IRVING - I first started writing about the NFL's use of the Wonderlic Test on draft-eligible prospects in the early '90's, at a time when some thought it was a mad-scientist-level effort in overkill.

The scariest test faced by the 333 NFL wannabes at league’s annual pre-draft scouting combine this week isn’t the 40-yard dash or the "gauntlet" drill. It’s an old-fashioned pen-and-paper brain bender ...