Alright, let’s talk about this Wonderlic test thing, you know, the one them football fellas used to take. I heard it’s supposed to see how smart they are, but honestly, I don’t see how answering a bunch of questions got anything to do with throwin’ a ball or catchin’ it. Seems like a whole lotta fuss over nothin’ to me.
What’s This Wonderlic Test All About Anyway?
So, from what I gather, this Wonderlic test is a quick little test, like 12 minutes or somethin’, and it’s got all sorts of questions. They say it’s supposed to show how good a fella is at thinkin’ and solvin’ problems. Like, if you get a high score, you’re supposed to be a real smarty-pants. They say football players, the average Joe, gets around 20 points. Quarterbacks and them big fellas on the line, they usually get more. Teams, they want their quarterbacks to get at least 21, or so they say.
- They say it tests your brainpower.
- It’s supposed to show how good you are at solving problems.
- Football players take it, especially before the draft.
Do Them Football Players Need To Be Smart?
Now, I ain’t sayin’ bein’ smart is a bad thing, mind you. But these fellas, they’re out there throwin’ their bodies around, runnin’ and jumpin’. Seems to me, bein’ strong and fast is more important than knowin’ the answer to some fancy question. I mean, did Jim Thorpe need a high Wonderlic score to be a great athlete? I reckon not. He just went out there and did it.
But then again, the coaches and them fellas in the suits, they seem to think it matters. Maybe they figure if a fella can think fast on the test, he can think fast on the field. I don’t know. Seems to me, playin’ football is a whole different kind of smarts. You gotta know the plays, gotta read the other team, gotta react quick. That ain’t somethin’ you can learn from a test, I tell ya.
The Test is Gone Now, Or Is It?
Well, I heard they stopped usin’ this Wonderlic test for the football players. Said it was old-fashioned, not really tellin’ them nothin’ important. But you know how these things go, they might bring it back, they might not. Maybe they’ll come up with some other test, somethin’ newfangled. They always gotta be testin’ somethin’, don’t they?
Some Scores They Got Back Then
I heard tell of some scores them players got. Some were high, some were low. Made no difference, seems to me. A fella could score high and be a flop, or score low and be a star. There was this A.J. Green fella, a receiver, only got a 10, they say. But he was a heck of a player, caught all sorts of balls. Then you had Aaron Donald, a big fella on the defense, he got a 25. Both good players, different scores. See? Makes no sense.
So, What Did We Learn?
Well, I don’t know about you, but I ain’t learned much. This Wonderlic test, it’s just a bunch of questions, and the score, well, it’s just a number. Maybe it tells you somethin’, maybe it don’t. What really matters is what a fella does on the field, how he plays the game. That’s the real test, far as I’m concerned.
And you know what else? These fellas, they’re playin’ a game, entertainin’ folks. They ain’t rocket scientists. Let ’em play ball, and leave the tests to the school kids.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I gotta go make some supper. All this talk about tests and football has made me hungry.
And let’s be honest, ain’t nothin’ a good plate of food can’t fix. Whether you got a high score or a low score, everybody likes to eat. That’s one thing that don’t need no testin’.
So, there you have it, my two cents on this Wonderlic thing. Like I said, seems like a whole lotta fuss over nothin’. But that’s just me, an old woman tryin’ to make sense of it all.
Tags: [Wonderlic Test, NFL, Football, Cognitive Ability, NFL Combine, NFL Draft, Player Evaluation]
