I’ve never specifically targeted an IDP player as the core trade element from recollection, so I’m curious.
What does Will Anderson’s value look like? Appears to be IDP rookie 1.1, but what’ll it take me to pry him away? I have young defenders and the owner already said at least a hybrid (LB/DL) but curious how different really age or draft compensation might factor in.
This is going to depend on the platform you are using and scoring system. The platform is important because over this off season there was a big shift to true position where many OLB's got reclassified as DE. This has somewhat saturated the position as there are a lot more startable assets at DE now. More than ever before so getting a premier DE isn't as important as it use to be.
As for scoring importance, this goes to big play (4+ pts for sack vs 1 pt per tackle) vs tackle heavy (1 pt per sack vs 1 pt per tackle) vs balanced (2-3 pts per sack vs 1 pt per tackle). DE's are devalued in balanced and tackle heavy formats. So if that is the case then Anderson will not have much value.
Another factor is where do IDP players score in relation to the offensive players and do you have enough IDP starters to make them meaningful. If you start one or two IDP's vs 8 or 10 offensive players then IDP is an afterthought and I wouldn't give up really anything for any iDP players. There will be plenty on waivers to get you by that spending capital on them is ony hurtful.
I am in a rookie draft right now (9 offensive starters & 9 defensive starters). Large rosters (50-60 players). However, the IDP side doesn't score nearly as well as offense. Out of the top 50 scorers from last year there are 8 IDP players and the highest one is #25. In addition of those 8, six were LB's with 1 DE and 1 S. In that draft Will Anderson was the 2nd IDP player taken at pick 2.06. The first was Jack Campbell at 1.09.
All that background to say, where does the first IDP player typically come off your board in your league? If it's pick 2.06 then the price should be about what a typical mid second round pick would go for.