01-11-2022, 09:21 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-13-2022, 02:10 PM by Asked Madden. Edited 1 time in total.)
The preseason was as much of a mixed bag for rhe Kansas City Coyotes as everyone predicted. While rookie Quarterback Trevor Lorenzen showed a lot of promise, you can see the rookie mistakes in his game that he will have to work on during this season and beyond. Running Back Zane Cold showed off some excellence as usual and showed why he is one of the leaders on the team. The Defense showed off some good momentum for the season, and made plays when they can. Let's go over the 4 preseason games one by one to show off the standouts:
Victory vs the London Royals 26-18:
Trevor had a pretty acceptable performance in his first preseason game and first true solo Yote game overall. He had 1 touchdown and one pick with an over 73% competition percentage and 239 yards passing. He had developed quite a connection with Alex Armstrong and gave him 10 targets and he catching 7 of them. Zane Cold was the star of the show here, with 23 attempts for a surprisingly low 53 yards and 2 touchdowns. Marc had an amazing Defensive performance, with 7 tackles and 2 for loss and 1 sack. The two London combined for only 1 touchdown and 1 interception AZ the defense held them in check.
Victor over the Portland Pythons 34-27:
Trevor had an impressive showing in this game, throwing 2 touchdowns and no interceptions. He surprisingly has a slightly bigger passer rating then Portland QB McCoy, who had 3 touchdowns and no interceptions. I think it is because he had fewer pass attempts? Anyways, the KCC running back both had touchdowns, with Zane having 2 touchdowns and rookie back Ram 1500 had one. Zane also had both of Trevor's Touchdowns, so he had an insane performance.
On defense, Strongjaw had one of the teams two forced fumbles. The Defense did it's job overall, but the offense was truly the star of the show with 5 touchdowns overall.
Loss against the Minnesota Grey Ducks: 0-13
Well this sucked. Trevor was probably lucky to only throw one interception in this tough loss. Zane Cold was held to only 25 yards rushing and Ram was held to 15. The Defense did it's job all game, but the offense did them no favors whatsoever. McNeedy had 12 tackles with 2 for loss and a sack. Marc also had 12 tackles and one for loss. There isn't much more to say about this game, it was just rough all around.
Loss against the Norfolk Seawolves: 24-41
Trevor had a mixed performance in this game with 3 touchdowns to 2 interceptions and 216 yards receiving. Armstrong, Cold, and Receiver Bruh Moment all had receiving touchdowns. The Defense did not perform well in this game, considering the Norfolk QB had 6 touchdowns in this game. Offense tried it's best to keep this interesting, but Defensive struggles kept it from being so.
My analysis of these games it that Trevor Lorenzen had a good performance considering that he is around 100 something TPE, but this team will need to lean a lot on Zane Cold in order to win. The defense will need to step up a lot in the regular season as well. I honestly think this team can win 6-8 games, but even if we luck our way into the playoffs we will not go far into them. This will be a season of growth for us. Still, Fear The Howl!
Thanks for reading and I hope to see you all on the field!