OK - looking for feedback. Running a league for a long time and a couple owners keep begging for IDP.
I am also in 1 other league with IDP.
I have tried playing with scoring rules in multiple fashions and I am not impressed with IDP.
It just does not seem to make a difference.
Looking for feedback.
Here are my concerns
Unlike Offensive players - you cann say on a weekly basis that this IDP is going to force a fumble recover and run 50 yards for a touch down - Maybe there a couple players you suspect will have 1 or 2 a season, but it is not like you can count on it week in week out.
Also - IDP with points for tackles tends to favor players on bad offensive teams more than good defensive teams. Bad Offense means D is on the field.
Bad D that give up 5 yards a carry means 20 plays down the fielld = 20 tackles
So a lineman on a team with a bad offense and a so/so D will be able to get 8 tackles a game.
This does not equate to value in my opinion.
Take away points for Tackles, Assists, Passes Defended, and then you are just looking at points for special actions. Sacks is about hte only thing I could say you can look at a player and go -
WOW he gets a sack almost every game!
is it worth setting up IDP and only giving points for sacks and interceptions?
I also looked at multiple scoring designs and notice there tends to be a lot of parity between the #1 player and the #20 player maybe a 10% drop. Compared to QB, RB, WR the rate of change between 1 - 20 is up over 25%
So as I look at an IDP system with 2 IDP (DT,DE, LB, CB, S) and build a basic scoring system
I am seeing that players just tend to get 7-10 points a game with maybe a stand out week or 2
and you cannot predict what that week or 2 will be. Force Fumble, recovery and TD - maybe it happens most likely not week in week out
So what am I missing?