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Pat Kavanagh, Logan Wisnauskas

Pat Kavanagh-Logan Wisnauskas partnership has lethal potential for Outlaws

By Topher Adams | May 23, 2025

Pat Kavanagh was brought in to be the quarterback of the Denver Outlaws. After a season in the wilderness with the Boston Cannons, he’s found a new home in Denver, where he’ll slot in on the attack line and lurk behind the goal like he did at Notre Dame.

But what is an elite quarterback without a top receiving threat?

In South Bend, Jake Taylor (drafted by the Philadelphia Waterdogs earlier this month) was Kavanagh’s target of choice. The dynamic duo became one of the defining tandems in college lacrosse history. Taylor, one of the great cutters in the modern game, thrived while hunting space or mirroring Kavanagh.

When Kavanagh went to work behind the goal, Taylor was always slipping into open space in front of it.

Kavanagh had a similarly lethal partnership with his younger brother Chris, now a member of the California Redwoods. The tenacious younger Kavanagh was the right-handed complement to Pat, with the ability to stretch the field vertically and the toughness to go right to goal.

Now in Denver, the elder Kavanagh needs to find a new roster of weapons. Fortunately for him, the Outlaws have another Tewaaraton Award-winning attackman who could be the perfect fit.

Logan Wisnauskas is something of a forgotten man for the Outlaws after missing almost all of last season with a lower body injury. But the 2022 Tewaaraton winner is still one of the most cerebral and efficient offensive weapons in the game.

Alongside a true quarterback attackman in Brendan Nichtern, Wisnauskas was one of the best scorers in the league in 2022, finishing with 35 points (24G, 11A) in just nine games. After a year in transition and a year on the sideline, Wisnauskas now has another high-level playmaker to feed off of.

Wisnauskas’s biggest strengths are his shot — lethal from anywhere inside the arc, and probably beyond it if he wanted — and his understanding of space. Floating around the low lefty wing, he always slips a step or two into the open area.

When Kavanagh attacks down the righty wing, Wisnauskas is the perfect foil on the opposite end. As Kavanagh dodges upfield, Wisnauskas will be the one sneaking up the backside pipe or slipping for an open step-down on the opposite wing.

If Kavanagh goes behind the goal, Wisnauskas can use his 6-foot-3, 210-pound frame to set picks and then roll frontside to the crease.

In settled sets, those two will be the primary options down low. There’s a Brennan O’Neill-shaped elephant in the room, but if the offense works as Denver hopes it will, he’ll have more space to operate up top, sweeping across or dodging hard down the alley. With O’Neill as more of a dodging threat up top, that leaves Wisnauskas as the target down low.

The goal for the Outlaws offense this season has to be better ball movement and more assisted goals. This starts with Kavanagh. How fast he builds these relationships with Wisnauskas, O’Neill and the rest of the offense will shape the season for Denver.

It’ll require adjustments from everyone involved. Kavanagh will have to take control as a feeder and dodger. Wisnauskas will have to be more of a ball-handler and pick-setter below goal line extended.

With the level of talent and lacrosse IQ on the field, it’s only a matter of time before the Outlaws attack is humming at full potential.

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