I Hear..."Well He's Not as Good as Vick"...

So apparently the experts are saying that the reason the Broncos were successful last week against the Raiders, is because they implemented an offense similar to the one run for Michael Vick when he first came into the league. Of course, these same experts follow that up with "Well he's not as good as Michael Vick". This being a blog about Fact-Based Football, I decided to put that to the test.

Below are the numbers (yet again) for Tebow in his first 6 professional starts. This time, I decided to compare them to Vick's first 6 starts. Here is what they look like:

Name	Rec	Comp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	QB Rate	Cmp%	Yds/Att	TD%	Int%
Tebow	3-3	81	168	1108	9	4	77.7	48.2	6.6	5.4	2.4
Vick	2-4	68	131	794	5	1	80.1	51.9	6.1	3.8	0.8

My conclusions? For everyone complaining about Tebow's accuracy, Vick's 51.9 is only 5 incompletions away (less than one per game) from Tebow's 48.2. Vick has a worse record and less completions. The most incredible stat, however, is Vick's ball protection. He only threw 1 interception in his first 6 starts. That is quite impressive. In general, however, for those talking about the great disparity between these two players, I would have to say that through their first 6 starts, the disparity not become apparent.