Why Ryan Clady's Wonderlic Score Might Make Chris Williams a Better Pick for Carolina

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 Why Ryan Clady's Wonderlic Score Might Make Chris Williams a Better Pick for Carolina
When the Wonderlic test scores for this year's NFL draft class were released over the weekend , it caused all the usual consternation in the blogosphere about how standardized tests don't measure a person's intelligence accurately, and how high scores don't always mean successful careers. Regardless, the Carolina Panthers may be looking at the scores of two offensive linemen -- Vanderbilt's ... [link]

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MONDAY NIGHT ONE-LINERS
Published 3/25/2008 by Mike Florio at ProFootballTalk.com
A couple of readers tell us that this house for sale in Minnesota belongs to Matt Birk. Is Ryan Clady dumb ? It’s fitting, we suppose, that a guy who made it rain would pay a visit to a guy who made it snow. A sprained ankle kept Pitt OT Jeff Otah from taking part in his school’s Pro Day workout. Broncos WR Brandon Marshall will miss three months due to his McDonald’s mishap. On Monday morning, Marshall joked about the possibility of being strapped to the polygraph while discussing the situation on Sirius NFL Radio. The Bengals ...

SAINT ANDREW'S NET: VIBRATING BEDS!
Published 3/25/2008 at With Leather - Sports news and gossip to brighten this short, dark life
... The Fanhouse interprets Ryan Clady's Wonderlic score.  Does the name of this test conjure a 5-second daydream involving a girl with a lollipop for you, too? ...

Wake Up, Wake Up: Up You Wake!
Published 3/25/2008 by yaveras80 at When The Whistle Blows
+ Canseco accuses A-Rod of steroid abuse, wife coveting, in new book (Deadspin) + Why Ryan Clady's wonderlic score might make Chris Williams a better pick for Carolina. (Fanhouse) + How diamonds are made. (Yardbarker) + Canouflage is helping young sports fans. (Mister Irrelevant) + ESPN to send Gameday to Spring Football Game. (Awful Announcing)

Chiefs Draft Preview: Offensive Line
Published 4/14/2008 by Jon Yoon at Home of the Chiefs
... it is to find left tackles these days. When I envision what his long-term future projects to be, I think he’ll be as good as Damion McIntosh at best. With a #5 pick, you could do a lot better. Clady has tremendous upside; however, I think he has a much more probabilistic downside as well. He walks into the draft with lots of questions regarding his lack of maturity and his poor technique. Those questions are even more elevated because of how poorly he scored on the Wonderlic (he scored a whopping 13, a far cry from most of his linemen colleagues, most of whom scored over ...

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