Wonderlic Fun

I'm side-stepping the whole Milton Bradley-Cubs feud, as well as the Ozzie Website Shutdown garbage since neither story has much to do with baseball and are only news because there's nothing else going on.

With that in mind, I would like to discuss my least favorite quarterback ever Tim Tebow's recent Wonderlic Test score. Small preface/disclaimer here, The Beard isn't claiming to be the smartest guy in the world, and normally wouldn't make a big deal out of Wonderlic results. However, I do feel they are somewhat significant, specifically in Tebow's case because one of the reasons he's gotten unrealistically favorable scouting reports from numerous analysts was due to his supposed and perceived "intelligence".

Tebow scored a 22 out of 50. Not exactly mind-blowing to put it conservatively, and hopefully should stop all this talk about how smart, people want to think Tebow is.

Sam Bradford scored an impressive 36 for what it's worth, plus Jimmy Clausen and Colt McCoy did a couple points better than Tebow but not really. I was curious about other Quarterbacks scores over the years, and decided to look it up. Here is a list since 2006 (click on "the scores") of all the QB's Wonderlic scores and there are some notable scores attached to some interesting names on this list. Readers Digest List includes:

1. Jay Cutler = 26
2. Vince Young = 15
3. Alex Smith = 40
4. Marcus Vick = 11
5. "Winner" Kyle Orton = 26
6. Eli Manning = 39
7. Phillip Rivers = 30
8. Ben Roethlisberger = 25
9. Tony Romo = 37
10. Rex Grossman = 29
11. Carson Palmer = 26
12. David Garrard = 14
13. Drew Brees = 28
14. Tom Brady = 33
15. Donovan McNabb = 14

In case you're wondering how you would do on the Wonderlic, here's a sample for you to try.