $4 million deal. The return for them so far has paid off big time!
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Well, we’re two weeks into the season, and this is my third year of doing this weekly stock market series. Hopefully, my suggestions have steered you in the right direction and improved your IDP portfolios. Lots of questions have now been answered, and things have become clearer. With those answers in place, we can now
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IDP Nation Episode 18 – Preseason News Read More »
Hello IDP Nation, we now have two weeks in the books and there are a few players who have caused fantasy owners to begin to panic. The questions range from is this just a slow start? Will they bounce back? Should I cut or trade said player? What’s wrong with him? Why isn’t he producing and so on and so on? So let’s get started and look at a few players that have concerned owners the most.
Each week I will recap the top performances by this year’s rookie defenders. Some are well-known names and others come out of nowhere. Rookies are highly coveted in the dynasty community, but their value can be very volatile at times. In this series each week, we’ll look at their numbers and what impact they have. I am also including their snap counts and percentage of snaps. These snap counts can tell us a lot about how much a player is being used and the opportunities they have to make plays. I like to target rookies that play 80% plus of the team’s defensive snaps. Let’s jump right into this week’s group.
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Lots of questions have now been answered and things have become more clear. With those answers in place, we can now look at whose stock went up / down and what this means for your team. I wish everyone the best of luck and may you this be the beginning of your quest for the championship!
IDP Stock Market: Week 2 Edition Read More »
Each week I will recap the top performances by this year’s rookie defenders. Some are well-known names, and others come out of nowhere. Rookies are highly coveted in the dynasty community, but their value can be very volatile at times. In this series each week, we’ll look at their numbers and what impact they have. Let’s jump right into this week’s group.
IDP Rookie Recap Week 1 Read More »
Well, the new season is upon us and this is year three of me doing this weekly stock market series. Hopefully, my suggestions have steered you in the right direction and improved your IDP portfolios. NFL teams and fantasy owners are finalizing their rosters. Lots of questions have now been answered and things have become more clear. With those answers in place, we can now look at whose stock went up / down and what this means for your team. I wish everyone the best of luck and may this be the beginning of your quest for the championship!
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Welcome to the IDP Nation Podcast, the Factory Sports Network’s IDP-centric show. We are your hosts Dan Cook and Darrell Winstead. Are you ready for some tenacious IDP discussion? We’ve got you covered from your LB1 to your taxi squad. This is IDP Nation!
IDP Nation Podcast – Episode 17 – NFC West Preview Read More »
Well, the new season is upon us and this is year three of me doing this weekly stock market series. Hopefully, my suggestions have steered you in the right direction and improved your IDP portfolios. NFL teams and fantasy owners are finalizing their rosters. Lots of questions have now been answered and things have become clearer. With those answers in place, we can now look at whose stock went up / down and what this means for your team. I wish everyone the best of luck and may this be the beginning of your quest for the championship!
IDP Stock Market Weekly : Early Edition Read More »
The best way to get a leg up in your dynasty leagues is to know the next class of players before they hit the NFL. Whether you’re a devy or regular dynasty IDP player, this article will help you identify some of the key players climbing the ranks at the college level.
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IDP Nation Podcast – Episode 16 – Eliot Crist from TQE Read More »
am going to give you some deep, buy low IDP options for the upcoming fantasy season. These are players that are not on the radar of most IDP fantasy owners in deep dynasty leagues but should be. The players on this list, are young guys on the rise, they may get their chance to make an impact for their teams or they may be rookies with no real competition ahead of them on the depth chart. Let’s take a look at these players and what they could help for your fantasy team.
CB, Isaac Yiadom, Denver Broncos The second-year corner out of Boston College, was a low-risk rookie buy last season but wasn’t owned in many leagues (less than 5%). As a rookie he played in thirteen games, starting one, he played a total of 439 total snaps. He played 263 defensive snaps, which was 24.3% of the Broncos defensive total. He also played 176 special teams snaps, that accounted for 49.1%. As you can see, he was a core special teams piece in his first year….
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IDP Nation Podcast – Episode 15 – Factory Sports Network’s @DFF_Dynasty Read More »
In this article, we are going to take a look at a few bounce-back candidates for this season. For whatever the reason these players underperformed a year ago, but I am expecting them to bounce back this season and hopefully help lead fantasy owners to a championship. Let’s see who I believe will return to form in 2019.
DE, Leonard Williams, New York JetsWilliams’ best season came back in 2016 when he posted 68 tackles, seven sacks, and 19 quarterback hits. In the two years since, the Jets defense lost some keys pieces such as Muhammad Wilkerson and Sheldon Richardson, leaving Williams to carry the workload. With not much help, his numbers took a hit. While he still had the opportunity to make plays, with 45 combined quarterback hits the last two seasons, he just didn’t have enough around him to take advantage of these opportunities. Now we look to 2019, and the defense has added some much-needed talent and defenses won’t be able to focus on taking Williams out of the game. They signed big-time free agent CJ Mosley to play next to Avery Williamson and drafted rookie phenom Quinnen Williams, who will play nose tackle and keep teams from game planning around Leonard. Let’s not forget that they have superstar safety Jamal Adams at safety. Now that they have some talent to surround Williams with, I expect him to bounce back to the 2016 version. Teams won’t find it as easy to scheme for just him anymore. I believe 68 and seven-plus sacks is a very reasonable expectation for him this season. He can be had at a low buy value right now in most leagues, so now is the time to acquire him.
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IDP Nation Podcast – Episode 14 – Best Ball w/Madman and Brad Reyes Read More »
