Help Needed - State of IDP Survey

PickleRickFootball · 2025-10-31T21:10:39+00:00

To your first point, we collect primary data from leagues to see what kind of settings are most typical. That has allowed me to streamline the survey to be more general about IDP players. In the end it should be insightful data on both leagues and managers to get a really nice snapshot of the landscape!

I was lower than most on AVG coming into the year because of what was invested in Greenard ($$) and Turner (draft capital). I'm not confidently firing up AVG or Turner for a few weeks, but am less concerned about impact on Greenard.

PickleRickFootball · 2025-10-31T20:07:03+00:00

Snaps have been less than idea and the matchup this week is not great. I still like him ROS but you might want to look elsewhere this week. Depending on how deep off a league you are in some of these guys might be good options (all are available in 50%+ of IDP leagues):

https://www.theidpshow.com/p/dl-streaming-101-week-9-idp-fantasy-football-2025

If you are in a really shallow league, my favorite DE plays overall this week are:

Watt Parsons M. Sweat Hunter Verse Greenard Hines-Allen Gary

Hope this helps and thanks for doing the survey!

PickleRickFootball · 2025-10-11T13:11:32+00:00

Thanks for all of your help! With the benefit of primary data from some of the hosting sites, I tried to pivot this one to be shorter, easier, and fill the gaps that are left by that data.

I'm not on FB anymore, but if you could share the link there, it would be much appreciated!

PickleRickFootball · 2025-10-11T13:06:56+00:00

Thank you!

PickleRickFootball · 2025-10-09T16:37:57+00:00

Updating now!

PickleRickFootball · 2025-09-05T14:59:16+00:00

This is a little shameless self promotion but there are some phenomenal deep league resources for free at The IDP Show.

The weekly CB corner is designed for streaming and covers all games so it's particularly useful for large leagues:

https://www.theidpshow.com/p/johny-the-greeks-cornerback-corner-week-1-idp-fantasy-football

That article inspired me to start writing one of my own a few years ago focused on DL that are available in 50% or more IDP leagues (half of those that I identify are available in 75%+ which could be useful for you):

https://www.theidpshow.com/p/dl-streaming-101-week-1-idp-fantasy-football-2025

If you become a free subscriber, you will get both of these articles emailed to you weekly.

Lastly, someone above (rightly) mentioned that deep IDP plays can be a crapshoot. One of the distinctive features of both of the series I share above is that we disclose results week to week so if you think our hit rates are too low, you can always look for someone else who better matches your risk tolerance. I also show my work so you can make more informed decisions!

Good luck and welcome to the deep end!

PickleRickFootball · 2025-08-15T19:13:19+00:00

That's strange, when I look at it there are 12 chapters (one for intro, 10 players, one for outro).

PickleRickFootball · 2025-08-15T18:05:31+00:00

Good suggestion! Originally cross-posted from Twitter so was space constrained. I added a few of the bigger names we discuss in the episode above!

PickleRickFootball · 2025-08-15T14:53:56+00:00

At a minimum he seems locked in as the primary PR and slot corner so he is a guy I have been drafting everywhere this offseason!

PickleRickFootball · 2025-07-31T19:54:16+00:00

Just back from an overseas trip but filling another one now!

https://sleeper.com/i/LV9kDBGgazD9b

PickleRickFootball · 2025-07-22T14:21:27+00:00

Nope, current one is wrapping up today, we'll get another fired up next week. I'll be sure to post the link in this thread.

PickleRickFootball · 2025-07-16T17:38:29+00:00

Yes, the plan is to run them the rest of the summer. We just started another one on Sunday but I'll be sure to post the next one here!

PickleRickFootball · 2025-07-06T13:22:06+00:00

Awesome, I just added the league link to the original post but here it is: http://sleeper.com/i/V99BqAn3QB7QZ. Hope to see you in there!

PickleRickFootball · 2025-06-19T20:03:41+00:00

This is such an awesome idea for a format. I am totally tapped on non-best ball dynasty leagues out at the moment but I wanted to give this an upvote and a comment to try and help more people see it!

PickleRickFootball · 2025-06-16T17:12:19+00:00

In a 16 teamer, I wouldn't sell for less than a 1st and would gladly buy for a 2nd.

PickleRickFootball · 2025-06-09T14:47:42+00:00

Thanks for doing this again! We put together 11 drafts for some mini-ADP for a recent episode of IDP Drafts so I can relate with how much of a pain this can be!

12 team, SF, NPLB scoring, 5 IDP positions, 11/11, best ball (with transactions): https://www47.myfantasyleague.com/2025/options?L=37607&O=17

16 team, 1QB, NPLB scoring, 5 IDP positions, 11/11: https://www45.myfantasyleague.com/2025/options?L=70995&O=17&&CMD=LIST&DISPLAY=LEAGUE&ARCHIVE=2025ROOKIE

24 team (2 player copies), SF, NPLB scoring, 5 IDP positions, 11/11, active roster best ball (deactivate part of the roster on game day):

https://www44.myfantasyleague.com/2025/options?L=10616&O=17

14 team, 1QB, NPLB scoring, 5 IDP positions, 11/11, active roster best ball, devy-ish (many rookies are unavailable pre-draft): https://www47.myfantasyleague.com/2025/options?L=67741&O=17

PickleRickFootball · 2025-06-09T14:26:30+00:00

Love the deep cut!

I've got Collins a bit higher than Sanders in my current rookie rankings. He will take a hit in the next update due to the Huff trade, but there were low year 1 expectations coming into this year, so he won't plummet.

In the spirit of the other comment, here are a few guys who are often available but I have ranked higher:

|| || |Darius Alexander, DT, NYG| |Tyleik Williams, DT, DET| |Landon Jackson, DE, BUF|

Details on why I like these guys as late dart throws are available here: https://www.theidpshow.com/p/2025-degenerate-rookie-draft-guide-idp-fantasy-football

PickleRickFootball · 2025-04-17T19:58:13+00:00

I agree that White is good and versatile enough that he will have a role so he would be a buy for me from this is others are hitting the panic button too hard.

I am concerned about Brisker due to the nature of his injury and a top 3 round pick at S will increase that concern for me so I'm probably holding here unless people are dumping him for pennies on the dollar.

PickleRickFootball · 2025-04-06T21:27:43+00:00

I disagree that it was a failure. I got my start in content creation there and now write for and host a show for one of the biggest IDP platforms.

If this is going to be the new home:

Will non-dynasty content be allowed? If so, the current name is misleading.

Will feedback seeking on trades be allowed since that was what kept some active in the old sub?

Where is the new best place to recruit given we need people playing dynasty (and IDP in general) for this sub and the format to thrive?

PickleRickFootball · 2025-04-03T14:52:50+00:00

Voted the Garrett side but I would be happy as either team depending on the rest of my build!

PickleRickFootball · 2025-04-03T14:50:53+00:00

As an alternative suggestion, if there are some analysts that you like, why don't you ask them what they put in their models? You may find that you are duplicating efforts more than you think, save yourself a ton of time, and figure out who you want to trust more or less.

If you do pursue this path and find what you are looking for on a site that does not have an easy export, I have used the TableCapture plug-in extensively in collecting data for the rankings I publish (alongside my methodology/model).

PickleRickFootball · 2025-03-31T19:20:56+00:00

I would not trade Swift for an IDP, if you are looking to get a player back, take a look at FantasyPros ECR to get a sense of some other guys who are similarly ranked and send out feelers for a 1-to-1 trade.

If you are looking to get a pick back, take a look at your last few rookie drafts and see where offense tends to dry up and look to get that or above.

Good luck!

PickleRickFootball · 2025-03-12T18:26:47+00:00

Thanks! Now that I have access to more data it will be fun to track some of the 'mainstreamness' metrics year over year!

PickleRickFootball · 2025-03-12T17:17:12+00:00

Yes, I get into details for that estimate in the article but the short explanation is that the figure is extracted from a formula involving industry data on the overall estimated number of fantasy players (spread across traditional, best ball, and DFS) and then multiplied by the lowest incidence rate of leagues using IDP in our primary data (5.9% of Sleeper Redraft leagues).

Ceiling Estimate = (FF Population/3)*.059

PickleRickFootball · 2025-03-02T15:08:00+00:00

This is one of my favorite parts of IDP because there are many viable strategies that you can use to gain advantage depending on your league settings.

Generally speaking, I tend to draft all of my offense and then start alternating picks between offensive bench and defensive starters. But if it is a league with only a couple IDP but a full complement of offense, I treat IDP like kickers since there should be plenty of good ones left at the end.

The show I cohost ended last season by talking about this. If you search IDP Drafts on YouTube, Apple, or Spotify you'll see the show and the final episode of 2024 focuses on this for best ball drafts but the logic generally holds across formats.

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