TEAM SPINELLA
Adam Spinella
League Commissioner
League Commissioner
111-62 (.642) Overall Record
Season Record Finish Postseason PF (rank) PA (rank)
2019 - 9-5 2nd Lost in 1st Round 5475 (3rd) 4702 (1st)
2018 - 10-4 1st Lost in 1st Round 5962 (3rd) 5357 (1st)
2017 - 7-7 3rd Won Championship 4913 (3rd) 4831 (6th)
2016 - 8-6 4th Lost in 1st round 4967 (5th) 5007 (4th)
2015 - 10-4 1st Lost in 1st round 5174 (3rd) 4663 (1st)
2014 - 11-3 1st Lost in Championship
2013 - 5-9 t-6th None
2012 - 7-7 t-4th None; lost on tiebreaker
2011 - 11-3 2nd Lost in 1st round
2010 - 10-5 t-2nd Won Championship
2009 - 12-4 t-1st Won Championship
2008 - 12-5 2nd Lost in Championship
Keepers History:
2019 - RB Todd Gurley, RB Nick Chubb
2018 - RB Todd Gurley
2017 - QB Aaron Rodgers
2016 - QB Aaron Rodgers
2015 - QB Aaron Rodgers, QB Andrew Luck
2014 - QB Aaron Rodgers, QB Andrew Luck
2013 - QB Aaron Rodgers, QB Andrew Luck
2012 - QB Aaron Rodgers, QB Michael Vick
2011 - QB Aaron Rodgers, QB Michael Vick
2010 - QB Aaron Rodgers, RB Michael Turner
2009 - QB Aaron Rodgers, RB LaDanian Tomlinson
Trivia:
-5 Championship appearances are most all-time.
-3 Championships is most all-time.
-Made Championship game each of first three seasons
-.642 Winning Percentage is highest in league history
-24 Wins in two season span; 34 in three season span; 45 in four season span are all most all-time.
-6 Double-digit win seasons is most all-time.
-111 Career Wins is most all-time.
-11 Postseason appearances is most all-time
-First in the league to 100 win mark.
-The only original member of the league to post only one season below .500 (2013).
-Six win decrease from 2013 to 2014 (5 to 11) is the biggest consecutive season increase in league history.
-Career 8-7 postseason record.
Trade History:
-October 3, 2017: Adam Spinella trades RB Mark Ingram, RB LeGarrette Blount and QB Sam Bradford for RB DeMarco Murray and QB Jared Goff
-November 16, 2016: Adam Spinella trades RB Ryan Mathews to Tommy Poitras for WR Stefon Diggs.
-October 15, 2015: Adam Spinella trades RB Chris Johnson, WR Sammy Watkins, and WR Mike Wallace to Russell Bloom for RB Shane Vereen and WR A.J. Green.
-October 2, 2014: Adam Spinella trades QB Eli Manning, RB Chris Johnson, RB Knile Davis and WR Percy Harvin to Andrew Tolbert for QB Andy Dalton, RB Andre Ellington, RB Reggie Bush, and RB Andre Williams.
-September 11, 2014: Adam Spinella acquires RB Bishop Sankey, RB Andre Williams, and WR Wes Welker and gave up WR T.Y. Hilton and RB Trent Richardson in a three-way trade with Craig Davis and Andrew Tolbert.
-October 8, 2013: Adam Spinella trades QB Andy Dalton and RB Jonathan Franklin to Andrew Tolbert for RB Danny Woodhead and WR Mike Wallace.
-October 9, 2012: Adam Spinella trades QB Kevin Kolb and RB Mikel Leshoure to Austin Hill for QB Andrew Luck.
-October 12, 2010: Adam Spinella trades QB Matt Schaub and RB Cadillac Williams to Austin Hill for RB Knowshon Moreno and RB Justin Forsett.
-November 27, 2008: Adam Spinella trades RB Marshawn Lynch, RB Chris Johnson, WR Hines Ward to Austin Hill for RB LaDanian Tomlinson, RB Joseph Addai and WR Donald Driver.
-October 15, 2008: Adam Spinella trades RB Steve Slaton and WR Antwaan Randle-El to Kyle Russ for RB Brian Westbrook and WR Marvin Harrison.
Head-to-Head Records:
vs. A. Hill: 18-9 (1-2 postseason)
vs. Russ: 18-11 (1-3 postseason)
vs. Bennett: 15-11 (2-0 postseason)
vs. Snow: 14-7 (1-0 postseason)
vs. Davis: 13-8 (2-1 postseason)
vs. R. Hill: 5-2
vs. Bloom: 4-4
vs. Tolbert: 4-4
vs. Poitras: 2-6 (0-1 postseason)
vs. Worth: 2-0
vs. Varney: 1-0
Abridged History:
The 2008 Inaugural Season saw Team Spinella come up just short to owner Ryan Hill despite leading the league in total points. After making two big trades mid-season to rework his roster, Spinella's moves were not enough to overcome the team assembled by Ryan, whose team was taken by Autopick. Spinella set the foundation for years of success by drafting Aaron Rodgers in his first season as a starter, as well as riding a running back tandem of LaDanian Tomlinson and Michael Turner through the postseason. The reason Spinella finished in second place: two head-to-head losses to eventual league champion Hill, including a seven-point loss in week nine.
With Rodgers and Tomlinson as keepers (and Michael Turner getting retained as well), Spinella was able to burn through the league with a 12-4 record and his first ever league championship. While the combination of Rodgers and Turner was formidable, Spinella won the championship by winning the waiver wire, with pickups such as Rashard Mendenhall, Michael Crabtree, and Jamaal Charles. Charles had a triple-digit performance in the championship game, which propelled Spinella over Team Bennett.
In 2010, Spinella won his second championship in as many years and scored his third straight championship game appearance. The regular season finished 10-5 for Spinella, championed by an incredible string of games put together by waiver wire pickup Michael Vick. Vick's darling season for the Eagles propelled Spinella to the title, as he held two explosive quarterbacks and a solid overall roster. Once again, Spinella met Carter Bennett in the championship game, knocking him off 405-336 after a huge performance from Tim Tebow, the injury replacement to Vick.
Looking to make 2011 the year of the three-peat, Spinella made the obvious choice of keeping Rodgers and Vick as his keepers. It didn't fail him, as he went 11-3 in the regular season for his best season to date. But Spinella battled a below-average receiving corps all season, and it finally caught up to him in the postseason. Running into Austin Hill in the first round, Spinella lost despite putting up 433 points. Hill's quarterbacks Brees and Stafford combined for 207 points and a 581-433 victory.
Beating Davis in the playoffs two seasons prior, then finishing as the two top teams in the 2011 regular season meant that the rivalry was budding in 2012. Unfortunately, both battled injuries and subpar performances. Spinella lost keeper Michael Vick early in the season, and it was a blow to his playoff hopes. Instead of charging towards the top of the standings, he pulled off undoubtedly the most memorable trade in league history: Kevin Kolb and Mikel Leshoure for Andrew Luck. This trade changed the course of his franchise, and the league, for years to come. It didn't pay off for Spinella right away -- too many injuries to his roster (Darren McFadden, Michael Turner, Julio Jones) kept him at .500, finishing 7-7. It was Spinella's rival, Craig Davis, that got the tiebreaker over Spinella to make the postseason.
Injuries, injuries, injuries. That was the motto of the 2013 season for Spinella, as one keeper and two of his first three draft picks all missed considerable time. Aaron Rodgers' collarbone injury disrupted the franchise now built around its two-QB core. Julio Jones and Doug Martin both missed more than half the season as well. Despite solid running back pickups elsewhere, Spinella went 5-9, the worst mark he had achieved. The setback was clear, but with Rodgers and Luck at the core of the roster, 2014 looked incredibly promising.
Keepers Andrew Luck and Aaron Rodgers finished 1st and 2nd in the league in scoring. The first two picks of the draft, Eddie Lacy and Le'Veon Bell, were 6th and 2nd in running back points themselves. The top-heavy roster of Team Spinella certainly had enough firepower to bombard their way through the regular season with a strong 11-3 record. Other injuries and roster shuffling led to many moving pieces coming in and out of the lineup. A key trade was to gain running back stability, which netted Spinella Andre Ellington to anchor the running back group. An injury to Ellington at the end of the season, plus typical late-season unpredictability cost Spinella a shot at another championship. He was routed in the title game by Kyle Russ, a disappointing end to what was a dominant regular season.
Spinella nailed the draft in 2015; his kepeers of Rodgers and Luck were great pick-ups, DeMarco Murray and Mark Ingram played phenomenally, and rookie Todd Gurley ended up as a top-four RB that season. Despite the need for constant roster tinkering, Spinella went 10-4 again in the regular season, even stumbling out of the gate with a loss against the poor Tolberts. But after two resounding regular season victories over Craig Davis, with 400+ points in each, Spinella stumbled in the first-round of the postseason against Craig, putting up 294 points in a game that should've been very winable. The absence of Andrew Luck and a first-quarter injury to Todd Gurley heavily dented his hopes of winning, but that playoff game remains an embarrassment. Two straight fantastic regular seasons followed by disappointing exits.
2016 saw Spinella ensure this would not happen again... or so he hoped. The league shifted towards only one keeper, and Spinella knew that Rodgers would forever be his man. On a team build around great quarterback play (Rodgers, Andy Dalton, and Philip Rivers were all top-fifteen that season), Spinella was one of three teams to go 8-6 that season. Constant running back injuries to the likes of Arian Foster, Eddie Lacy, and Lamar Miller curtailed the end of his season, and again he put up only 266 points in the first round of the playoffs. Three straight seasons with duds, due to injury, in the playoffs. Spinella knew he was the best team and he was due a championship. He just needed a little bit of luck from the injury Gods.
Well, in 2017 he didn't get it. Spinella kept Rodgers, who completed only five games on the season. Deshaun Watson, his fantastic value snag at the tail end of the draft, suffered a torn ACL in Week 8. What was Spinella to do? Behind the likes of Jimmy Garoppolo and Jameis Winston, Spinella started seven different quarterbacks that season, by far a league record. He also had three of the top-eight receivers in the league (DeAndre Hopkins, Tyreek Hill, and Jarvis Landry) to lead his core. Spinella started the season 5-3, but finished the season with four straight losses and a 2-4 record in his last six. Both of those wins came in the narrowest of margins: a controversial tiebreaker victory over Ryan Hill and a ten-point survival over Carter Bennett. After dropping his last four and limping into the postseason at 7-7, Spinella exploded in the playoffs behind the play of Todd Gurley and the recently-added Nick Foles. Spinella trounced the regular season leader Kyle Russ 514-410 in the first round, and then dismantled Craig Davis in the championship. The win marked the third league crown for Spinella.
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