ST_CONROY wrote:
The wonderlic is far from pointless. In fact all of the test are relevent in some way. Obviously only Al Davies takes them in isolations and drafts the fastest/strongest/biggest player irrelevant of how good they are or whether they are worth taking in that position.
I'd say the Wonderlic is relevent though. You want a QB (in particular) who is inteligent enough to make a decision/read defences/ audible calls/ handle the media. All of which are linked to inteligence and the Wonderlic test.
The thing is, the things you mention are either intangibles or 'football intelligence'. I reckon there's probably several players out there that are very intelligent in football terms but not the sharpest tool in the drawer when it comes to non-football related matters. They've been brought up on this stuff almost their whole life. Football is their education, not the content of the Wonderlic test.
Obviously there will be correlation between poor test scores and poor players in some instances but I wouldn't completely rule out a player based on them scoring higher than another.
I think too much emphasis is placed on the Combine anyway. It gives little indication as to how a player will perform in pads in a game situation and should act merely as an aid for a team's drafting strategy rather than defining it (which seems to be the case for some teams these days).
