Fantasy: IDP Rookie Report - Week 6

Week 6 was relatively average for rookies. No rookie had any interceptions at all on the week, for starters. Still, one rookie’s performance was anything but average. The top rookie performer was also the 2nd best overall IDP fantasy player for the week, and the top rookie performance of the season.

Who was it? Did the picture give it away? Which other rookies stepped up in week 6? Well, you’ll just have to read to find out.

 

Team Player Snaps PFF Rating Tackles Assists Rush-PR-Hit Other
Baltimore Ravens DT Pernell McPhee 31/70 -0.3 11-0-0 1 Sack, FF
Baltimore Ravens CB Chykie Brown 1/70 0
Buffalo Bills DT Marcell Dareus 67/71 5.1 3 33-4-0
Buffalo Bills LB Kelvin Sheppard 39/71 -0.4 3
Buffalo Bills CB Justin Rogers 1/71 0.5
Carolina Panthers DT Sione Fua 35/62 -2.7 11-0-0
Carolina Panthers DT Terrell McClain 42/62 -1.2 22-0-1
Carolina Panthers S Jermale Hines 11/62 0.1 1
Chicago Bears DT Stephen Paea 37/67 3.4 1 30-3-0 1 Sack
Chicago Bears FS Chris Conte 67/67 -1.3 3 3
Chicago Bears DE Mario Addison 17/67 -0.5
Cleveland Browns DE Jabaal Sheard 61/70 0.7 4 28-0-0 1 Sack, FF
Cleveland Browns DT Phil Taylor 45/70 0.5 2 18-0-0 1 Sack
Cleveland Browns CB James Dockery 4/70 0
Detroit Lions DT Nick Fairley 23/70 0.5 1 9-0-0
Houston Texans DE J.J. Watt 42/69 0.1 2 2 19-0-0
Houston Texans OLB Brooks Reed 69/69 1.9 5 1 35-1-1 1 PD
Indianapolis Colts FS Joe Lefeged 28/69 -1.2 3
Indianapolis Colts CB Chris Rucker 10/69 -0.4 1
Jacksonville Jaguars FS Chris Prosinski 18/63 0.2 1 1
Miami Dolphins CB Jimmy Wilson 4/60 -1.5 2 FF
Minnesota Vikings DT Christian Ballard 9/63 -0.2 1 2-1-0
Minnesota Vikings WLB Larry Dean 6/63 0.1
New Orleans Saints DE Cam Jordan 47/71 2.2 1 2 25-3-0
New Orleans Saints Isa Abdul-Quddus 2/71 0
New York Giants SLB Jacquian Williams 45/59 -2.1 2 1 2-1-0
New York Giants MLB Greg Jones 4/59 0.6 1
New York Jets DE Mo Wilkerson 44/65 -0.9 1 27-0-1
Oakland Raiders CB DeMarcus Van Dyke 68/71 0.2 2 2 PD
Philadelphia Eagles WLB Brian Rolle 57/60 0.8 2 3-1-1
Pittsburgh Steelers DE Cameron Heyward 8/65 -0.6 1 2-0-0
St. Louis Rams DE Robert Quinn 21/63 -0.7 1 16-0-0
San Francisco 49ers OLB Aldon Smith 63/83 0.2 2 35-3-1 see below
San Francisco 49ers CB Chris Culliver 69/83 1.2 3
Tampa Bay Bucs DE Adrian Clayborn 61/70 3.3 1 1 45-5-1
Tampa Bay Bucs LB Mason Foster 24/70 -0.2 1 2 4-0-0
Tampa Bay Bucs DT Da'Quan Bowers 20/70 1.7 16-1-0
Washington Redskins OLB Ryan Kerrigan 78/78 0.4 4 30-3-1
Washington Redskins NT Chris Neild 7/78 -0.2 1 4-0-0

Fab Five (Top 5 IDP Rookie Performances of the Week)

1. San Francisco 49ers OLB Aldon Smith: 4 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 safety, 1 forced fumble, 1 pass deflection (now do you see why I said “see below”?); You can probably thank Aldon Smith for handshake-gate, because without him the 49ers probably do not win. Getting by far his highest snap percentage of the season, Smith had a week to remember. Only Kurt Coleman and his 5 tackle, 2 assist, 3 int, and 3 PD game held back Smith’s performance from being the best of the week. If Smith can improve in the run game he might become unstoppable. A must-own at this point.

2. Cleveland Browns DE Jabaal Sheard: 4 tackles, 1 sack, 1 forced fumble; Sheard didn’t really have one of his better games of the season in week 6, generating no QB disruptions on 27 of his 28 pass rushes. Still, on one of them he was able to get in for the strip-sack, racking up most of his points on one play. Ever since his moving from RDE to LDE starting week 2, Sheard has graded positively in every game.

3. Baltimore Ravens DT Pernell McPhee: 1 tackle, 1 sack, 1 forced fumble; the bizarre thing about McPhee’s performance is that he didn’t even play 50% of the team’s snaps. Still, when he got in he made a big play so way to take advantage of limited opportunities. Nothing to get too excited about fantasy wise, though.

4. Houston Texans OLB Brooks Reed: 3 tackles, 3 assists, 1 pass deflected; Lost in the 2 game losing streak for the Houston Texans is how well Brooks Reed is playing in Mario William’s place with a +4.0 overall rating in the two games where he has gotten the bulk of the snaps. In week 6, Reed didn’t head to the sideline for a single snap. Though he hasn’t gotten to the QB to rack up a sack in those 2 games, the 7 disruptions is promising. Reed might be a sleeper to pick up if you’re in need of a linebacker.

5. Miami Dolphins CB Jimmy Wilson: 2 tackles, forced fumble; In possibly the flukiest appearance into the Fab Five of the season, Jimmy Wilson is in at 5 this week. That’s no slight against Wilson, just a reference to the total of 4 defensive snaps that he saw. Wilson was able to rack up a tackle/forced fumble against Joe McKnight on special teams last Monday. While Wilson has probably been the best 7th rounder of the draft so far this year, his limited snaps leaves much to be desired in fantasy.

To discuss more IDP, hit me up on Twitter @PFF_MikeD.

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