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Well we will disagree, the actual name for the test it the The Wonderlic Contemporary Cognitive Ability Test . Is it perfect, not even close, there is no such thing as a perfect standardized test. And I disagree, I think it is easier to coach and/or learn if you have more cognitive ability, easier to coach f you are more smart than another.

I didnt suggest the possibility, I for one think it would be foolish but the "experts" continually change their minds/policy so it is in the realm of actually happening.

Oh so forget mental acumen, it is only physical acumen is it? Mental acumen is related to football? The wonderlic measures mental acumen which is critical for the NFL esp with QBs. Brady example #1. Football related topics are far too subjective and prone to interpretation There is no such thing as a "perfect" or perfectly "fair" standardized test, yes its a bummer but that is the real world.

Well they FAILED, repeatedly by leaking the scores every year so they wont have them anymore.

Jerry Jones would love to host another super Bowl. If California is so covid paranoid move the game, the quicker they make the decision the better. If it is left up to politicians and bureaucrats, it will take weeks to make a decision.

Incorrect. The Wonderlic is not an about random facts, it is not a history test. It is about cognitive ability. The ability to figure things out, the ability TO LEARN, the ability to be COACHED. So you never answered the question, why do they combine at all, there is no running the 40 in shorts in the NFL.

I didnt know I had to state the obvious. Yes, I dont who prepares and to what extent. You think the test is irrelevant, fine that is your opinion. You want to vilify the process and call it getting "pledged", fine by me, how is that different then the entire process with the Combine, meeting with team coaches, pro days, etc etc etc.

What kind of message does it send? You put some effort into it, study, take the test exams you will improve. I see nothing wrong with that. Do you look at SAT score or GPAs or are they just "metrics" to influence people careers? What about the combine, why even have that. So you spend weeks getting to a quicker 40 or high jump or 3 cone drill. You don't run in straights lines or jump in your shorts in the NFL.

Some smart lawyers looking for easy publicity and who knows, maybe the client gets luck and the Jets/Gaints settee for some low $ to get rid of it.

To think "native intelligence" doesnt play a major part in pro QB success is naive. The number of plays/auditbles/formations and instantaneous analysis they have to make is extraordinary. Imagin Josh Allen with a room temperature IQ, i dont think he would be nearly the QB he is today, if for no other reason he can figure things out like how to be a good leader. The NFL is littered with QBs with all the physical attributes but didnt have the mental acumen like Vince Young, Jarmercus Russel, JP Losman and on and on. Is intelligence the defining factor for a QB, obviously not but it certainly makes his job a lot easier.

Players didnt prepare for the wonderlic, they formerly just took it cold. Now pretty much everyone has copies of old tests, they take test exam after test exam to improve their score.

One of the biggest issues I have had with the Wunderlic is how quickly these allegedly "secret" scores are publicized. If I were a player, I wouldnt want to be ridiculed for having a low test score. That in itself is enough for the NFLPA is enough, imo, to get the NFL to can the tests.

Burrow is from Ohio and spent two years at OSU so I would be shocked if he has no cold weather experience.

Totally agree, I think that is a horrible change in games, put the Monday night teams at a serious disadvantage at the end of a very very long season.

That was a totally different era when Marino & Kelly took it. Like comparing records of QB TD/INT ratios from back then versus today, LOL, they dont require them as of right now for the next 4 years.

It is an indication of how hard a player is willing to work to achieve success.

Huh? What?

Dont under-estimate the Cinci-Cleveland rivalry for Ohio.

Not necessarily. If there is a brutally windy day like we had against the Pats game 1, then we can make a weak armed QB team one dimensional which we effectively did, Allen can cut throw the wind as good or better than any QB. We had the QB advantage and didnt use it till it was too late. We were outcoached against the Pats in game number 1, we should not have lost that game,

How has the thread not been locked yet?

What? I didnt say or infer he did, no idea how you came up with that.

What happen in Vegas stays in Vegas. Whoever though it was a good idea of all franchises the Raiders and Vegas, I mean what could go wrong? No just Ruggs, throw in Gruden and the fist rd draft pick they had to release for posting a gun laden threatening video.

Real issue who do your fear must fumbling returns, Isaiah or Stevenson. Both of their fumbles this year were horiffic, one untouched falling down and the other resulting in a safety. At this point I prefer McKenzie.

A lot of gullible posters in this thread responding to a painfully obvious troll job,

At this point since we can beat the Pats when not in a typhon so I would rather have the Pats win barely but Mac Jones to have enough terrible game and accelerate his downward projection.