IDP fantasy football start 'em, sit 'em picks for Week 1 of 2025. Chris looks at IDP streamers, fades, matchups, and starts/sits for NFL defensive players.

Welcome back to our fantasy football IDP Start 'Em, Sit 'Em picks for Week 1 of the 2025 season! As was made clear in our Week 1 IDP fantasy football rankings column earlier this week, putting too much weight into early season matchups can lead to disaster in fantasy football. Certainly, there are many trends, skill sets, and overall schemes that you can factor into your early season analysis. However, Week 1 is not the time to sit a regular starter because of his matchup.

Of course, there are always exceptions to this rule. Many of you might play in extremely deep IDP leagues that start eight defenders and require matchup tinkerin

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