
Those who know Tanner Engstrand best are certain he’s perfect man with a plan for Jets offense
NY Post
The car carrying Tanner Engstrand and Sammy Lawanson into work at 6 a.m. usually was a little lighter on the way home.
After logging his own 15-hour day, Lawanson headed back to the cramped two-bedroom basement-level AirBnB the two coaches shared during a short stint as assistants for the XFL’s DC Defenders in 2020.
Because Engstrand was the driver and often stayed in the facility another three hours to do midnight modifications to that week’s offensive game plan with head coach Pep Hamilton, Lawanson needed other one-way means of transportation.
“I’ll catch an Uber,” Lawanson would say. “Don’t wake me up when you come home.”

Suddenly, someone had hit a rewind button and everyone had been transported back seven months. It was early spring instead of late fall, it was broiling hot outside the arena walls and not freezing cold. Everyone was back at TD Garden. There were 19,156 frenzied fans on their feet begging for blood, poised for the kill.












