Do You Care About The Wonderlic Test?
by Adam T on Mar 23, 2009 2:11 PM CDT
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It is a function of the draft process to take into consideration the Wonderlic Test which is designed to judge a player's intelligence in some form.
I'm really wondering if you care at all what a player scores on the Wonderlic Test. It seems fair to think that a QB should have a high score. If you look at the scores of many great or recent QBs we see that there could be a tie in.
Steve Young - 33
Drew Brees - 28
Tom Brady - 33
Eli Manning - 39
John Elway - 30
Brett Favre - 22
Of course there is always the Dan Marino at 16 to disprove the necessity.
The general thinking I have heard is coaches care less about the scores for defensive players as they want them to be more instinctive versus thinking about every play.
The Bears first round target could be a wide receiver. This year's first round bunch didn't fair so well. The Wonderlic determines that a score of 10 means the player is literate.
Jeremy Maclin - 25
Micheal Crabtree - 15
Darrius Heyward-Bey - 14
Percy Harvin - 12
Hakeem Nicks - 11
The NFL deems that for a receiver that 18 is a suitable number for a receiver. Would Maclin's score be enough to get you to consider him before Crabtree? I know many on this site like Nicks, would you pass over him because of his score? Do you care about a player's score and, if so, which positions other than QB would you alter a player's draft board position based on a low or high score?
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I think this is more of a QB rating
i don’t think it has that much importance on any other position, but what is Matt Forte’s? he seems decently smart in interviews.
Forte scored an 18
Mario Manningham scored a 6…
There was an incident a few years ago. The Bulls were killing the Knicks, scrubs were playing out the clock, and the fans were screaming at them to score 100 points for free Big Macs. They took a ton of shots, Knicks took offense and they tried to fight some Bulls players.
by Ozzie Montana on Feb 19, 2009 5:25 PM EST
None of the above
I think it’s a tad overrated system for evaluating talent. If a player is football smart then that will have no bearing on his Wonderlic score. Football smart cannot really be measured on a test like that.
Besides, aren’t all these results supposed to be confidential and not released to the media?
by Sam Householder on Mar 23, 2009 2:17 PM CDT reply actions
I really think that the Wonderlic
is more tradition now than anything else. The media loves reporting on the scores, but there are way more relevant tests that the players go through that shows different aptitudes.
what they you use lame AOL speak
I don't care about them
I don’t care if a player scores low, it’s not like they are my doctor or anything, I just want them to be able to play their positon well. Can a written test really tell me how good a player will be or will it tell me they can take a test?
If things came easy, then everybody would be great at what they did, let's face it.
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I know
that I’ve heard about teams not picking players because their wonderlic scores were too high.
There was an incident a few years ago. The Bulls were killing the Knicks, scrubs were playing out the clock, and the fans were screaming at them to score 100 points for free Big Macs. They took a ton of shots, Knicks took offense and they tried to fight some Bulls players.
by Ozzie Montana on Feb 19, 2009 5:25 PM EST
I've heard that type of think in rumor pieces, but
don’t believe I’ve ever heard a team state that.
Being Who You Thought We Were Since 2005!
I'm curious....
How earl Bennett scored, Considering how hard the playbook was for him.
"I am Kyles mom , I support him but I don't believe in him"- GeauxBears
One more thing to consider
I think its the same as the 40 times. If somebody is way off you go back and take a closer look. Like Vince Young and his 3 or 6 or whatever it was. I bet the Titans wish they had puit a little more consideration into it. And they say widereceiver is the toughest position to come in and contribute right away. Bennet did struggle to pick up the play book and he’s a Vandy guy. People on this site and others have said Nicks will contribute the most as a rookie and of all WO’s in this class, he’s the most pro ready. I think it show’s he may not be, he may struggle to adjust.
by Hurricanes becoming Bears on Mar 23, 2009 3:46 PM CDT reply actions
That's not all there is to do in Gainsville
there’s always the aforementioned cherry pit spit competition.
IM A BEARS FAN HAVE BEEN SINCE I WAS OLD ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND THE GAME THEY GOT A GOOD H-COACH SOME GOOD TALENT BUT THEY ARE RUNNIN OUT OF TIME THEY NEED TO SPEND SOME DOE AND FAST ED AND THE CREW NEED TO WISE UP AND OPEN THAT WALLET OR ITS GONNA BE ANOTHER 8 OR NINE WIN GAME SEASON JUST ENOUGH TOO KEEP US OUT OF THE TOP TEN IN THE DRAFT AND ANOTHER LOSIN SEASON WITHOUT THE PLAYOFFS
-BILLD34
by ifuwannacrownem on Mar 24, 2009 10:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Marino
Dan scored low cause of all his curly locks weighed down his brain.
"I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something." - Dick Butkus
Yes!!
Only the outliers. Most football players score average, that’s fine. It only really makes a difference if you are exceptionally stupid or smart.
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