"How to Ace the NFL's Wonderlic Test" by Peter Schrager - GQ.com

Pretty sure normal people can knock the Wonderlic out of the park right? I love the NFL, but you can't tell me 98% of those dudes aren't dumber than the ten dumbest kids in your high school. You can't. Remember the best athlete in your high school? He was probably one of the ten dumbest kids there. And he went on to ride the bench for two years at NC State before transferring to Muhlenberg or some shit. So think about how dumb the dudes who star at Miami and then go on to the pros must be. Block of wood dumb. That's my guess.

http://www.gq.com/sports/guides/201102/nfl-wonderlic-ryan-fitzpatrick

"Inside Recruiting" by Andy Staples - SI.com

I'm so glad I found this article. It's a compilation of where the top expected draft picks in this year's NFL draft were ranked as recruits out of high school. History, speculation, and high school football all rolled into one. What more could you possibly want out of an article? Anthony Costanzo (previously referenced in this blog update before I read this article) was a 2-star recruit (out of 5 stars). Now he's a first round draft pick. Is that reverse racism?

Probably not. More likely just bad scouting.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/andy_staples/04/25/nfl-draft-picks-as-recruits/index.html?eref=sihp

"Monday Morning Quarterback" by Peter King - SI.com

Peter King is back. He's writing about the draft. I feel like this draft is full of busts. For D-linemen, Bowers is fragile, Dareus is soft, and Fairley is small though he'll have the best career of the three of them. I'd take Clayborn for his motor--kid'll be a solid pro but not a stud. Same for Von Miller. There's no running backs to speak of except for Ingram, who I think people are kind of sleeping on. I could see him being a poor man's Ray Rice, which ain't bad. As for the QB's, anybody who drafts Locker is a fool, Newton's got way too much baggage for a franchise QB, and who the hell is Blaine Gabbert? The kid Dalton from TCU might have the head for the game but not the size. He's the most intriguing pick here for me, especially for his value. But let's be honest, the only sure thing QB in college is that dope at Stanford who decided to give up 40 million bones to go back to nerd paradise for a year even though his coach bailed on him like he was an ugly prom date. Sweet decision bruh, hope you enjoy running through the women's chess team at Stanford next year and tearing your ACL playing Washington State instead of being a multi-millionaire. And you thought Stanford kids were smart.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/peter_king/04/17/mmqb/index.html?eref=sihp

"Monday Morning Quarterback" by Peter King - SI.com

Peter King's at it again. This time focusing on rocket-armed former Arkansas QB Ryan Mallett. He's got all the measurables, but he may be a tad, um, Roethlisbergian, for some teams to consider. And he's just one of a handful of top QB's in this draft class that teams don't know what to make of.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/peter_king/04/03/mmqb/index.html?eref=sihp