Posted by dudeman2020 on Oct 08, 2020; 2:36pm
URL: https://forum.idpguru.com/Confusion-about-IDP-Flex-Positions-tp4029375p4029378.html

@Ktemery1 I certainly have heard this advice before, I think it is sound advice and am doing what I can to pick up every down LBs. That being said I still often come up against situations where I lack confidence choosing between and LB and DB. I will describe a circumstance below.

This week I am going LB1 Devin White, LB2 Anthony Walker, DB John Johnson, DL Cameron Jordan, FLEX1 Jeremy Chin FLEX2 Kyzir White. I do not have a problem starting Chinn this week because Christian Kirksey is injured and none of my other rookies or LBs are every down guys yet, and Baker is getting reduced snaps so he's risky. I think this week the decision is easy.

In a hypothetical situation where Christian Kirksey is NOT injurded this week, my decision is not so easy and I lack understanding to make the decision confidently. In week 5 here using idpgurus rankings do I start Jeremy Chinn over Kyzir White this week? Kyzir is LB#16 this week, where as Jeremy Chinn is DB#4? Why do I make this decision, and what metrics do I use to make this decision? This is where I am not confident. Maybe DB4 and LB16 are too separated and the decision is easy for some. What if there isn't as much separation, like its DB 4 and LB10 or DB8 and LB12 I am choosing between? Then maybe the decision is easier based on the sound advice of starting an every down LB. If that's the case, what is the degree of ranking separation between DB# and LB# where you start the DB?