Forget Batman Vs. Superman: The Dynamic Duo Of The Moment Is Lin Vs. Tebow

LINSANITY TEBOWMANIA PLAYER EFFICIENCY RATING OB RATING A formula used to calculate a The player efficiency rating (PER) is a rating of a player's per-minute productivity. quarterback's effectiveness in the passing game. (as of Feb. 16) (2011 season) 1 Aaron Rodgers, GB 2 Drew Brees, NO 3 Tom Brady, NE 1 LeBron James, MIA 32.49 122.5 26.59 26.52 FIRST 7 STARTS 110.6 2 Dwyane Wade, MIA 3 Chris Paul, LAC 105.6 7 Jeremy Lin, NY 24.31 GAME STATS GAME STATS 28 Tim Tebow, DEN 72.9 W 99-92 * W 18-15 25 PTS 220 TOT YDS 2 TDS @JLin7 359,265 followers 7 AST @timtebow 1,214,770 followers % of team totals % of tearm totals #JeremyLin #TimTebow W 99-88 | 28 PTS 8 AST L 45-10 239,344 mentions in the past 15 days 273,710 mentions in the past 4 months 235 TOT YDS 1 TD #Linsanity #Tebowmania 86,327 mentions in the past 15 days 12,038 mentions in the past 4 months W 107-93 W 38-24 23 PTS 10 AST 242 TOT YDS 2 TDS #Tebowtime 47,154 mentions in the past 4 months AMONG THE BEST STARTS According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Lin is the first player to score 20 or more points in each of his first five starts, W 92-85 W 17-10 112 TOT YDS 2 TDS 38 PTS COMEBACK KING 7 AST In only 11 career starts, Tebow led the whose team has won all those games, since the ABA-NBA merger in 1976-77. And his 136 points in those starts is the highest total for a player in his first five Broncos to six victories when his team W 100-98 W 17-13 was losing at the beginning of the fourth quarter. He took the Broncos to the NFL playoffs, where they defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first round on a Tebow touchdown pass in 20 PTS 172 TOT YDS 8 AST 1 TD starts since the 1974-75 season. W 90-87 W 16-13 JERSEY SALES 27 PTS 210 TOT YDS overtime. The Broncos were knocked From Feb. 5 through 14, Lin's was the top-selling NBA jersey online. The 11 AST 1 TD out of the playoffs by the 17 New England Patriots. W 100-85 W 35-32 Knicks were also the 10 PTS 13 AST 215 TOT YDS JERSEY SALES top-selling team on 2 TDS NBAStore.com and at Tebow had the sixth best-selling NFL jersey in November and the second best the NBA Store on Fifth Avenue, with sales up 200 percent compared Lin averaged 24.4 points a game in his first seven games in a leading role for 15 Tebow averaged 200.8 yards a game in his first in December and seven games as the Broncos' starter. Aaron to last year. the Knicks. LeBron January. James' average during Rodgers' average during those seven games for the RATINGS IMPACT that same seven-game RATINGS IMPACT More than three million people watched Lin and the Knicks play Kobe Bryant and stretch for the Miami Green Bay Packers? 304.8 When Tebow's Broncos visited Tom Brady and the Patriots on Jan. 14 , they delivered the highest ratings for any NFL divisional playoff game in 11 years. Heat? 24.2 points a game. yards a game. the Lakers on Feb. 10, making it ESPN's most-watched Friday-night game this season. That's 34 percent more viewers than watch the average Friday-night game. Sports lustrated SPORT IN AMERICA SPerts AGAINS "SPORTS ILLUSTRATED' COVER A true sign of superstardom is making the cover of Sports Illustrated. Tebow did it twice last fall in four weeks. Lin has gone from bench warmer to cover boy in two weeks.