Albert Breer: Bryce Young scored 98 on his S2 teat

[Ivory Panther]

Interesting take by some, making it seem like it's a negative for BRYCE to have taken the test before.

first of all, we don't know whether others took the test before as well...

More importantly, Being prepared and trying to take advantage of anything is the difference between good & great!

It shows the guy takes this QB thing seriously. As far as we know, every other QB had access to take the test before or practice, so if he is the only one who did, that shows you something.

The desire to be great and try to gain every single advantage you can, is why the greats are greats.

Manning, Brees, Brady, Luke Kuechly etc...were great due to being more prepared than most.

I'm for 1 excited about getting a QB who we know will take advantage of anything to get ahead if he was the only 1 practicing for it.

[PantherOnTheProwl1523]

3 minutes ago, Varking said:

I’m sure you can understand that if you were practicing taking the SATs or ACTs or any random test since 9th grade… studying and then taking it every year all the way to your junior year of college you might have an advantage over those seeing it for the very first time?

Anyone can do just that and come out with a high score. 

[TheSpecialJuan]

 

[thennek]

If this test is so important to determine QB success, why was Fields not picked earlier and why has his career been “less than stellar’? 
 

[TheSpecialJuan]

 

[t96]

Just now, Varking said:

I’m sure you can understand that if you were practicing taking the SATs or ACTs or any random test since 9th grade… studying and then taking it every year all the way to your junior year of college you might have an advantage over those seeing it for the very first time?

"And of course, Young dominated this test too. In fact, he's been doing so since high school."

 

The quote implies that he dominated it since the first time he took it in high school. If he got a 98 or even a 95 or whatever a bit lower the first time he took it in high school that tells you it wasn't just high due to preparation. Also my understanding of the S2 is it's not really something you can prepare/study for to do significantly better like the SATs or ACTs. It's more of a processing test that you either have or you don't. Taking it multiple times can give you familiarity of course but I don't think it's the difference between an average score and an incredible score like Bryce.

 

But I also don't put a ton of stock into a test like this in general.

[amcoolio]

Shows he’s prepared and dedicated. Not sure why you wouldn’t want that in an QB. 

[PantherOnTheProwl1523]

Just now, thennek said:

If this test is so important to determine QB success, why was Fields not picked earlier and why has his career been “less than stellar’? 
 

That test proves nothing. A test doesn't guarantee that a player will become a star player by any means.

[carolinaperks]

6 minutes ago, Varking said:

I’m sure you can understand that if you were practicing taking the SATs or ACTs or any random test since 9th grade… studying and then taking it every year all the way to your junior year of college you might have an advantage over those seeing it for the very first time?

That's not what the S2 test is. It's a reaction test where you're asked to identify shapes/colors/numbers of an object/etc. quickly.  The only way you can improve on your score is by improving your reaction speed, which isn't something you can study. 

[NAS]

1 minute ago, carolinaperks said:

That's not what the S2 test is. It's a reaction test where you're asked to identify shapes/colors/numbers of an object/etc. quickly.  The only way you can improve on your score is by improving your reaction speed, which isn't something you can study. 

Exactly people comparing this to SAT is just dumb. It’s not an Intelligence test, it purely measures processing speed of your brain which you can’t learn or get better at, maybe marginally.

[Ivory Panther]

5 minutes ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

 

These are surprisingly good comps...

[Pup McBarky]

Just now, Ivory Panther said:

These are surprisingly good comps...

We won't know that until a couple years down the road. 

[Ivory Panther]

Just now, Pup McBarky said:

We won't know that until a couple years down the road. 

I agree but as of now, it looks pretty good.

[Luciu5]

2 minutes ago, t96 said:

"And of course, Young dominated this test too. In fact, he's been doing so since high school."

 

The quote implies that he dominated it since the first time he took it in high school. If he got a 98 or even a 95 or whatever a bit lower the first time he took it in high school that tells you it wasn't just high due to preparation. Also my understanding of the S2 is it's not really something you can prepare/study for to do significantly better like the SATs or ACTs. It's more of a processing test that you either have or you don't. Taking it multiple times can give you familiarity of course but I don't think it's the difference between an average score and an incredible score like Bryce.

 

I agree with this. Also everything I see about it talks about percentiles. I don't think this is a numerically scored test. I think it's a how well have you done on the test compared to others type of thing. Basically if the best guy took .3 seconds to indentify the object or whatever and the worst guy took .7 seconds, well .3=100 and .7=0, until someone does even better or worse on that exercise. I can't say this for sure, but that is the impression I'm getting since it's scored as a percentile.

I also don't think it's the be all end all. Just one peice of a puzzle. Would love to know more info, especially outliers good and bad. If they are trying to be scientific at all, they need to have it peer reviewed.