Wait until the end of the year and pull that article up and see if it still sounds valid.
A lot of times things just happen that defy explanation and people reach for all sorts of stuff trying to explain it.
None of the players on Denvers D had ever been acused of being "overtly cerebral" elsewhere.
It's likely more an issue of having a defensive coordinator who likes to make halftime adjustment going against offensive coordinators who don't, with the addition of a considerable amount of luck.
Don't forget in '05 Denvers D started off red hot. I believe they set some type of NFL record for points allowed, but they ended up getting shredded.
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I've said a hundred times that NFL coaches do not emphasize intelligence enough.
Lots of coaches given two players will pick the guy with a 1 tenth faster 40 time over a guy with 15-20 points more on the Wonderlic and that's ****ing backwards if you ask me.
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I could argue that increased intelligence could be considered a negative trait for athletes. Sure, you have to be smart enough to understand plays, but high IQ types overanalyze too much and act like robots. They tend to lack instincts. A certain amount of stupid is good, and that's backed up if you look at wonderlic scores over time. It's also backed up by personality/brain typing research. The personality types of the best athletes also tend to be some of the dumbest overall, when compared to other personality types.