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I'm not invalidating my score. I just told you it stands. You're right in a sense about hubris in the sense that I just decided to take the test on a whim for fun during recess in my classroom with students chatting and doing work on the side. And I was a bit dismissive of it in terms of attitude. Do you know Lamar Jackson's approach to the test? Do you know if he took it seriously? Based off his own history, if anything, it's possible schools did what they often do for star athletes which is push them through the system at a lower bar than regular students purely because of how talented they are and what they bring to their school. So, it's possible that Jackson doesn't have the same amount of knowledge you or I have, but knowledge does not equal intelligence and knowledge doesn't really relate to one's ability to process new information. As far as processing football information of an offense and on the field... well, there's his game tape and there's also how damn hard he worked as he came into Louisville without having ever had to use an offensive playbook in High School: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2662128-the-education-of-lamar-jackson-how-louisville-qb-went-from-project-to-superstar The Education of Lamar Jackson: How Louisville QB Went from Project to Superstar He picked Louisville, knowing coach Bobby Petrino's history of developing QBs. Then Petrino delivered the playbook. "It looked like foreign letters," Jackson remembers. "I came from a high school where I didn't have a playbook or anything like that. Coach would draw it up and get the headset on, and we'd go after it." and And so when Jackson arrived on campus, he was not even named among the three guys who might be the starting quarterback. The playbook was still Greek to him, as were progressions, tight ends in motion and blitzes. Darn blitzes. That was a year ago. A few days ago, he threw for six touchdowns and ran for two more. and "At first, I was like, 'Why are they trying to make me do this?'" Jackson says. "'I'm trying to sleep.' It was crazy. I'd watch my bad plays—my good plays, too." The truth is, at first he wasn't even sure exactly what he was watching. Then it started making sense, and he realized he enjoyed it. "When I started getting more into it, I realized, 'This is what I'm here for.'" and Petrino says some of the things usually considered "natural intangibles" need to be worked on, too. For example, last year, Jackson was petrified to talk with the media. So he took a media class and also enlisted the help of a local reporter.

If you honestly think that test is indicative of your intelligence, you're pretty naïve. I scored a 22 when I discovered that test and decided to take it. I really have no shame in saying that was my score. And I wouldn't have any shame in saying I scored a 13 if I did. I see standardized tests up close and personal all the time and understand the incredibly flawed nature of them in terms of what they're designed to measure versus what they actually measure. I've seen your posts. You're not almost twice as smart as me. I won't make any excuses for that score, whatsoever, but I know that a 22 on the Wonderlic is not indicative of my actual intelligence because I know that if I sat here and took that test again in a quiet room, focused and used some test taking strategies, I could drastically improve my score. But I'll let that 22 stand because I don't have anything to prove to myself. If anything, taking that test just further proves to me the idiocy of standardized tests, in general.

Can you tell me which of these questions are the strongest indicators of NFL success for a QB and how they apply to an NFL football field? Casey needed to move 23 huge boxes from his truck to the loading dock. His forklift could only hold three boxes at once. How many times did Casey have to visit the loading dock? Which word is different from the others? (Apple, Orange, Watermelon, Celery, Tomato) In four years, Phil will be half Tim’s age. Two years ago, Tim was five times Phil’s age. How old is Phil now? To thwart is to: (threaten, oppose, weaken, make fun of) What word, when added to the beginning of MILL and the end of CHAIN, creates two other words? Choose the sentence that most closely resembles the meaning of the proverb, “The pen is mightier than the sword.”

Pointless thread. We're getting a QB in the 1st round. I'll put money down on that one if you want.

BWAHAHAHAHA!!! I'm sure the irony of this is lost on you, Shady, but I'm done in here. Have fun.

I really don't care, actually. I just find it ironic because you often complain about other people starting useless threads, which this is, or posting them in the wrong forum, which this probably is. But have your fun

https://footballiqscore.com/ Do us all a favor. 1) Take the test right now with no practice. I'm betting that's what Jackson did since he's probably the only high profile coming out in decades to not have an Agent who would force him to practice and prepare for the test itself. The truth of the matter is that you can drastically improve your score on standardized tests with a few simple test taking strategies. It's often not indicative of intelligence or processing speed, but prior practice and proper test taking strategies. and 2) Tell us which questions apply to being a QB on an NFL field in terms of executing an offensive playbook and reading defenses. Maybe he just didn't think the test was worth a damn so he broke with convention and didn't prepare for the exam. From the sounds of it, it's possible the kid (and his mother) is so sick and tired of being cajoled time and time again into trying out other positions like punt returner or WR when all he's wanted to be is a QB and he's had historic success at the position after the last couple of years that's he's just at a "take it or leave it," point. He's going to be playing QB for a football team, he's not going to be a rocket scientist. What's the point of a standardized test? If you argue it's processing speed or ability to execute an NFL offense, he could just point to his college film over the last 2 years in an NFL offense against high-level competition.

So, you thought a quote coming less than 2 weeks before the draft by a Head Coach who is drafting late in the 1st round and in no position to draft any of the top QBs, but is probably ready to pounce on any potential QB who falls to him as his eventual replacement has any credibility whatsoever? C'mon man. This isn't even Bills worthy. It should be in some other "Around the NFL" forum.

Well... yeah, you're guilty. Glad you can admit that. It's like if people in this thread called you a loser. Just because you're proving in this thread you're a loser, it's still a personal attack.

I haven't looked at years past for Brandt... but does he often put this many QBs this high as it's relevant to all prospects? If this is indicative of the way most scouts rate these prospects regardless of position, then jesus, this is a top-heavy QB class. 3 of the 4 best players and 4 of the 7 best players in this draft, according to Brandt, are QBs. 5 QBs with legitimate 1st round grades. I just really hope Buffalo finds a way to get Mayfield, Darnold or Rosen... or passes on Allen and takes Jackson.

Because he sucks? That would be the answer I would hope for... but unfortunately, he did make a pre-draft visit to Buffalo. http://buffalonews.com/2018/04/16/report-josh-allen-makes-pre-draft-visit-to-the-bills/

Completely and ridiculously unrealistic. We're going to need to give up more than that to get to #2. At least one of our 2nds from this year, too... maybe even a 3rd.

Shady... is this a desperate cry for attention? Does anyone give a damn what a Head Coach who already has his Franchise QB says about this QB class? 'Tis the season of smoke and mirrors, folks...

1- Mayfield 2- Darnold 3- Rosen at 12 4- Jackson at 12 OR Rosen in a trade up I think Mayfield is going to be the best QB in this class.

Well, here's how he could realistically be looking at this... 5 positions? 1 - QB: Obviously we're drafting a QB high. No ifs, ands or buts about it. Even if he believes McCarron can start and be at least a lateral move from Taylor last year, he can't possibly look at him as a long term starter. 2 - MLB: Preston Brown's departure says that's absolutely a position of need, maybe more than any other position other than QB. 3 - G/C: Honestly, he might already feel we're good here with Groy, Bodine, Miller and Ducasse. Some combination of 3 of those 4 are likely going to be our interior OL. 4 - WR: I don't even think he would view this as a position we need a starter with Benjamin and Jones and several guys waiting in the wings like Streater and Reilly, but I'm sure we get another strong competitor at WR. Can anyone think of another position we'd need to fill this year??? It all just depends on the QB... but I still think we'll improve as a team from last year.

No

Of course they wouldn't. But they also won't survive a "Keep all our picks and draft a QB!!!" if that QB is a miss. Without a Franchise QB, coaches and GMs don't last more than a handful of years.

Thank you. You've solidified my desire to steer very clear of him. Whatever BuffaloBud420 says to do, do the opposite Do you get most of these fantastic ideas at 4:20 in the afternoon with a little help from your girl Mary Jane?

All fair enough. Mayfield's fire is one of the main reasons I love him. Dude won a starting QB job as a walk-on at a D1 college and transferred and won the job again at an even more high profile school and had the best consecutive year stint for any QB in college football in recent history, maybe ever. He comes up big in big moments. He's always been dismissed and has a massive chip on his shoulder. On top of all that, the guy who's reportedly been blowing teams away in his interviews and film breakdown is Mayfield, not Rosen. You're right, Rosen is the prototype I want in terms of what I see. But Mayfield is the guy I prefer in a Bills uniform. I'll be happy with either, though.

If you can still type... you didn't drink too much beer When I was hammered one time in college and crashing at a friend's house, I peed on a pile of laundry in the corner of his room in the middle of the night, but it only happened once... every other time in college I was hammered and caught peeing in the corner of a room in the middle of the night, there was no laundry.

This cracks me up: "He’s a potential first overall pick even though scouts know he wasn’t good in college. I’m of the belief that the draft is an efficient market, so if Allen goes first overall, then I’d wager he’s got a very good chance to turn into a good NFL quarterback. But I also think the chance that Allen slides significantly in the first round is a lot higher than people think, too. Until he’s actually drafted, we don’t know how much teams are willing to overlook." ...in other words... "If he goes high, he'll probably be good... I mean, an NFL GM thought he'd be good, so he probably will be. But if not he's probably going to be bad... I mean, look at all the guys who passed on him!" Boy... way to really go out on a limb there Chase Stuart! I've been arguing the basic premise of this article for weeks now... except this article only goes as far back as Ryan Leaf. There hasn't been a QB playing for a relatively small school like Wyoming against crappy competition who's been really mediocre in terms of the way he's played who's been drafted in the top 10 of the 1st round and gone on to have a successful NFL career since Phil Simms was drafted 39 years ago in the 1979 draft. I think the kid might drop precipitously if Cleveland doesn't take him. Lord I hope they take him... I sure as hell don't want to worry about us taking him. At least Cardale Jones had a stretch of excellent play on the biggest stage against high level competition and won a National Championship... starting to honestly wonder if that ivory skin isn't helping Allen out immensely

Almost? I think Mayfield is the closest thing to a sure thing in this draft, personally. I think he's going to be a true Franchise QB. I'll be very very happy if we manage to get Mayfield while keeping even more of our draft picks Abso friggin LUTELY!!!! Although I will be very up front and honest about this: I will delude myself with time into thinking Allen could be our Franchise Savior even though right now I'm disgusted at the prospect of even drafting him. Kinda frightening that he's constantly popping up as our choice in the vast majority of mock drafts Any of those 3 guys in a trade up or Jackson at 12 on draft day and I'm jumping for joy. Allen in a trade up and I'm seeing if I can run through a wall

So, from that list, not all of them have posted mock drafts yet... in fact, I could only find about half of the top 20 mock drafters over the last 5 years. Out of that list, here were the top projections to Buffalo. #1 - Baker Mayfield Projected by Brian Phlipot (#6), Ben Standig (#7), Jonathan Cook (#15) and Doug Martz (#18) #2 - Josh Rosen Projected by Forrest Long (#2), Scott Wright (#12) and Rob Staton (#16) #3 - Josh Allen Projected by Mike Loyko (#9) and Dan Kadar (#19) #4 - Lamar Jackson Projected by Ryan McCrystal (#8) FWIW, Loyko, who projected Allen to us is a Patriots writer, Kadar, who projected Allen to us runs the "mocking the draft" website, which seems to compile a bunch of different fan mocks and McCrystal projected Jackson to us before we traded up to #12 with Cincy, so he projected him to us at #21.

Almost every mock draft I'm seeing pop up lately is linking Buffalo to Allen in a trade up with Denver or someone like them. I just don't believe Buffalo covets Allen this much. I personally don't like Allen at all and think he's not even one of the top 5 QBs in this class, but I can understand Buffalo viewing him as one of the top 5 QBs, possibly even the 3rd best... though I think that's a stretch. But with all these drafts consistently linking Buffalo to trading up to #5, it makes me wonder how much any of them are actually paying attention to what these GMs (ours in particular, in this case) have been doing over the last year. I'm expecting Beane to find a way to get one of his 2 favorite QBs in this draft, and whether that's Darnold/Rosen/Mayfield, I don't know, but I'm just not seeing (and more specifically, not wanting) Allen.

Almost every mock draft I'm seeing pop up lately is linking Buffalo to Allen in a trade up with Denver or someone like them. I understand that this is largely my bias speaking, but I just don't believe Buffalo covets Allen this much. I mean, while I personally don't like Allen at all and think he's not even one of the top 5 QBs in this class, I can understand Buffalo viewing him as one of the top 5 QBs, possibly even the 3rd best... though I think that's a stretch. But with all these drafts linking Buffalo to trading up to #5, it makes me wonder how much any of them are actually paying attention to what these GMs (ours in particular, in this case) have been doing over the last year. Personally, I expect Beane to find a way to get one of his 2 favorite QBs in this draft, and whether that's Darnold/Rosen/Mayfield, I don't know, but I'm just not seeing Allen. Not seeing... but moreso, not wanting.