AUSTIN CHILL
Austin Hill
102-72 (.586) Overall Record
Season Record Finish Postseason PF (rank) PA (rank)
2019 - 8-6 3rd Lost in Championship 5341 (5th) 4930 (3rd)
2018 - 10-4 2nd Lost in Championship 6231 (1st) 5473 (3rd)
2017 - 6-8 5th None 4586 (5th) 4601 (1st)
2016 - 9-5 1st Won Championship 4966 (6th) 4896 (1st)
2015 - 10-4 2nd Lost in 1st round 5602 (1st) 4936 (2nd)
2014 - 6-8 t-5th None
2013 - 8-6 t-3rd Lost in 1st round
2012 - 9-5 t-1st Won Championship
2011 - 9-5 3rd Won Championship
2010 - 6-9 t-5th None
2009 - 11-5 3rd Lost in 1st round
2008 - 10-7 t-3rd None
Keepers History:
2019 - QB Patrick Mahomes, RB Ezekiel Elliott
2018 - RB Leonard Fournette
2017 - TE Rob Gronkowski
2016 - RB Adrian Peterson
2015 - QB Drew Brees, TE Rob Gronkowski
2014 - QB Drew Brees, QB Matthew Stafford
2013 - QB Drew Brees, QB Matthew Stafford
2012 - QB Drew Brees, QB Matthew Stafford
2011 - QB Drew Brees, RB Chris Johnson
2010 - QB Drew Brees, RB Chris Johnson
2009 - QB Drew Brees, RB Chris Johnson
Trivia:
-3 Championships is tied for most all-time (Spinella).
-9 Wins is tied for lowest mark for League Champion (achieved twice) (Russ).
-9-5 Record in 2012 was lowest for any regular season wins leader.
-First owner to select a TE as a keeper (Rob Gronkowski, 2015 and 2017).
-Career 8-5 postseason record
Trade History:
-October 9, 2012: Austin Hill trades QB Andrew Luck to Adam Spinella for QB Kevin Kolb and RB Mikel Leshoure.
-October 12, 2010: Austin Hill trades RB Knowshon Moreno and RB Justin Forsett to Adam Spinella for QB Matt Schaub and RB Cadillac Williams.
-November 27, 2008: Austin Hill trades RB LaDanian Tomlinson, RB Joseph Addai and WR Donald Driver to Adam Spinella for RB Marshawn Lynch, RB Chris Johnson, WR Hines Ward.
-October 15, 2008: Austin Hill trades QB Donovan McNabb, RB Ricky Williams and TE John Carlson to Justin Worth for RB LaDanian Tomlinson, RB Matt Forte and WR Anquan Boldin.
Head-to-Head Records:
vs. Bennett: 18-7 (1-0 postseason)
vs. Russ: 15-13 (1-2 postseason)
vs. Snow: 12-7
vs. Davis: 11-11 (2-0 postseason)
vs. Spinella: 9-18 (2-1 postseason)
vs. Poitras: 6-4 (1-1 postseason)
vs. Ryan H: 5-2
vs. Tolbert: 5-4 (0-1 postseason)
vs. Bloom: 5-5 (1-1 postseason)
vs. Varney: 2-0
vs. Worth: 2-0
Abridged History:
The Inaugural Season of the Bro League for Fantasy Football saw three teams tie for third place with 10 wins. Among them was Austin Hill's team, seemingly taking the most up-and-down route to a strong campaign. Austin lost 5 of his last 7 games, and two head-to-head losses to his brother and eventual champion Ryan were painful. Perhaps no game has ever been more painful than the two-point loss to Ryan in Week 3, Austin's first loss of the season and a game that ended up propelling Ryan to the championship. The season was not a failure by any means. Hill was able to keep his roster sound for years to come by drafting Drew Brees; a great pick-up and a keeper for over seven years.
2009 saw Austin improve his team from 10 wins to 11 and once again make the postseason. Keepers Drew Brees and Chris Johnson (as well as Matt Forte) were a huge part of the team's success throughout. Hill finished strong, winning the final five games of the regular season. He also exacted a measure of revenge on his brother, sweeping him in three matchups and pushing him from first-to-worst.
Brees and Johnson both returned in 2010, and Austin made another charge late in the year as he sought for a postseason birth. This charge, however, was down the standings, as Hill fell to 4-8 by Week 13. He still ended up finishing just one game out of the playoff race, and a four-point loss to Team Bennett on Week 10 ended up being what put Carter in the playoffs and kept Austin out. It's hard to believe such a loaded team missed the playoffs, featuring the QB tandem of Brees and Matt Ryan, and such running backs as Chris Johnson, Jamaal Charles, Matt Forte, Brandon Jacobs, Marshawn Lynch and Ryan Mathews.
Fortunes turned around quickly for Hill in 2011, who waded through all the difficult keeper decisions and held onto Brees and Chris Johnson once again. The 9-5 record Hill amassed in the regular season was not indicative of the high-powered offense he possessed, barely trailing the 13-1 Craig Davis for total points scored. Those high point totals came late in the season for Austin: he put up over 450 points in 3 of the final 4 weeks of the season (regular and postseason). After hanging over 580 points on 2nd seeded Team Spinella in the semifinals, Austin went head-to-head with the one-loss Davis for the title. It came down to Drew Brees, Austin's star quarterback, who had the Monday Night Football slot. Despite having clinched a division title and having the game at hand, Brees was left in deep into the 4th quarter that Monday night to chase the passing record, which he achieved that game. It was enough to push Hill from behind to beat Davis for the title. It was the first title for Austin and sweet revenge for the epic 536-502 loss from earlier in the year.
It's hard to call a trade that helps you win a title a bad one, but that's what everyone in the league has done. Hill made the controversial decision to trade his third-string quarterback Andrew Luck to Team Spinella for Kevin Kolb and a much-needed running back, Mikel Leshoure. Hill dominated throughout the season, finishing for the top spot in the league during the regular season after benefiting from the breakout of The Muscle Hamster Doug Martin. The top-ten quarterback pairing of Stafford and Brees made Luck (who was inconsistent early) expendable for Hill, but it was a very short-sighted decision. While many look back at this season as "the one where Austin gave away Andrew Luck" it was also the one where Austin became back-to-back champion. He won the closest championship matchup in league history, beating Russell Bloom 400-392.
2013 was the pursuit of the three-peat for Austin Hill, and he chugged through the regular season just as he always did. Sporting the most vile picture in the history of the league, Hill allowed his quarterback tandem of Drew Brees and Matthew Stafford to carry the team once again. Eddie Lacy and Chris Johnson posted top-ten performances at running back as well. In the first round of the playoffs, Hill saw himself in a championship rematch against Russell Bloom, who was looking to exact revenge for the nail-biting finish from a year ago. Bloom outlasted Hill 452-359 to put an end to the three-peat bid.
Hill took a step back in 2014 as his running back play slipped to its lowest level in his ownership. Other than Arian Foster, he lacked a top-20 back, and had only 2 in the top 50 (Fred Jackson and Tre Mason). Running with a wide receiver almost permanently in the flex spot, Hill had five regular-season performances with under 300 points. The question facing him going forward was what to do with the keeper position: should he keep Brees and Stafford together or hang onto Arian Foster while he has him?
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