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#1DieHardHawk
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GoHawks24
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He has a degree from Alabama. Strong academic program they run there.
eyekwah
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Here is your link.
https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl...rrow-tua-tagovailoa/kih3mstymk6p1ngbrwfiyuzvr
I took the Wonderlic test many years ago. You don't get much time to answer 50 questions. Most people never answer all 50 and very few get all the answers correct.
hawkdrummer1
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When ever the Wonderlic comes up I can't help but remember the pride of Story county; the Davis brothers. How the hell did those guys remain eligible.
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Northside Hawk
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Drew Rosenhaus took good care of them.
Northside Hawk
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Agree. If anything Nate is sometimes too mechanical on the field, processes too much, is too afraid of the big mistake.
Nobody ever confused Ken Stabler with a Rhodes scholar, but he was football smart and ultra cool when the game was on the line.
Who knows, maybe, just maybe, Nate lands with a coach that understands quarterbacks, like a Jon Gruden for example, or Pete Carroll, and lands in the ideal situation for that big arm and has someone who can fill in the blanks for him. How about Cliff Kingsbury at Arizona taking a late flyer on him?
99topdawg
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They went to college at Iowa State.
IIRC Brian Griese or some other QB quite awhile back scored mid 40s and the announcers would bring that up time to time to comment "he is such a cerebral qb". Funny because it is good to be cerebral pre-snap, in the weekly meetings etc, but most qbs can handle pre-snap reads if they do the film and practice.
The real winners are after the snap as someone mentioned that you cant think a lot of just react and process fast.
As much as anything the really great QBs seem to have that mental, moving picture of the field in their head during plays and know where everyone is and who is open.
Not sure if the wonderlic high scores measure that.
The real winners are after the snap as someone mentioned that you cant think a lot of just react and process fast.
As much as anything the really great QBs seem to have that mental, moving picture of the field in their head during plays and know where everyone is and who is open.
Not sure if the wonderlic high scores measure that.
Sometimes too much thinking is a negative for a QB. Stanley might fall into that category, too much thinking, too mechanical, not enough free flow. It is like a golf swing, too much think, you often stink.
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Ian Pike Hammer
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Sometimes a low scoring Wonderlic can mean a player has difficulty reading, or difficulty with a English, which could be a second language, other times it means the player isn't that bright and probably shouldn't have been admitted to college. At other times it means he is from Alabama or Nebraska.
koralakers
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This is awesome. Got the size, arm, smarts, sneaky athleticism, and a lot of guts and grit. People, he just might be a heck of a pro!
WinOneThisCentury
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This...at Alabama especially, they are not paid to go to school.
I would love to see someone publish an history record of draft Wonderlic scores by school...going back to when they first started taking them. I would think that may reveal a serious lack of educational priorities. I guess you have graduation rates...but an intelligence measure would be interesting.
WinOneThisCentury
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Plus...with the added speed at every receiver position, it's going to be much harder for Nate to overthrow people.
KCHawkeye
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Have to agree -
"Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, the NFL’s Most Valuable Player, scored a 24 on the test, which ranked ninth out of 12 quarterbacks. Oakland’s Nathan Peterman, who had a 38.4 quarterback rating in four games with the Bills in 2018 (including five touchdowns and two interceptions), had the second-best Wonderlic score of 33.
At the top of the list: Brad Kaaya, who was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the sixth round. He’s bounced to the Panthers, Colts and now Bengals. His Wonderlic score was 34. At the bottom of the list: Texans Pro Bowl quarterback DeShaun Watson, who scored a 20 on the test"
Read more here: https://www.kansascity.com/sports/s...etes-sake/article229573299.html#storylink=cpy
