VINCE IS STOOPID?
A league source tells us that there´s a rumor making the rounds at the combine that Texas quarterback Vince Young scored a miserably horrible six on the Wonderlic test.
A six! That´s bad. It´s beyond bad. In fact, it´s the lowest score that we can ever remember hearing anyone getting.
All incoming NFL players take a 50-question version of the Wonderlic, with a 12-minute window within which to finish it.
We found 15 sample Wonderlic questions on ESPN.com´s page 2, including such brain-benders as selecting the ninth month of the year from among five possible choices. We´d like to think that most people of average intelligence could get at least six of the 15 sample questions right.
Getting a total of only six out of a total of 50 questions of that same kind is pa-freakin´-thetic. For a guy who´s going to be called upon to read defenses and call audibles and work through a progression of receivers against NFL-caliber opposition, it´s downright scary.
The source tells us that he hasn´t seen the result in writing yet, but that he´s "99 percent" certain that Young´s score was six.
Said the source, who knows a thing or two about evaluating college players:
"I predict he´ll fall all the way out of the first round."
That´s a bold statement, and we´re not saying that we agree with it -- primarily because our guess is that there´s someone almost dumb enough to get a six on the Wonderlic, who´ll overlook Young´s low score along with any other concerns that might come to light over the next two months.
