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Tom Brady & Peyton Manning: What does the NFL Combine tell us that we already didn't know?

In this age of cell phone video cameras, DVD, youtube, satellite radio, tweets and 50 channels of 24/7 sports, what can you possibly learn at the NFL Combine about a college player that you didn't already know.

Let's be honest. Isn't the best way to assess a guy's ability to play football to watch him play football in the conditions of a real game?

Clearly, the standing broad jump and the cone shuttle are vital bits of football information that tells you if a corner back will run up in there and take on a lineman to tackle...right?

Seeing Tom Brady with no shirt on at the NFL combine obviously helped some scout draft him early in the 6th round as the 199th pick at the 2000 draft.

And no one suspected that Peyton Manning would be a pretty good NFL QB before he worked out at the combine. Whew...Glad he went!!

What's your Wonderlic score?