Reid certainly won't go there, but two important statistics - third-down conversion percentage and red-zone efficiency - reveal just who is playing better this season.
In three games with Vick under center, the Eagles are 16 of 36 on third down for a 44.4 percent conversion rate that would be ninth best in the league were it not for the addition of Kevin Kolb's 0-for-4 performance on third down in two quarters against Green Bay. The Packers sacked Kolb twice and intercepted him once on third down; he threw an incompletion the other time. In that game, Vick converted twice on third down in two attempts in the first half, when he spelled Kolb, and then was 4 of 8 with a touchdown in the second half, when Kolb was on the sideline with a concussion.
As it is, the Eagles rank 13th in the NFL in third-down conversion percentage (44.0), and Vick has the league's second-best quarterback rating (122.6) on third down.
Through three games this season against Dallas, Houston, and St. Louis, the Redskins have converted only 6 of 33 times on third down for a league-low 18 percent.
Last week against St. Louis, a team that had won just one of its previous 28 games, the Redskins were 1 of 10 on third down. In overtime against Houston in Week 2, McNabb misfired on a third-and-7 throw to Santana Moss. Graham Gano then missed a 52-yard field-goal attempt, and the Texans scored on their next series to win the game.
Overall, McNabb is 1 for 10 on passes that are third-and-7 or less.
"It is on his shoulders," NFL Network analyst Brian Baldinger said. "To me, he can't get away from that responsibility. That's his job to make those throws. Mike is making those throws."
