Why do players take these things? They may be a good predictor, I don’t know. I did hear Frank Gore scored, like, a 4 on it. A score, anyway, you’d expect to be able to top by answering every question with “C.” I also know the highest score in the history of my local team, the Vikings, was by an offensive lineman. Not traditionally considered a skill position.
I suppose it may be one of those “one consideration among many”s. But let’s say you had two players who were about equal in position necessity for the unique needs of your team, ability, personality, readily apparent intelligence, “coachability,” PR smoothness, and potential criminality. Do you honestly think a Wonderlic score would break the tie? I don’t. So who needs it?
>>offensive lineman. Not traditionally considered a skill position
I don’t think I could agree with that. The O line is many times more complicated than the D line.