Dynasty rankings change year to year more than we’d like to it. Some players come out of nowhere to vault themselves into the conversation, some young players take a step forward or fail to take one, and some veterans age faster than others. Here I will be going over my personal top 75 IDP players for dynasty football. 4m225d
I tend to take a longer view with my dynasty rankings. You will see I put more stock in younger players that have shown a bit already or are presented with a great opportunity going forward. I am a firm believer in building a long-term IDP roster with young players and then crafting your offense how you see fit so you don’t have to tinker with the IDP side constantly. With that said, let’s dive in!
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Top 75 IDP Players for Dynasty Football in 2023 6h4q1g
Top 75 IDP Players – 1 to 10 5a6c4x
1) Roquan Smith (LB – Ravens) 4em2z
2) Micah Parsons (Linebacker – Cowboys) 611fh
Despite the debate (in the NFL and fantasy) on if Micah Parsons is a linebacker, edge, or defensive end, he is right near the top for me. I usually have true inside linebackers as the top two or three in the dynasty, but Micah is a different beast. In 2022 738 of his 917 regular season, defensive snaps (about 80.5%) were on the defensive line, which is up from about 41.5% in 2021. Predictably his tackles went down in 2022, but his big play stats maintained about the same level.
The Cowboys have talked ing him more all over the field going forward as opposed to mainly a rusher, so I am expecting closer to 2021 levels of tackles going forward most years. Micah is only 24 this season, and while his tackles will likely not ever be in the mid-100s like Roquan, Nick Bolton, or others, the big plays make up for it.
3) Nick Bolton (LB – Chiefs) 3ao5g
4) Nick Bosa (DE – 49ers) 10624x
5) Myles Garrett (DE – Browns) 6n1v45
6) Maxx Crosby (Edge – Raiders) 5v5h6p
Excluding the Micah Parsons conundrum discussed above, Bosa, Crosby, and Garrett are the clear top three defensive ends/edge players here. They could be in any order and are close in age, but with Maxx having more relative “down” seasons than the others, he gets bottom billing here. That said, they each have multiple seasons of double-digit sacks, double-digit tackles for loss, and 50+ combined tackles. That is what we are looking for in an anchor for our defensive line.
7) Foye Oluokun (LB – Jaguars) 2p3416
8) Fred Warner (LB – 49ers) 5l20a
9) Danielle Hunter (Edge – Vikings) 265c4
10) Brian Burns (Edge – Panthers) 3d1b1y
Top 75 IDP Players – 11 to 20 64p67
11) TJ Watt (Edge – Steelers) 3i703j
I am hoping I am wrong, but it is starting to feel like age is catching up with TJ like it did with his brother JJ. Both had four years of great to elite production after their rookie year, followed by a year lost due to injury in year six.
TJ will be 29 in October, and similar to JJ, TJ’s super intense, physical style of play is a boon to fantasy managers but also tends to lead to more injuries. I hope I am wrong and he can avoid the injuries that JJ did in the middle to end of his career because when TJ is on the field, he is still elite.
12) Devin White (LB – Buccaneers) go65
13) Logan Wilson (LB – Bengals) 4w6w1i
14) Derwin James (S – Chargers) 5f6j3x
15) Bobby Okereke (LB – Colts) 27j3k
16) Ernest Jones (LB – Rams) 5a4t4q
Ernest Jones looks to be getting the opportunity we had hoped for when he was drafted by the Rams in 2021. He played about half the season in 2021 and was poised for a breakout in 2022 until the Rams signed Bobby Wagner.
That experiment is over with Bobby cut and back on the Seahawks, so Ernest looks to have a clear shot to be the middle linebacker. Even with just a 66.39% snap share and 11 starts in 2022, Ernest had over 100 combined tackles. We could be talking about him even high on this list heading into 2024.
17) Quay Walker (LB – Packers) 1fv63
18) Pete Werner (LB – Saints) 3i3a1d
19) Aidan Hutchinson (DE – Lions) 1un1a
20) Kayvon Thibodeaux (Edge – Giants) 3rd6q
Most people have Aidan above Kayvon, with Aidan having been the (slightly) higher draft pick and more sacks in year one, but it is a coin flip for me. Aidan played in three more games but only had three more combined tackles to go with 5.5 more sacks. Kayvon broke out more over the last five games he played last year, and I don’t know that you can go wrong with either one.
Top 75 IDP Players – 21 to 30 h684d
21) Haason Reddick (Edge – Eagles) 362s4p
Haason has better production over a longer timeframe, so I don’t fault people that have him higher. He is only lower than Aidan and Kayvon due to Haason being 29 this season compared to 23 for the aforementioned two. The four players after him in this grouping are all 24 or younger and equally promising.
22) Will Anderson Jr (DE – Texans) 5h639
23) Greg Rousseau (DE – Bills) 3659z
24) George Karlaftis (DE – Chiefs) 6h2a4s
25) Jaelan Phillips (Edge – Dolphins) 425qp
26) Budda Baker (S – Cardinals) n2665
27) Jalen Pitre (S – Texans) 705p72
28) Minkah Fitzpatrick (S – Steelers) 6v4z6f
29) Jaquan Brisker (S – Bears) 346s6m
After Derwin James, there is a grouping of safeties I prefer here. Budda and Minkah are older (27 and 26, respectively) compared to Pitre and Brisker (both 24), but the latter two had fantastic rookie years and look to be cornerstones in the secondaries of their teams. There is a lot of inconsistency with the top safeties year to year, but I am confident in this group consistently being in that echelon.
30) TJ Edwards (LB – Bears) 6c4q4j
Top 75 IDP Players – 31 to 40 4x2q6p
31) Tremaine Edmunds (LB – Bears) 5h6r1w
32) Zaire Franklin (LB – Colts) 6d6e5a
33) Dre Greenlaw (LB – 49ers) 571t59
34) Quinnen Williams (DT – Jets) 6x5k46
35) Christian Wilkins (DT – Dolphins) 1d3z1k
35) Jeffery Simmons (DT – Titans) 605852
We are starting to get to the defensive tackles here. Aaron Donald (32, we will see him later) is still the top in redraft, but for dynasty, give me the younger, top defensive tackles. Quinnen has age (25) and production on his side, Christian has the production but is a bit older (27), and Jeffery has the age (26) and good production, just not that #1 DT production yet. He has shown enough to be right up with his consistency, though, even if it is a bit below the other two.
37) Alex Singleton (LB – Broncos) 525j4t
38) Talanoa Hufanga (S – 49ers) 6g585b
39) Antoine Winfield Jr (S – Buccaneers) 2p5316
40) Jeremy Chinn (S – Panthers) 3g136p
41) Kyle Hamilton (S – Ravens) 6w4as
Top 75 IDP Players – 41 to 50 9382o
43) Shaquille Leonard (LB – Colts) 605v4w
I realize that this is much farther down than some would like for the guy who was the #1 linebacker in 2018, and a top-five linebacker in 2019. I hope he can return to the player he was in 2018 as a rookie. But that season was the best he has had of his career as nagging injuries started to crop up, and he has now had multiple back surgeries since June 2022.
I’d love for him to be higher up this time next year, but back injuries are nothing to mess with, and I am going to need to see him back on the field regularly, doing it again before he gets ranked higher.
44) Jack Campbell (LB – Lions) 505x6z
45) CJ Mosely (LB – Jets) 6x3v6h
46) Bobby Wagner (LB – Seahawks) v1b2r
top rookie IDP) is only higher than these two based on age. CJ (31) and Bobby (33) should still have a few years of high-end IDP production ahead of them, but of the three, I will take the 22-year-old, highly decorated, first-round linebacker that should be the main man for the Lions as early as this year.
47) Jonathan Allen (DT – Commanders) 634ee
48) Chris Jones (DT – Chiefs) 262e38
49) DeForest Buckner (DT – Colts) 6s4k21
50) Kyle Dugger (S – Patriots) 123ia
Top 75 IDP Players – 51 to 60 4c4js
51) Aaron Donald (DT – Rams) 155e39
52) Devin Lloyd (LB – Jaguars) 3v2c3u
53) Drew Sanders (LB – Broncos) 3i5350
This one is going to surprise a lot of people. Yes, Drew was a third-round pick and is a rookie, and yes, he is behind Josey Jewell and Alex Singleton. Josey’s contract is up after this year, and last year at Arkansas Drew showed that he is a big-time playmaker that can get you points as a tackle machine and a rusher. I expect him to be a household name sooner rather than later.
54) Lavonte David (LB – Buccaneers) j5n6y
55) Shaq Thompson (LB – Panthers) 466c17
56) Za’Darius Smith (DE – Browns) 4du4i
57) Tyree Wilson (Edge – Raiders) 4t4c2c
We have our fourth rookie on the list here with Tyree. He may play this year behind Chandler Jones, but he is 33 years old, and the Raiders can move on from him after this year if they want. Even if they do not, his contract is up after 2024.
Tyree has great size, speed, and quickness for a big man (6’6”, 275 lbs), and he should be a great long-term complement across from Maxx Crosby.
58) De’Vondre Campbell (LB – Packers) 3c6r3j
59) Jordyn Brooks (LB – Seahawks) 4z4k6p
60) Myles Murphy (DE – Bengals) 335z2u
Top 75 IDP Players – 61 to 70 311t42
61) Zaven Collins (Edge – Cardinals) 1f6y2r
62) Nakobe Dean (LB – Eagles) 6u234
63) Grant Delpit (S – Browns) 4pz67
64) Kamren Curl (S – Commanders) 3d6w1r
65) Kevin Byard (S – Titans) 6s21q
Delpit, Curl, and Byard are each underappreciated safeties. Delpit didn’t play a snap his rookie year, as he tore an Achilles tendon before the regular season. In 2022, his first year as a full-time starter, he had 104 tackles, four interceptions, ten deflections, and four tackles for a loss.
Curl will only be 24 this season and has earned his way onto the field despite being a 2020 7th-round pick. He has averaged 90 tackles a year in his first three years, and that is with only playing 12 games last year. Byard will be 30 this year but has averaged four and a half interceptions, ten deflections, and 94.5 combined tackles a year in the six years since his rookie year.
66) Harold Landry III (Edge – Titans) 2q3650
67) Alex Highsmith (Edge – Steelers) 266ip
68) Travon Walker (Edge – Jaguars) 2m3i5l
69) Chase Young (DE – Commanders) 6s1s2w
Travon and Chase both hold big question marks for me. We have seen one season out of Travon after being the surprise first pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, and he had to work to acclimate to a new position. He did not produce at a high level despite starting 14 of 15 games played.
Chase has had two lost seasons (2021 and 2022) after being the second pick in the 2020 NFL Draft and the Defensive Rookie of the Year that year. He will have to prove himself healthy and able to replicate his 2020 success before we can consider him a top-tier defensive end.
70) Quincy Williams (LB – Jets) 6r3n15
Top 75 IDP Players – 71 to 75 6h194j
71) Richie Grant (S – Falcons) 4k6y2r
72) Jevon Holland (S – Dolphins) 69586i
73) Azeez Ojulari (Edge – Giants) 2l5s1s
74) Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah (LB – Browns) 603c59
75) Divine Deablo (LB – Raiders) 61m16
Both JOK and Divine are linebackers with question marks around them, but plenty of opportunity. JOK only played in 14 and 10 games his first two years but has shown flashes of being able to play all over the field with long-term upside.
Divine has the first shot to be the main inside linebacker and play caller for the Raiders. A converted college safety with good size, Divine started well last year before being put on IR in November. If he stays healthy and takes a leap forward in 2023, he’ll be higher on this list next year.
