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While the age-old combine tests are back yet again this year, the Miami Dolphins -- for a second straight NFL combine -- are armed with a custom test called siQ (sports IQ) that they'll give to prospects to assess how their brain works.

The team kept the test quiet last year, but authorized Vasu Kulkarni of Krossover, the company that built the test for the team, to talk to ESPN.com about how it works and share some questions from last year.

When a player picks up the iPad -- it's a 20-question test for shorter interviews and a 50-question test for players that get one-on-ones -- they are presented with a series of play scenarios. In some cases, they are asked to recognize formations based on freeze-frame video. In other scenarios, the players are asked what they think will happen next based on how players on the field are positioned. The players are then graded on whether they got the answer right and how quickly they answered it. Here are three screenshots from last year's test.
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Kulkarni said when he presented a football version of what he had to Dolphins executive VP Mike Tannenbaum and his staff, the buy-in was immediate. The test theoretically allows the Dolphins to test concepts that previously have gone untested -- how an athlete evaluates spacing and body language to optimize offensive or defensive decisions.

Alamar uses one example to show the ideal of what can happen when a player understands what is coming up next. It's this play, where Ray Lewis runs at full speed through the offensive line to tackle a running back he is sure is getting the ball.


The Dolphins won't say if they made any major decisions based on the siQ from last year's combine, but Kulkarni said the team stepped up its commitment to the test this year.

He says that while the Dolphins use his program just this week, he envisions the team and perhaps other teams using predictive testing on an everyday basis.

"We hope this can turn into a training tool," Kulkarni said. "Imagine if teams can help make players smarter and train them off the field at a time when taking less hits on the field has great value as well."
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http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14831154/dolphins-use-predictive-quiz-nfl-combine

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That is very basic material from what is shown in the example. I should hope these guys know that stuff. Maybe it's just, as whats' said, an example.

Interesting, nonetheless.


And FWIW, this is the kind of stuff along with actual football drills that these hopeful future draftees should be doing instead of training out of a sprinters stance for the 40 or the useless bench press for a "strength" measurement.
 
guy picking the players doesnt like to watch tape, gotta decide who we draft somehow :idk:
 
Dolphins will give predictive quiz to prospects at NFL combine

When a player picks up the iPad -- it's a 20-question test for shorter interviews and a 50-question test for players that get one-on-ones -- they are presented with a series of play scenarios. In some cases, they are asked to recognize formations based on freeze-frame video. In other scenarios, the players are asked what they think will happen next based on how players on the field are positioned. The players are then graded on whether they got the answer right and how quickly they answered it. Here are three screenshots from last year's test.
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http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14831154/dolphins-use-predictive-quiz-nfl-combine

Intresting, this seems like a suitable test of football IQ than the Wonderlic
 
These are screenshots of last years test.. Stop dreaming.. He is going to stay your qb :):):)
 
xXwarXx said:
These questions would also suggest possibly looking at QBs?
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:bobdole: lol... while wouldn't rule out a later round QB but don't get your hopes up.

As for test would be interesting to see what all the questions are. It would atleast show people who are missing knowledge you expect them to have. Though I'm sure another team has done similar at some point.
 
xXwarXx said:
These questions would also suggest possibly looking at QBs?
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No, these questions (as the article indicates) are to show if a player...

The test theoretically allows the Dolphins to test concepts that previously have gone untested -- how an athlete evaluates spacing and body language to optimize offensive or defensive decisions.
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It is just another tool in the infinite data gathering that goes into the player evaluations.
 
Well this testing last year made a big difference in who we picked and the production on the field. We picked an injured WR, a DT that can't earn a starting spot, an OL that couldn't keep a starting spot, a CB and RB that are part-time players, and a DB who converted from WR that is still learning the DB position. Oh, we went 6-10 in the season. I understand the point of this testing but we better get better results or ... maybe we just need to choose the right players. Something has to change.
 
matt11390 said:
Well this testing last year made a big difference in who we picked and the production on the field. We picked an injured WR, a DT that can't earn a starting spot, an OL that couldn't keep a starting spot, a CB and RB that are part-time players, and a DB who converted from WR that is still learning the DB position. Oh, we went 6-10 in the season. I understand the point of this testing but we better get better results or ... maybe we just need to choose the right players. Something has to change.
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yeah, because this franchise intentionally picks the wrong ones....
 
We're drafting a QB, Ryan needs some sort of push. I'd expect a 4th or 5th rounder and its not even about him being the guy one day.
 
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