IDP Roundtable - Week 1

In This Episode: Sigmund Bloom, Jene Bramel, and John Norton review the news and notes that are affecting IDP leagues in week 1. Topics include: Injury updates for Jason Taylor and Will Witherspoon, whats going on at safety for the Giants, Sleepers and Duds of the Week, and more!

great job guys.

As always guys, GREAT IDP stuff. I've dominated my league for years on the defensive side of the ball due largely to FBG!!! LOVED the interview with the NFL stats chief. I had a couple of quick questions for Jene and the rest of the defensive gurus on staff, which maybe you could cover here and/or the next roundtable:

1) Talk a little bit about any foreseen impacts of the new force-out rule. Will defenders be given a PD if they push a receiver out of bounds on a catch before they get both feet in? Seems to me regardless of whether they get a PD, the new rule incents the defender to try the push out instead of go for the ball. Might this lead to a drop-off in WR production and perhaps an increase in interference penalties if the defender goes for the push out too soon?

2) Helmet communicators: Defenses have been screaming for these for a long time. It shoud help them. Do you think it will lead to an increase in sacks or other defensive stats?