Post by Cincinnati Bengals (Chris) on Aug 6, 2017 19:34:03 GMT -5
SD (Ryan) 2010-2013:
Regular Season Record: 32-16 (.667)
Postseason Record: 7-3 postseason
Division Titles: 2x AFC West winner (2010, 2011)
Super Bowl Championships: 2011
Goose (BAL): “Ryan (SD) built a great team, but as I said before that division was the best in the league.”
Matt (MIN): “I remember Ryan’s teams being so good. The SD team always seemed to me like a team I wanted to avoid.”
Andrew (PHI): “Ryan (SD) kinda just ripped off a couple of bad GMs that shouldn't have been in the league and sat on his team after that.”
Ryan (DET): “I remember Ryan and I both came in during the 2007 or 2008, when the MFL first started. I believe there are only a couple of us left from then, maybe Cecil, Goose, and myself. Ryan put together that super team for a minute there. I'm still in contact with Ryan.”
Several of our voting panel referenced Ryan’s San Diego Chargers as one of the league’s first “super teams.” That cliché accolade has been passed around for as long as modern sports teams have existed, but in this case, the evidence will prove that moniker was truly deserved…at least offensively.
Ryan’s 2011 championship team included Philip Rivers at QB (18.04 PPG), Adrian Peterson (16.04 PPG), Chris Johnson (11.24 PPG), Victor Cruz (13.92 PPG), Roddy White (12.35 PPG) and Antonio Gates (10.2 PPG). Those six players did most of the heavy lifting, as they only missed a total of seven games all year, and allowed Ryan to keep only two bench players, Ben Obomanu (4.02 PPG) and Greg Camarillo (1.07 PPG). Defensively, Ryan’s teams always seemed to be down a notch from his supercar offenses, but still were solid and above average. His 2011 team was weak on the DL, sporting only two options, Brandon Mebane (4.29 PPG) and Marcus Thomas (4.42 PPG), but he had plenty of depth at the other spots, including top-scorer Curtis Lofton (12.99 PPG), Rolando McClain (10.35 PPG), David Harris (9.61 PPG), Dashon Goldson (8.71 PPG), DeMarcus Ware (8.57 PPG), Colin McCarthy (7.55 PPG), Barrett Ruud (8.54 PPG), Andre Carter (6.99 PPG), Adrian Wilson (6.56 PPG) and Louis Delmas (6.43 PPG). And keep in mind, his 2010 team was statistically better.
Ryan dominated the league in 2010, going 10-2 and finishing No. 1 overall in points at 158.15 points per game, over 17 PPG more than Andrew’s second-placed Eagles at 142.11 PPG, and an average margin of victory of more than 33 PPG. Unfortunately, San Diego went down in the AFC Championship Game by a near 31-point margin to Joe’s (R.I.P.) eventual Super Bowl-winning Tennessee Titans (Who defeated future HOFer Ryan (DET) for all the marbles).
Ryan rebounded quite well in 2011, however, as his Chargers finished 9-3 in the regular season. They were 6th in points, averaging 129.14 PPG, also finishing 6th in offense at 67.88 PPG, and 12th defensively with 55.2 PPG. Ryan destroyed Jacksonville in the First Round, 174.26-119.66, before curb stomping Oakland 152.2-91.9 to reach the AFC Championship Game, where he exacted his revenge on Joe’s Titans, 164.6-130.78, to reach the Super Bowl. There, he beat also future-HOF owner Cecil, and his Seattle Seahawks in the closest Super Bowl in league history 143.76-143.4 to claim the Fantasy Lombardi Trophy.
In 2012, the Chargers suffered a slightly disappointing 6-6 season in a loaded division (In which every team finished with a .500 or better record) and made the playoffs, finishing 7th in scoring (127.37 PPG), 5th in offense (70.73 PPG), but falling all the way to 21st in defense (49.64 PPG). Goose’s Baltimore Ravens were able to dispatch of him in the First Round, ending his year and chances of repeating as champion. Part of the reason Ryan faltered in 2012 was because of some high-leverage trades he made that didn’t pay off, trading away Rivers, Chris Johnson and Stevie Johnson for Matthew Stafford, Arian Foster and Greg Jennings (Who began his career downturn that season) on offense, and jettisoning McClain, Lofton, Delmas and Wilson, and replacing them with Karlos Dansby and Dwight Freeney as the only players of consequence.
In 2013, his final year in the league, Ryan finished 7-5, but improved his scoring to 138.04 PPG, good for 4th in the league, featuring the league’s 3rd-best offense (69.03 PPG) and 11th-ranked D (61.25 PPG). The Powder Blue crew made it back out of the First Round of the playoffs, squeaking by Jacksonville, before succumbing to an equally close margin (.3 points) at the hands of our other inaugural HOF member, and future champion that year, Brooks. The 2013 offense was even better, now with Stafford, Peterson, Cruz, Jennings, Gates, White and Foster, and the defense was improved with the additions of Julius Peppers, Sean Weatherspoon, James Ihedigbo, Antonio and Nate Allen, Joplo Bartu, Chris Conte and Jamarca Stanford.
When 20-or so of us left the MFL when our Commissioner, Mike, returned and was worse than ever, Ryan apparently hung up his fantasy cleats so to speak, saying that he was going to focus on school. Given his lofty accomplishments; a Super Bowl win, back-to-back division titles, finishing with at least a .500 record and making the playoffs every year that he was in the league, and averaging 8 wins per year (A .667 winning-percentage that still ranks near the top) we are glad to enshrine Ryan (SD) into the Canton Dynasty League’s Hall of Fame.
Regular Season Record: 32-16 (.667)
Postseason Record: 7-3 postseason
Division Titles: 2x AFC West winner (2010, 2011)
Super Bowl Championships: 2011
Goose (BAL): “Ryan (SD) built a great team, but as I said before that division was the best in the league.”
Matt (MIN): “I remember Ryan’s teams being so good. The SD team always seemed to me like a team I wanted to avoid.”
Andrew (PHI): “Ryan (SD) kinda just ripped off a couple of bad GMs that shouldn't have been in the league and sat on his team after that.”
Ryan (DET): “I remember Ryan and I both came in during the 2007 or 2008, when the MFL first started. I believe there are only a couple of us left from then, maybe Cecil, Goose, and myself. Ryan put together that super team for a minute there. I'm still in contact with Ryan.”
Several of our voting panel referenced Ryan’s San Diego Chargers as one of the league’s first “super teams.” That cliché accolade has been passed around for as long as modern sports teams have existed, but in this case, the evidence will prove that moniker was truly deserved…at least offensively.
Ryan’s 2011 championship team included Philip Rivers at QB (18.04 PPG), Adrian Peterson (16.04 PPG), Chris Johnson (11.24 PPG), Victor Cruz (13.92 PPG), Roddy White (12.35 PPG) and Antonio Gates (10.2 PPG). Those six players did most of the heavy lifting, as they only missed a total of seven games all year, and allowed Ryan to keep only two bench players, Ben Obomanu (4.02 PPG) and Greg Camarillo (1.07 PPG). Defensively, Ryan’s teams always seemed to be down a notch from his supercar offenses, but still were solid and above average. His 2011 team was weak on the DL, sporting only two options, Brandon Mebane (4.29 PPG) and Marcus Thomas (4.42 PPG), but he had plenty of depth at the other spots, including top-scorer Curtis Lofton (12.99 PPG), Rolando McClain (10.35 PPG), David Harris (9.61 PPG), Dashon Goldson (8.71 PPG), DeMarcus Ware (8.57 PPG), Colin McCarthy (7.55 PPG), Barrett Ruud (8.54 PPG), Andre Carter (6.99 PPG), Adrian Wilson (6.56 PPG) and Louis Delmas (6.43 PPG). And keep in mind, his 2010 team was statistically better.
Ryan dominated the league in 2010, going 10-2 and finishing No. 1 overall in points at 158.15 points per game, over 17 PPG more than Andrew’s second-placed Eagles at 142.11 PPG, and an average margin of victory of more than 33 PPG. Unfortunately, San Diego went down in the AFC Championship Game by a near 31-point margin to Joe’s (R.I.P.) eventual Super Bowl-winning Tennessee Titans (Who defeated future HOFer Ryan (DET) for all the marbles).
Ryan rebounded quite well in 2011, however, as his Chargers finished 9-3 in the regular season. They were 6th in points, averaging 129.14 PPG, also finishing 6th in offense at 67.88 PPG, and 12th defensively with 55.2 PPG. Ryan destroyed Jacksonville in the First Round, 174.26-119.66, before curb stomping Oakland 152.2-91.9 to reach the AFC Championship Game, where he exacted his revenge on Joe’s Titans, 164.6-130.78, to reach the Super Bowl. There, he beat also future-HOF owner Cecil, and his Seattle Seahawks in the closest Super Bowl in league history 143.76-143.4 to claim the Fantasy Lombardi Trophy.
In 2012, the Chargers suffered a slightly disappointing 6-6 season in a loaded division (In which every team finished with a .500 or better record) and made the playoffs, finishing 7th in scoring (127.37 PPG), 5th in offense (70.73 PPG), but falling all the way to 21st in defense (49.64 PPG). Goose’s Baltimore Ravens were able to dispatch of him in the First Round, ending his year and chances of repeating as champion. Part of the reason Ryan faltered in 2012 was because of some high-leverage trades he made that didn’t pay off, trading away Rivers, Chris Johnson and Stevie Johnson for Matthew Stafford, Arian Foster and Greg Jennings (Who began his career downturn that season) on offense, and jettisoning McClain, Lofton, Delmas and Wilson, and replacing them with Karlos Dansby and Dwight Freeney as the only players of consequence.
In 2013, his final year in the league, Ryan finished 7-5, but improved his scoring to 138.04 PPG, good for 4th in the league, featuring the league’s 3rd-best offense (69.03 PPG) and 11th-ranked D (61.25 PPG). The Powder Blue crew made it back out of the First Round of the playoffs, squeaking by Jacksonville, before succumbing to an equally close margin (.3 points) at the hands of our other inaugural HOF member, and future champion that year, Brooks. The 2013 offense was even better, now with Stafford, Peterson, Cruz, Jennings, Gates, White and Foster, and the defense was improved with the additions of Julius Peppers, Sean Weatherspoon, James Ihedigbo, Antonio and Nate Allen, Joplo Bartu, Chris Conte and Jamarca Stanford.
When 20-or so of us left the MFL when our Commissioner, Mike, returned and was worse than ever, Ryan apparently hung up his fantasy cleats so to speak, saying that he was going to focus on school. Given his lofty accomplishments; a Super Bowl win, back-to-back division titles, finishing with at least a .500 record and making the playoffs every year that he was in the league, and averaging 8 wins per year (A .667 winning-percentage that still ranks near the top) we are glad to enshrine Ryan (SD) into the Canton Dynasty League’s Hall of Fame.
