Found February 11, 2012 on Oregon Sports News: Yardbarker Blogger Network
Which ingredients make an outstanding football player? Besides size, speed, and strength, what else is there? Add intelligence. Players with the physical gifts to play in the NFL need football I.Q. to stick around. If your goals are faster, higher, stronger, you belong in the Olympics where their motto is Citius, Altius, Fortius. Those people might be smart enough to read Latin, but they can't take a football hit. The NFL has their own motto: Not For Long. Find an Olympic translator to read it in Latin. One way of measuring football I.Q. is the Wonderlic Test. A high score doesn't mean you'll be a star, just don't tell Peyton Manning. There's no question for defensive lineman about beating a triple team with a leg whip on the side. Another revealing statistic on football smarts is the number of games a player takes the field in a career. Maybe it's luck, maybe it's something else, but a man with over 150 games under his belt knows something. Showi...
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