The winters in Yellowknife are famously cold in the NSFL. The only thing colder is the players. One player, strong safety Marcus Kane, is showing that he may be one of the least likeable players in the league. That’s fine. He doesn’t care whether or not you like him. He just wants to drive you into the ground. And if you are a player on offense, he probably will.
Kane made headlines during training camp when he released his “hit list,” consisting of 7 players he wanted to take out. The announcement generated a variety of reactions. Some questioned his character for wanting to hurt his fellow players. Others questioned the ability of the fourth round pick to carry it out. In the first week of preseason, however, detractors in that second category were forced to recalculate his chances of completing the list when Kane came through on a blitz and slammed quarterback Logan Noble to the ground early in the third quarter on a 2nd and 10. It would be difficult to not admit that the hit jarred the capable QB, as the Yeti offense would fail to earn a single first down for four straight possessions, or manage another point scored, going on to lose 35-13.
The play might have been considered a fluke were it not for another big play in the final week of preseason. Having finally regained the lead against Baltimore in the 4th quarter, the Wraiths defense needed to stop Baltimore from scoring again, and Marcus Kane stepped up to the plate. With under 5 minutes left in the game, #1 hit list target Scrub Kyubee dropped back to pass and, as he checked Matthew Vincent’s route on the right side, got slammed by Kane from the left. Again, as with Noble, Kyubee played with fear after that, his next two plays being a quick incompletion on 2nd down and and a 1 yard dump off on 3rd and 17, despite the fact that Baltimore needed to score to get back in the game. The Hawks punted, getting the ball back only one more time. They needed 97 yards in under 3 minutes, yet the rattled Baltimore QB wasn’t called on to pass the ball one time after that possession despite the Hawks running 6 plays before turning the ball over on downs. He was too afraid of Marcus Kane.
He was right to be.
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Kane made headlines during training camp when he released his “hit list,” consisting of 7 players he wanted to take out. The announcement generated a variety of reactions. Some questioned his character for wanting to hurt his fellow players. Others questioned the ability of the fourth round pick to carry it out. In the first week of preseason, however, detractors in that second category were forced to recalculate his chances of completing the list when Kane came through on a blitz and slammed quarterback Logan Noble to the ground early in the third quarter on a 2nd and 10. It would be difficult to not admit that the hit jarred the capable QB, as the Yeti offense would fail to earn a single first down for four straight possessions, or manage another point scored, going on to lose 35-13.
The play might have been considered a fluke were it not for another big play in the final week of preseason. Having finally regained the lead against Baltimore in the 4th quarter, the Wraiths defense needed to stop Baltimore from scoring again, and Marcus Kane stepped up to the plate. With under 5 minutes left in the game, #1 hit list target Scrub Kyubee dropped back to pass and, as he checked Matthew Vincent’s route on the right side, got slammed by Kane from the left. Again, as with Noble, Kyubee played with fear after that, his next two plays being a quick incompletion on 2nd down and and a 1 yard dump off on 3rd and 17, despite the fact that Baltimore needed to score to get back in the game. The Hawks punted, getting the ball back only one more time. They needed 97 yards in under 3 minutes, yet the rattled Baltimore QB wasn’t called on to pass the ball one time after that possession despite the Hawks running 6 plays before turning the ball over on downs. He was too afraid of Marcus Kane.
He was right to be.
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