Chapter 164 IQ Test
Here, thirty-two NFL teams gathered at Lucas Oil Arena. Although this was just the rookie training camp, the undercurrent of the draft had begun to quietly spread.
Over there, the young players, under the gaze of tens of millions of people, continued to conduct tests step by step.
After the running back group conducted urine tests, they bustled to the next room, and the quarterback group jammed in the hallway could be seen from a distance.
Right now, they are about to conduct a special test session exclusively for rugby——
Vonderick test.
This is a highly reliable and brief measure of general intellectual ability, measuring verbal, numerical and spatial abilities, and problem-solving skills.
The entire test lasts twelve minutes, consists of fifty questions, and the full score is fifty points.
This test is very similar to the IQ test that people are familiar with in daily life, but it is simpler and more targeted. A test score of 20 points is the average IQ, which is equivalent to 100 points in the IQ test.
In professional rugby matches, the tactical manuals are complex and diverse, with as many as 20,000 tactics. An offensive and defensive confrontation may involve a variety of permutations and combinations of tactics. This requires every player to fully master the tactical manual - mastery, just Just reading or memorizing is not enough.
It is this ability that Vondrick tests, spatial reading, problem understanding, problem solving, logical reasoning, etc.
Among them, the quarterback is undoubtedly the top priority.
Because the quarterback is the core position of the entire team, he is the only one required to master the entire tactical manual, from offense to defense. Of course, the defense just reads, and the offense has to understand.
The NCAA relies on talent, the NFL relies on brains.
In the professional league, Johnny Manziel is not the first quarterback to be eliminated or even retired because he cannot master the tactical manual and cannot keep up with the changes in the team's tactics. It is precisely because of this that the Vondrick test may be useful for The quarterback's draft position has an immediate impact.
Of course, this is just a measurement data.
A perfect score of fifty does not mean that he is a talented quarterback; similarly, a score of twenty points lower than the average does not mean that his career is over. After all, specific analysis of specific situations will vary from person to person.
After years of testing, each position on the court has an average score. As long as it reaches this level, there is basically no problem.
The highest average score is not the quarterback, but the offensive tackle, with an average score of 26 points; the average score of the quarterback is 24 points.
The lowest average score is for running backs. The average score for full backs is 17 points and the average score for half backs is 16 points.
It can be seen from this detail. No wonder running backs are generally used as human shields or bulldozers. "Muscle" has become their label——
Not the brain anyway.
For reference, in other real-life positions, the average score for reporters is 26 points, and the average score for programmers is 27 points.
The twelve-minute test went faster than expected. There were fifty questions. There was not much time to think about each question. You had to rely on instinct. Before you had time to react, the test was all completed.
The test results come out on the spot, are updated in real time, and are recorded in a book. Like other training camp test data, they accompany the players throughout their careers.
"Wow, it's really difficult."
"...It seems that there is no one over thirty points so far."
"Who knows what to choose for the third question? Who knows?"
"Is the answer to the last question...?"
"It's over, it's over. I seem to have filled in the wrong answer."
Chattering, the discussion in the corridor couldn't stop at all, and it took him back to middle school for a second - after the exam, one or two people gathered at the door of the classroom to start a discussion, asking the top students in the class, trying to confirm their exam status. For a brief moment, they temporarily forgot that each other were competitors in the draft, and they were all poor students facing the pressure of exams.
But who should they ask here?
No reference object.
As soon as Levi left the room, the crowd could see Mahomes smiling, raising his right hand high and waving, and actively squeezed in.
Levi looked at Mahomes jumping up and down, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised, "It seems that the test results are good?"
"Haha." Mahomes laughed heartlessly. "Actually, screwed up."
Without saying anything else, Mahomes showed Levi the results of his Fonderrick test——
Twenty-four points, just enough to hold down the quarterback's average.
Looking at the score and then looking at Mahomes's smile, one can't help but feel a contrasting sense of joy. Is this something worth being happy about?
Mahomes noticed Levi's expression and waved his hands repeatedly, "I just never liked studying or taking exams, so I chose sports. It's okay, it's okay, at least I stepped on the quarterback's average score. , this is just passing, right? Haha, I didn’t even think I could pass.”
This is also an observation angle.
A smile appeared in Levi's eyes, and he nodded in agreement, "Perform well in the next physical test, and we will see the real results under our hands."
Mahomes smiled broadly, nodded repeatedly, and looked like he was gearing up. "The results of Fonderrick's test this year are generally not good. The expressions of the scouts are all bad. The stands are in a downturn and the situation is grim. What about you? How is the test result?" Ah, I shouldn't worry about you, you will definitely kill the test easily."
Levi chuckled lightly, "It seems that my performance on the field is not impressive enough, so that you guys think I just rely on my brain to play, right?"
Mahomes blinked, "Isn't this a good thing? You are not one of those players who only rely on muscles and no brains."
Diagonally behind, five steps away.
Fournette only felt that his back was full of arrows, comparable to a porcupine. He lowered his head to look at the results of his Fonderrick test——
Eleven points.
That number was so dazzling that he wanted to tear the test results into pieces.
A little further ahead, Kamala also glanced at the result of his Fonderik test, which was twenty-four points, and a smile could not help but creep up on the corner of his mouth.
As a running back, his Vondrick test far exceeded the average score, and was even equal to the average score of the quarterback, which immediately made Kamara straighten his waist.
Kamara has just secretly inquired about a circle of competitors. Cook has 11 points, Mixon has 12 points, and Fournette is evenly matched.
Birds of a feather.
He glanced at Levi. Although he was talking and laughing with Mahomes, Levi never revealed his test results. Could it be that Levi also overturned?
Thinking of this, Kamara secretly rejoiced. He was going to step forward and slap Levi in the face to dampen the guy's arrogance. As long as he could defeat Levi head-on in the rookie training camp, his statistics and performance would completely suppress Li Wei. Wei, teams will see his value, and his draft stock will skyrocket.
Taking a deep breath, Kamala took steps.
At this moment, McCaffrey walked out of the room, walked straight towards Levi and Mahomes, stood behind Levi, looked over his shoulder, his eyes fell on the test results in Levi's hand, his eyes straightened , couldn't help but exclaimed.
“Jesus Christ, full marks!”
The air is a little quiet.
Today’s third update.
(End of this chapter)