Test Your Fantasy Knowledge? The following test is aimed at determining how much you know about fantasy football. Are you a shark that looks to win at every opportunity? With the help of some friends at the Footballguystalk.com message boards, I have put together the following list of questions to test your fantasy football knowledge. Q1. VBD refers to? a. Very Bad Drafting b. Value Based Drafting c. A new brand of underwear d. Valence Based Design e. Victoria's Briefs are Delicious Q2. Which one of these is not a Fantasy Football website? a. KFFL.com b. Footballguys.com c. FFKnowitall.com d. TFLReport.com e. FFToday.com Q3. It's round 7 of a 18 round draft with 10 teams. No one has drafted a kicker yet, but your projected number 1 kicker is on the board. Do you? a. Get him now and shout hallelujah b. Wait until 3 kickers have been picked. If he is still there, grab him. If not continue to wait for value. c. Never grab a kicker before the last round. d. Talk to me after round 15. That's when I'll even think about kickers. e. Pass this round, but if he is still there in the eight nab him. Q4. In an auction draft with a $200 cap, which of these offers the best value (best player for the best price)? a. Randy Moss @ $33 b. Ahman Green @ $95 c. Jason Elam @ $2 d. Tony Gonzalez @ $44 e. Peyton Manning @ $85 Q5. In a 12 team league, you have the third pick in your draft. You desperately want to move down. Which of these offers do you take? a. Trade picks #3, 70 and 75 overall for #2, 50 and 95 b. Trade picks #3, 70 and 75 overall for #12, 36 and 37 c. Trade picks #3, 70 and 75 overall for #24, 25 and 48 d. Trade picks #3, 70 and 75 overall for #6, 67 and 78 e. Keep my picks. Q6. In a 12 team performance league you have drafted the following players all with week 8 off: Rd 1: Ahman Green (GB) Rd 2: Ricky Williams (Mia) Rd 3: Brett Favre (GB) What should you do in the following 3 rounds? a. Ignore bye weeks this early and draft best player available b. Avoid anyone else with a week 8 bye. c. Look for players with bye week 8 off since you will likely lose that game anyway. d. This team is desperate to get some WRs. Look to get at least 2 in the next two rounds. e. Start figuring out who to trade from this team. Q7. Which team would you rather have after your first three picks? a. Randy Moss, Ahman Green, Kordell Stewart b. Shaun Alexander, Jeff Garcia, Jerome Bettis c. Marvin Harrison, Priest Holmes, Terrell Owens d. Kurt Warner, Terrell Owens, Tony Gonzalez e. Ahman Green, Ricky Williams, Priest Holmes Q8. Which is the better league to participate in (best percentage of money returned)? a. $100 entry fee, 32 leagues, 12 team leagues, league winner = $800, overall winner = $3,000 b. $50 entry fee, 60 leagues, 10 team leagues, league winner = $400, overall winner = $1,000 c. $250 entry fee, 16 leagues, 16 team leagues, league winner = $1,000, overall winner = $5,000 d. $200 entry fee, 1 league, 600 teams, overall winner = $95,000 e. $50 entry fee, 4 leagues, 12 team leagues, league winners = $300 Q9. In a 12 team dynasty performance league that starts 1QB, 2RB and 2 WR, you can protect two players from this list: Kurt Warner, Randy Moss, Marvin Harrison, Ahman Green or Shaun Alexander. Do you? a. Attempt to trade any two on the list for Marshall Faulk who you definitely keep. b. Keep Warner and Harrison c. Keep Warner and Moss d. Keep Green and Alexander e. Keep Warner and Green Q10. In a 12 team league, you have the fourth pick in your draft. You have gotten a series of trade offers. Which, if any of these do you accept? a. Trade 4, 28, 117 overall for 8, 41 and 65 b. Trade 4, 28, 117 overall for 13, 36 and 37 c. Trade 4, 28, 117 overall for 24, 25 and 48 d. Trade 4, 28, 117 overall for 9, 33 and 81 e. Do not trade Q11. True or False? WRs are more likely to "breakout" in their third year over their second year? a. True b. False Q12. Approximately what percentage of RBs that played in all 16 games last year will play in all 16 this year? a. 90% b. 75% c. 60% d. 45% e. 30% Q13. True or False? Draft according to value not total fantasy points? a. True b. False Q14. True or False? Running backs generally do better on turf than grass? a. True b. False Q15. Your sleeper WR that you expected to break out this year was just snatched up by your arch rival, in round 8. You now decide to? a. Go grab the next WR on your board, even if he's dramatically lower. b. One up him by grabbing the best defense left c. Take a RB, you can never have enough of those d. Wish you hadn't had so much pizza and take someone with a cool name. e. Look down your VBD board and choose the player who best fits your team. Q16. Which has a better chance of returning to the top 10 after a top 10 season? a. QB b. RB c. WR d. Defense e. Kicker Q17. Your league just changed its starting line-up requirements. You're now allowed to start any combination of 5 RBs/WRs/TEs instead of 2RBs & 3 WRs/TEs. Which position became more valuable? a. QB b. RB c. WR d. TE e. Defense Q18. For your draft you come prepared with what? a. All your fantasy magazines, and all the articles that you have downloaded off of the internet. b. The team guide from whatever city that you live in. c. Your own cheatsheets, utilizing what ever method that you find most effective (VBD, tiering, stud RB theory). d. A case of premium beer and Playboys' pigskin predictions. e. Yesterday's USA Today Q19. As you make up your own cheatsheets, how many players should you rank? a. Just the good ones, after those it's a crapshoot anyway. b. A few more than you expect to be drafted in your league. c. As many as you can think of, you may get a hunch during the draft. d. Who has time to make cheatsheets? That's why I bought the magazine. e. Every player on every roster including those that just retired. Q20. You're in a 12 team redraft league with performance scoring. By the end of the 6th round how many RBs would you expect to have been taken? a. 10 b. 20 c. 30 d. 40 e. 50 Q21. On average how many RBs/WRs/TEs combined accumulate 10 or more TDs in a season? a. 6 b. 12 c. 18 d. 24 e. 30 Q22. On average, how many QBs combine (pass & rush) for 20 or more TDs in a season? a. 6 b. 12 c. 18 d. 24 e. 30 Answers/Scoring: 1. a=0, b=5, c=0, d=0, e=0 2. a=0, b=0, c=5, d=0, e=0 3. a=0, b=5, c=2, d=3, e=1 4. a=5, b=1, c=3, d=2, e=0 5. a=3, b=5, c=0, d= -1, e=1 (see Pickvalue Calculator) 6. a=5, b=1, c=1, d=2, e=0 7. a=1, b=0,c=3, d=2, e=5 8. a=3, b=5, c=0, d=4, e=1 9. a=5, b=1, c=1, d=3, e=2 10. a=0, b=5, c=-2, d=-1, e=3 11. a=0, b=5 (see Breakout WRs) 12. a=0, b=1, c=3, d=5, e=3 (see Iron Men) 13. a=5, b=0 14. a=0, b=5 (see Fake Stuff) 15. a=1, b=0, c=2, d=0, e=5 16. a=3, b=5, c=2, d=0, e=1 17. a=3, b=5, c=1, d=0, e=2 18. a=1, b=-1, c=5, d=0, e=0 19. a=0, b=5, c=1, d=1, e=2 20. a=0, b=2, c=5, d=3, e=1 21. a=0, b=3, c=5, d=3, e=0 22. a=3, b=5, c=3, d=1, e=0 Total Points: Fantasy Stud (100-110) - People in your league fear you. You are ruthless both in trading and in managing your roster. You buy all the magazines. You know about all the websites. You have never overlooked a bye week. And you are likely single or soon to be. Fantasy Scholar (90-99) - You likely slack in the off-season, but study hard when the season is near. You are always competitive in your leagues and have likely won a few crowns. The opposite sex still talks to you, but it's becoming more infrequent. Fantasy Player (70-89) - You play the game to have fun. You like a good magazine and study enough to have a good time in your league. You are a well-balanced person that would dump his fantasy team in seconds for good sex. Other Fantasies (50-69) - You play fantasy football as a reason to watch more football on Sunday. Fantasy football for you starts with a little knowledge, some nachos and a lot of beer. You clearly are focused on other things. Popular with the opposite sex (less than 50) - You play fantasy football, but your mind is usually elsewhere. While the rest of us are stressing over our lineups, you are out on the town having fun. Either that or you are dumb as an ox.