# Am I the only one who thinks Vice Young is not a good quarterback, and is regressing?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 6, 2007, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-thinks-vice-young-is-not-a-good-quarterback-and-is-regressing/425402 "2007-11-06T14:32:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-thinks-vice-young-is-not-a-good-quarterback-and-is-regressing/425402/21 "2007-11-07T18:15:12Z")

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Maybe one could argue that the passer rating is not an accurate reflection of John Q. Quarterback, becuase maybe he throws the 8 yard pass so well he doesn’t even try for longer passes, something like that. But Vince Young this year is horrible in every possible individual category- TD’s, INT’s, yards per completion, yards per attempt, yards per game, etc. I think Eli Manning is taking much more shit (being in NY helps) for the same 6-2 record with much better stats than VY.

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-thinks-vice-young-is-not-a-good-quarterback-and-is-regressing/425402/22 "2007-11-07T18:47:09Z")

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[QUOTE=Ellis Dee]  
What is a good way to compare QBs? I’m interested in the actual nuts and bolts of how you think it should work.  
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With the different systems different teams play, I don’t know what a good across-the-board system would look like.

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-thinks-vice-young-is-not-a-good-quarterback-and-is-regressing/425402/23 "2007-11-07T18:48:17Z")

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[QUOTE=Wee Bairn]  
I think Eli Manning is taking much more shit (being in NY helps) for the same 6-2 record with much better stats than VY.  
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Manning hasn’t taken any shit since about week 2. Although I may just be listening to less sports radio.

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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-thinks-vice-young-is-not-a-good-quarterback-and-is-regressing/425402/24 "2007-11-07T18:54:55Z")

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I’ll trade you Alex Smith for Vince Young…

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