Mort Tweets QB Wonderlics

[TheRealDeal]

For all people saying it requires book smarts and not football smarts, don't forget you learned a lot of this stuff in high school and these players have the benefit of AT LEAST 2 years in a college classroom.

That being said, his score is fine. As long as it wasn't on one extreme or the other it doesn't matter. It's all about playing football now.

[TheRealDeal]

35

Cumulative from how many times taking it?

[CatMan72]

For all people saying it requires book smarts and not football smarts, don't forget you learned a lot of this stuff in high school and these players have the benefit of AT LEAST 2 years in a college classroom.

That being said, his score is fine. As long as it wasn't on one extreme or the other it doesn't matter. It's all about playing football now.

McNabb getting a 14 tells me the Wonderlic is not a good measure of football smarts.

[TheRealDeal]

McNabb getting a 14 tells me the Wonderlic is not a good measure of football smarts.

That wasn't what my post was about but it might be. He played in the most QB friendly system there possibly ever was so his "smarts" have never really been put to the test, keep in mind I think he was a top 5 QB at one point in his career. Most offenses aren't that easy.

My point was that it DOES test "book smarts" as you like to call them and these athletes have graduated high school and had a partial college education so they shouldn't be this challenging to them.

[Catalyst]

Cumulative from how many times taking it?

:prrr:

[monstercat]

As long as your QB is smart enough to learn the playbook and then throw the ball to the open receiver, he's fine. It doesn't hurt if you have a QB who can frustrate the defense by breaking off a nice run every once in a while either. God knows I've seen that happen to the Panthers enough times.

[TheRealDeal]

As long as your QB is smart enough to learn the playbook and then throw the ball to the open receiver, he's fine. It doesn't hurt if you have a QB who can frustrate the defense by breaking off a nice run every once in a while either. God knows I've seen that happen to the Panthers enough times.

So you want Gabbert now?

[Catalyst]

I think he meant open receivers more than 10 yards down field.

[monstercat]

So you want Gabbert now?

If the Panthers like him better, then yes. That's not a sure thing though, as much as it pains you.

[CatMan72]

That wasn't what my post was about but it might be. He played in the most QB friendly system there possibly ever was so his "smarts" have never really been put to the test, keep in mind I think he was a top 5 QB at one point in his career. Most offenses aren't that easy.

My point was that it DOES test "book smarts" as you like to call them and these athletes have graduated high school and had a partial college education so they shouldn't be this challenging to them.

I get your point and it's a valid one, but it's easy for you and me to sit here and talk about how well we would score on this test, or take a sample test with no pressure on us and score well (assuming that sample is a good representation).

The Eagles may have run a QB friendly system, but McNabb still won allot of games for them over a long period of time, so he must have been doing something right.

I just think the Wonderlic is a vastly overrated measurement of a players potential, it's a piece of the puzzle and I think that's how it's viewed by GM's and coaches, but the public puts way too much weight on it.

[CarolinaVeins]

There is some problem solving needed on the field. Say you are on your 20 yard line with 2 mins to drive up to the 30 yard line to kick the winning field goal with no timeouts. How many yards per play must you do?

[CatMan72]

There is some problem solving needed on the field. Say you are on your 20 yard line with 2 mins to drive up to the 30 yard line to kick the winning field goal with no timeouts. How many yards per play must you do?

Good thing there is someone in your ear telling you what play to run, or a pre-determined 2 minute drill for this situation that dictates a certain progression.

[monstercat]

There is some problem solving needed on the field. Say you are on your 20 yard line with 2 mins to drive up to the 30 yard line to kick the winning field goal with no timeouts. How many yards per play must you do?

Answer...as many yards as the defense will allow.

[MadHatter]

21 isn't great but it isn't bad either... just for reference:

Kyle Orton = 26

Rothlisberger = 25

Carson Palmer = 26

David Garrard = 14

Drew Brees = 28

Chad Pennington = 25

Donovan McNabb = 14

Steve McNair = 15

Trent Dilfer = 22

Bret Farve = 22

Source:

http://www.unc.edu/~mirabile/Wonderlic.htm (go heels)

By those scores, I would say that the test is racially biased.....:eek: