Fantasy Football Draft prep: IDP league draft results, recapping a fun format more drafters should try

Instead of adding another flex spot or changing the scoring system in your league, you should look to the other side of the field to make your Fantasy experience better. Introduce individual defensive players (IDP) to your league and get ready to have your mind blown. 

Do you want to know more about the NFL? Study both sides of the ball and find out who the best defensive players are in the league. You can thank me later.

Now, in this 12-team, IDP league we take things to an extreme, and there are some incredible Fantasy analysts from around the industry in this draft. We start nine defensive players of 2 DL, 3 LB, 3 DB and one flex (DL/LB/DB). That's along with eight offensive players of one QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, one TE and one flex (RB/WR/TE).

The offensive players still take precedence in this league -- we didn't have an IDP come off the board until the end of Round 6 with Jacksonville linebacker Foye Oluokun -- but once the seal was broken we had a flood of defensive players get drafted. And that's when the fun begins.

The goal is to draft linebackers who rack up tackles (Oluokon, Baltimore's Roquan Smith and the Giants' Bobby Okereke), defensive linemen who are sack artists (Las Vegas' Maxx Crosby, Cleveland's Myles Garrett and Houston's Danielle Hunter) and defensive backs who are always around the ball, which are typically safeties (Tampa Bay's Antoine Winfield Jr., Atlanta's Jessie Bates III and Detroit's Brian Branch). Those are just some examples of the top-tier guys, but there are many more.

So, if you're in an IDP league, study this draft and the results. You'll definitely learn something. And if you don't play in an IDP league you can still learn something from how we drafted the offensive players as well.

But if you want to enhance your league, spice it up with some IDP options. You can add one, three or nine players like us. You won't regret it.

In this league, all touchdowns are worth six points, and we award one point for every 10 yards rushing and receiving and one point for every 25 yards passing. We also give one point for every reception. On defense, the scoring is three points for sacks, interceptions, forced fumbles and fumble recoveries. Pass defensed gets two points, tackles get one point and assisted tackles get 0.5 points. 

Our draft order is as follows:

1. Jake Ciely, The Athletic

2. Alfredo Brown, Footballguys

3. Adam Aizer, CBS Sports

4. Matt Schauf, Draft Sharks

5. Gary Davenport, Godfather of IDP

6. Joe Pisapia, Fantasy Pros

7. Jamey Eisenberg, CBS Sports

8. Bob Harris, Fantasy Football Diehards

9. David Gonos, The Athletic

10. Chris Harris, Harris Football 

11. Scott Fish, Scott Fish Bowl

12. Heath Cummings, CBS Sports