I’d like to see the Wonderlic scores for the top QBs — do they even still give that test, or any other which measures intelligence? NFL teams can (and usually do) get away with having way below average IQs at most positions, but absent extreme compensating factors that’s the last thing you want for a QB.
Brains *alone* obviously don’t guarantee NFL success for a QB, but being dumb as a chimp isn’t recommended either (or is it?).
Give me a Tom Brady-type every time, as opposed to some “affweet” who on a good day can maybe spell his own name. Granted, some of those names ARE pretty tough.
Nevermind — I see post 32. I guess the only surprise is that it took them this long to dump that test.
This has “JaMarcus Russell” written all over it.
:Give me a Tom Brady-type every time, as opposed to some “affweet” who on a good day can maybe spell his own name.”
Same with Joe Montana. He beat his opponents with his skill and intelligence rather than any great athletic ability. Ditto Bart Starr and Johnny Unitas. What all the great QBs had in common was their intelligence.