NFL fantasy player rater
What is Player Rater tool you ask? It is an emotionless, statistically driven model that takes into account your leagues rules and tells you which players are performing at the highest level. For the sake of the analysis that follows, here are the "rules" that we will be using.
Four points: Touchdown assFour points: Rushing or receiving touchdownOne point: Per 25 yards passingOne point: Per 10 yards rushing or receivingThree points: Per field goalOne point: Per extra point
Kurt Warner -- 206.2 points
Though he lost his streak of double-digit TD games at eight in Week 11 (he threw just one) he managed to throw for 395 yards, his fourth straight effort of at least 320 yards.
Drew Brees -- 202.1 points
Brees is still throwing for tons of yards (325.1 per game) but he has just six touchdowns the past four weeks.
Jay Cutler -- 201.2 points
Cutler has thrown for 268 yards a game and 11 scores at home while tossing for 298.4 yards per game and eight touchdowns on the road.
Philip Rivers -- 185.7 points
After four-straight outings with at least two touchdown passes, Rivers laid his first egg of the season in Week 11 against the Steelers.
Aaron Rodgers -- 178.6 points
Of his 15 touchdown passes, Rodgers has connected for 10 scores on third down with nine in the first half and six after halftime.
Donovan McNabb -- 177.2 points
He may not know when the game will end, but he is still doing a fine job while on the field though the interceptions are starting to mount (five in the past three weeks).
Peyton Manning -- 176.6 points
Peyton has thrown for at least 220 yards, with at least 21 completions and two touchdowns in each of his past four contests.
Brett Favre -- 163.0 points
Favre has been at his best late in games this season with a 99.7 QB rating and seven touchdowns in the fourth quarter.
Matt Cassel -- 150.5 points
After his huge Week 11 (400 yards, three TD), Cassel is averaging 220 yards passing per game, more than Eli Manning (207.9) and Ben Roethlisberger (199.0).
Eli Manning -- 147.8 points
He has kept the mistakes to a minimum with only seven interceptions and two lost fumbles, though he has failed to throw for 200 yards since Week 5.
Clinton Portis -- 149.9 points
He wasn't supposed to play in Week 11 because of a bum knee but he gutted it out for 15 carries and 68 yards. He has only 28 carries for 119 yards in his last two games.
Adrian Peterson -- 147.5 points
For the first time in six weeks AP was limited to fewer than 20 carries as he rushed the ball 19 times for 85 yards against the Bucs, ending a four-week run of at least 110 yards on the ground.
Frank Gore -- 143.9 points
Gore has caught 10 passes the past three weeks while rushing for at least 94 yards in each outing.
Marion Barber -- 140.2 points
Barber is averaging 77.9 yards per game on the ground this season, though that number dips to 64.3 against the NFC East.
Matt Forte -- 137.9 points
The rookie is fourth in the league in carries (205), though it might be argued that the load is starting to wear on him given that he has rushed for fewer than 75 yards in three of his last four games.
Thomas Jones -- 137.3 points
Jones has gone from one touchdown on the ground in '07 to scoring eight times over the Jets' past six games.
Brandon Jacobs -- 135.0 points
Battling a tender knee that certainly hasn't restricted his massive production the past three weeks (316 yards, five touchdowns).
Michael Turner -- 134.2 points
Three straight weeks of at least 25 carries has produced an average of 105 yards per game with three rushing scores.
Chris Johnson -- 123.0 points
Is the rookie run finished? Thirty-one carries the past two weeks has produced just 72 yards without a touchdown.
LaDainian Tomlinson -- 122.0 points
He finally scored a rushing touchdown to end a five-game scoreless streak on the ground. Still has eclipsed 80 rushing yards just once in six games.
Anquan Boldin -- 125.2 points
Already has a career-best 10 touchdowns in just eight games while averaging 99.0 yards per contest.
Larry Fitzgerald -- 117.9 points
Possibly the most consistent top end threat in the league, Fitzgerald has at least five receptions in nine-straight games while he has eclipsed 80 yards seven times.
Roddy White -- 114.7 points
Consistency, thy name is Roddy White (he has at least five receptions in eight consecutive games).
Calvin Johnson -- 111.8 points
The only reliable threat in the Lions passing attack, he has scored three times in four weeks with an average of five receptions and 77 yards per contest.
Andre Johnson -- 107.5 points
Though he has 11 receptions the past two weeks, Johnson has been able to post just 121 yards as he and Sage Rosenfels seem just a bit off.
Greg Jennings -- 106.5 points
Jennings is averaging 86.5 yards per game, a total he has failed to reach in each of his last five games.
Reggie Wayne -- 99.0 points
Wayne continues to battle through injuries, which has him on pace for his fewest yards per game (79.0) in three seasons.
Brandon Marshall -- 95.9 points
Marshall is averaging 89.2 yards per game but he hasn't eclipsed the 90-yard mark since Week 6.
Santana Moss -- 92.8 points
Moss has been held to just 43 yards the past two weeks and to less than 30 yards in three of the past five games.
T.J. Houshmandzadeh -- 89.5 points
With an average of 9.9 yards per reception, this would mark a fourth straight year of declining totals since his career best 13.4 effort in 2004.
Tony Gonzalez -- 78.3 points
That's five-straight games and counting with at least five receptions for Gonzalez, who has averaged 78 yards a game during the run.
Antonio Gates -- 71.9 points
Perhaps the coming-out party was a bit premature as Gates caught just two passes for 10 yards against the Steelers in his worst performance since his Week 5 debacle (one reception, 12 yards).
Jason Witten -- 66.3 points
Cleary hampered by his rib injury, what was a once historic pace has slowed greatly his past two games (three receptions for 42 yards).
Owen Daniels -- 63.5 points
Wildly inconsistent, he has just two receptions for 27 yards the past two weeks after catching 11 balls for 133 yards in Week 9.
Chris Cooley -- 61.6 points
Simply put, he is a pass-catching machine. Cooley is averaging 5.5 receptions per game this year and has caught at least six balls in three-straight games.
Dallas Clark -- 57.9 points
In four of his last five games he has hauled in at least four passes while scoring three times.
Bo Scaife -- 53.0 points
In two of the past three weeks he has been limited to fewer than 30 yards receiving, though he still has at least three receptions in seven of his last eight games.
Kellen Winslow Jr. -- 52.2 points
He followed up a two-week run of 15 receptions, 175 yards and two scores with a three-catch, 40-yard stinker on MNF.
Greg Olsen -- 47.1 points
Olsen is starting to come on of late, with at least four receptions in three of his last four games.
Zach Miller -- 47.0 points
He somehow keeps producing points (seven receptions for 109 yards the past two weeks) despite the fact that the team's passing attack is comically poor (137 yards a game).
David Akers -- 94 points
Though he has missed four of 26 field goal attempts, Akers is a perfect 9-for-9 the past four weeks.
Matt Bryant -- 91 points
Bryant is 21-for-21 on kicks under 40 yards, and he has converted at least three field goals in three-straight games.
Stephen Gostkowski -- 91 points
Tied for second in the league with eight field goals of between 40-49 yards, Gostkowski has converted 11 kicks the past four weeks.
John Carney -- 90 points
Shocking that you can convert 21-of-22 kicks and find yourself benched in favor of another kicker (Lawrence Tynes).
Mason Crosby -- 88 points
Mason has converted at least two field goals in five-straight games as he has gone 12-for-14 on kicks in that time.
Jason Elam -- 87 points
Elam is 13-for-13 on field goals in the first half but just 8-for-10 after halftime.
Phil Dawson -- 83 points
Dawson is 8-for-8 on kicks of 20-29 yards and 8-for-8 on kicks of 30-39 yards.
Neil Rackers -- 83 points
Rackers is a perfect 13-for-13 the past six weeks and he is 7-for-7 over the past two.
Jay Feely -- 81 points
With 10 conversions on 11 kicks the past three weeks Feely has upped his field goal percentage to 81.8 percent, just ahead of his career 80.9 rate.