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By Christopher Reina

Using my custom position-by-position Field Impact Counter (FIC), we can safely and accurately rank quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, and tight ends by an objective statistical measurement.

The importance placed on specific positions is far different in football than it is in basketball, baseball, and hockey. Because of this, we have separated salaries by position instead of having a single common pool.

Quarterbacks are compared to quarterbacks. Running backs are compared to running backs. Wide receivers are compared to wide receivers.

There are only four positions on the football field where we can truly use statistics to rank a player?s performance in the same ways we can for the other three major sports. Intangibles such as how a running back picks up the blitz or how well a wide receiver blocks for his downfield runners do not appear on stat sheets and in order to get a truly objective statistical ranking, these elements are unfortunately overlooked.

Players are ranked from highest to lowest by the total FIC for the season, not per game because players only give contribute to a team when they are playing.

* More information about the FIC at the bottom of this article.

Beside each player?s actual salary, we slide in raw cap value figures of the position, ranked top to bottom, which determines their ?deserved? salary.

The player who has the highest FIC receives the highest ?deserved? salary. The player with the second highest FIC receives the second highest salary. The player with the hundredth highest FIC receives the hundredth highest salary.

We then calculate the percentage increase or decrease from the actual and deserved and that figure becomes their Reina Value.

The Reina Value is a valuation system that quickly determines how players perform in relation to their contracts or in the case of the NFL, their cap value.

- Drew Brees' lead narrows as he threw two interceptions and completed just 56.5% of his passes.

- Kyle Orton threw for 334 yards against the Lions, which was the highest total of Week 5.

- J.T. O'Sullivan had two hatricks against the Patriots- touchdowns and interceptions. It also felt like he only threw for three first downs, but it was actually just seven.

- Eli Manning had the highest QB rating on Sunday, going 19-for-25 for 267 and two TDs.

- Reggie Bush is still leading this category despite rushing for just 3.3 yards per carry and the fact that three of his 2008 TD's are not being accounted for in this statistic.

- Ronnie Brown had a streak of four straight games of 100 or more yards early in 2007. He's on a streak of two. Can he move past the halfway point this week in Houston?

- Brandon Jacobs' 136 yards against the Seattle was his second highest single-game output (Week 16 in 2007 against Buffalo, 143).

- For LaDainian Tomlinson, is it the big toe or something bigger? His 3.7 yards per carry is helped significantly by the end of that Raiders' game. The Dolphins held him to 35 yards in 12 attempts while Darren Sproles was able to get 24 in six.

- With eight grabs for 132 yards and a TD, Roddy White has moved up to the third slot in these rankings. His steady improvement has given Matt Ryan a great target to throw to.

- Eddie Royal and DeSean Jackson have gradually been falling after their initial success in the early weeks but combined for 31 yards (23 and 8 respectively) in Week 5.

- Finally getting a chance in 2008, Steve Breaston has responded with 122 yards in Week 4 and 77 in Week 5.

- Steve Smith is on pace for his highest yards per catch of his career (16.4), but hopefully that shoulder holds up.

- Jason Witten had a typical 79-yard, 1 TD day against the Bengals while also giving the Dallas runners some key blocks on the line, including the Felix Jones' TD. All of the Tony Gonzalez records could be temporary if Witten continues this pace for another 8-10 years.

- Chris Cooley went 15 games without 100-yards receiving before his 109 afternoon in Philadelphia.

Field Impact Counter Formulas

Quarterbacks

.25 Completions
- .5 Incomplete Passes
+ .1 Yards
+ 4 Touchdowns
- Interceptions
+ First Downs
- Sacks
.5 Rushing Yards
- Rushing Attempts
+ 5 Rushing Touchdowns
+ Rushing First downs
- Lost Fumbles

Running Backs

+ 5 Rushing Touchdowns
+ .5 Rushing Yards
- Rushing Attempts
+ Rushing First downs
- 5 Rushing Fumbles
+ Receptions
+ .5 Receiving Yards
+ 5 Receiving Touchdowns
+ Receiving First Downs
- 5 Receiving Fumbles

Wide Receivers/Tight Ends

5 Touchdowns
+.5 Receiving Yards
+ Receptions
+ First Downs
- 5 Fumbles

- Christopher Reina is the executive editor of RealGM

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