The automobile carrying Tanner Engstrand and Sammy Lawanson into work at 6 a.m. normally was just a little lighter on the way in which residence.
After logging his personal 15-hour day, Lawanson headed again to the cramped two-bedroom basement-level AirBnB the 2 coaches shared throughout a brief stint as assistants for the XFL’s DC Defenders in 2020.
As a result of Engstrand was the motive force and infrequently stayed within the facility one other three hours to do midnight modifications to that week’s offensive sport plan with head coach Pep Hamilton, Lawanson wanted different one-way technique of transportation.
“I’ll catch an Uber,” Lawanson would say. “Don’t wake me up while you come residence.”
