Quote:6. Write 800 words or more on something about anything in the league that interests you. It could be related to statistics, a league issue that you take seriously, or a niche part of history that doesn’t fit neatly into either of the above categories. This must be directly related to the league, so don’t wax 800 words about your team’s participation on a Werewolf server or something.
This is a very open opportunity. Since I can write, I'm going to write a (relatively) short recap of the season 30 Kansas City Coyotes.
I watched a handful of these games live but I haven't had the time to really dig into the season on any meaningful level. So we started out week 1 at Minnesota which given hindsight, looks like a nightmare of a match up. Lot Smith VIII led the Coyotes in rushing for this game with fity-seven rushing yards and one touchdown. Not bad for what is obstentiably his DSFL debut though he was a waiver wire pickup for Bondi Beach last year. Carter Knight had a decent game for his first game in a Kansas City Coyotes uniform with a sixty-percent completion percentage, one touchdown and one interception. His QBR left a bit to be desired with a seventy-two point eight rating for his first ever game behind the snap. Though he did have an incredibly impressive two-hundred and ninety one yards in this game as well. Higgins had a fantastic game he scored a touchdown and had ninety-receiving yards on the day though it was Andy Fatnutz who led the Coyotes in receiving that day. Unfortunately we lost our first game to the Grey Ducks, twenty to seventeen but the fact that we kept it so close with the best team by far in the DSFL this season is something to be proud of. Especially considering the fact the majority of our offensive starters were rookies.
Week two was a nightmare. It might have been our lowest point all season in all honesty. We faced the Portland Pythons in week two and we tied twenty-three to twenty-three. This game especially hurts me because Lot Smith VIII fumbled the ball in his own twenty which allowed Portland to keep us off the board in the fourth. This was just a bad game for Lot overall as he only had fifty-nine yards and no touchdowns on a meager three point seven yards per carry. This game could’ve gone a lot differently had Lot actually showed up to play against Portland.
Carter Knight had another good game as he threw for over two-hundred yards again and increased his quarterback rating by four points. Andy Fatnutz had a fantastic game for the second week in a row as he once again led the Coyotes in receiving yards and caught the only touchdown pass of the game for the Coyotes as well. I think our lack of recifcing production is what cost us this game. Portland had two recivivers who had over a hundred yards as opposed to the one we had.. Our defenses were pretty even here though Fitted Cuddles forced three fumbles this game.
If we skip forward a little bit since this is a condensed recap, our week four matchup against the Luchadores was interesting even though we lost. This was the game where Jayce Higgins broke out. He had a hundred and eleven receiving yards, three touchdowns and a yard per catch of eighteen point five. Just a fantastic game for Higgins here. This was also another game that went to overtime though this time we lost. If we can cut down on the overtime games next year, We’ll probably be a lot better off. The S30 draft class for the Coyotes really does seem like a magical draft class a year in. From a cursory glance (that could be wrong) five draft picks in the top twenty for TPE in the S30 class. The only other team to have more than two is the Dallas Birddogs with three. So despite Kanas City’s negative reputation as recreate city, they definitely nailed this draft. It's just going to be a matter of whether or not they can keep this pace up as a group.
Returning to the game against the Luchadores, this was another bad game from Lot. twenty-yards on ten attempts is abysmal. If Lot doesn’t reach a thousand yards rushing this season, I think this might be the game he points to as the reason why. One game later ( a thirty-five to twenty win over the Bird Dogs), The Coyotes just annihilated London forty-eight to ten. Lot almost rushed for a hundred yards with ninety-five yards on seventeen attempts and no touchdowns. Higgins caught two touchdown passes for sixty yards while Andy Fatnutz led the team in receiving yards once again with ninety-four. Carter Knight threw for a hundred-ninety six yards and three touchdowns with a fifty-three percent completion rating. He did have a solid ninety QBR in this game as well.
The Coyotes rushing game certainly helped them as they out ran London one-hundred and thirty four yards to thirty-six. That’s incredibly lopsided. The fact the Royals also had seven fumbles didn’t help them a lot in this game. Interestingly enough, The Coyotes only had two fourth downs this entire game. This really was an absolute blowout in favor of Kansas City.
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