TEAM SMALL MOUNTAIN
Ryan Hill
46-72 (.389) Overall Record
Season Record Finish Postseason PF (rank) PA (rank)
2019 - 3-11 10th None 4472 (10th) 5432 (10th)
2018 - 5-9 t-6th None 5286 (8th) 5648 (5th)
2017 - 5-9 t-6th None 4436 (7th) 4856 (7th)
2016 - 5-9 6th None 4928 (7th) 5389 (8th)
Re-Joined in 2016
2011 - 4-10 t-5th None
2010 - 6-9 t-5th None
2009 - 5-11 t-6th None
2008 - 13-4 1st
Won Championship
Keepers History:
2019 - QB Dak Prescott, TE Travis Kelce
2018 - RB Ezekiel Elliott
2017 - WR Odell Beckham Jr.
2016 - QB Tom Brady
2011 - QB Matt Schaub, RB Adrian Peterson
2010 - QB Joe Flacco, RB Adrian Peterson
2009 - QB Kurt Warner, RB Adrian Peterson
Trivia:
-Won first championship in league history.
-Never lost a postseason game, only owner in the league to claim such an accomplishment.
-First owner to take a sabbatical then return to the league.
Trade History:
-None
Head-to-Head Records:
vs. Davis: 4-4
vs. Bennett: 4-4
vs. Poitras: 2-6
vs. Snow: 2-5
vs. Austin H: 3-4
vs. Spinella: 2-5
vs. Russ: 2-6
vs. Varney: 0-1
vs. Worth: 0-2
Abridged History:
Ryan won the first ever league championship with an improbable campaign. Ryan lost the first two weeks of the regular season, then ended up forgetting to check his lineup the rest of the season. In a cruel stroke of luck, his team didn't lose again until Week 16 and secured a championship that was decided by overall record, not by a playoff seeded structure. His squad, led by Adrian Peterson and flanked by the likes of Kurt Warner, Frank Gore and Larry Johnson, survived certainly the most improbable season ever.
But Ryan hasn't seen a playoff berth since. He finished 5-11 in 2009, the year with three quarterback starters. Injuries to Clinton Portis and Steve Smith didn't help, nor did a 220-point loss to Team Spinella as he made a final possible playoff push. 2010 saw a small improvement, going 6-9, but poor quarterback play plagued a roster chocked full of solid backs and receivers. 2011 was the worst campaign yet, and the poor roster fortune of having to keep Matt Schaub served as a precursor for what was yet to come.
Distraught over three-straight terrible campaigns, Ryan withdrew from the league and into isolation for several years. He trained, both physically and mentally, to ensure his performance never returned to such a low, knowing all along he'd one day make a glorious return to the league.
That return finally came in 2016, where Ryan inherited a team with the perfect keeper: Tom Brady. 2016 was a crazy year, with only 4 games separating the last-placed team with the first-placed team. Ryan found himself on the bottom-end of those standings, missing the playoffs once again and spoiling what he hoped would be a Bruce Wayne-esque return a la
Batman Begins. Brady finished 14th in overall QB points, while his only top-30 running backs were Jay Ajyai and Devonta Freeman. But Hill's team was solid: he found a steal in Dak Prescott, and had three wide receivers and two tight ends finish in the top-ten in points at their position. The future could've been bright for Hill.
However, he made a giant blunder with his keepers in 2017, selecting Odell Beckham Jr. over the likes of Freeman, Brady or Ajyai. Beckham played in four contests that year, while Brady was a top-three QB once again. Between injuries to Beckham, constant in-and-out of the lineup performance from Ezekiel Elliott, and selecting Bilal Powell as his second running back, Ryan once again faltered in the regular season. He was able to secure two wins over his brother and rival, Austin Hill, while also ending in a controversial tie with Team Spinella, a contest whose controversy led to a rule change the following season.
