• Suffice to say it's not going to help quiet the Vince Young debate one bit that the Texas quarterback reportedly scored a painfully low 6 (of a possible 50) on the Wonderlic intelligence test that the league administers to all combine participants.

Is a shoddy Wonderlic showing a death knell for a prospect? Not one with Young's special athletic skills and proven track record of production. But it may give some teams near the top of the draft pause, if they think taking Young means they'll have to bring him along even more slowly than your typical first-round quarterback.

As one longtime NFL personnel man told me this weekend, "I don't take him, because with 18 teams changing coaches in the past three years [56 percent of the league], if you draft him, somebody else might be coaching him by the time he's ready to play. He's going to be a bit of a process. Teams are a little wary of him, and that's why I think [Vanderbilt quarterback Jay] Cutler is passing him up.''

Said one veteran defensive coordinator, "The way these agents have their guys preparing for the Wonderlic and taking it twice a day, just imagine if he got a 6 on it after preparing for it. What would he have gotten if he had walked in cold and taken it? That's the thing you have to think about.''

• Speaking of Cutler, teams absolutely loved that he jumped in and reeled off 23 reps in the bench press, an almost unheard-of number for a quarterback. That was more than any running back did other than Utah's Quinton Ganther (29).

If Cutler were a publicly traded stock, I'd be buying as much of him as I could about now. I've got him locked in at No. 3 to Tennessee in my mock draft, ahead of the falling Young, and he's looking better all the time. His 4.77 time in the 40 on Sunday showed he has solid athleticism in his favor.

"The thing you like about Cutler is when he shows up, you know he's the quarterback,'' said one AFC defensive coordinator. "He's got the hair hanging down in his eyes, and he likes to lift because he's just one of the guys. He sort of reminds me of Tom Brady that way. Brady's not afraid to get his hands dirty and be one of the guys. His teammates love that about him.''

• Impressive bench-pressing isn't a ticket to NFL stardom, but if it were, look out for Ohio State defensive lineman Mike Kudla, who tied the combine's bench record with an eye-popping 45 reps. Then again, that's the same number turned in by 49ers defensive tackle Jesse Sopoaga in 2004, and the University of Hawaii product hasn't exactly redefined the nose tackle position in his first two NFL seasons.

"It's not a P.R. [personal record],'' said Kudla, who said he made it to 52 reps of 225 pounds last June. "I didn't know I tied the record. I've always been gifted when it comes to weightlifting. I think it kind of shows my ability to go out there and do what I can do. Everyone thought I could go out there and put up a big number. And I just went in there and did it. My agent said anything over 40 would be great.''

Said Kudla's Ohio State teammate, highly regarded linebacker A.J. Hawk, "Forty-five's a bad day for Kudla. He'll probably break that at our pro day.''

• Who else helped himself this weekend? You have to include Florida junior receiver Chad Jackson, who ran a combine-best (so far) 4.32 in his 40-yard dash on Sunday, with some watches having him as quick as 4.29. Jackson was considered a second- or even third-round choice coming into the combine, but now receiver-needy teams such as No. 29 Denver, No. 31 Seattle and No. 32 Pittsburgh might have him on their radar screens.

The Gators' desultory track record of sending underachieving receivers into the NFL may hurt Jackson's first-round chances, but that trend shouldn't be given too much attention in Seattle, where the Seahawks have gotten plenty from former Florida star Darrell Jackson (no relation).