Commanders rookie Jaylin Lane has been a revelation. Props to Pops.

It became something of a ritual in the Lane household, after the kids said their prayers each night, just before they went to bed. Jaylin Lane, then 5 years old, would head to his older brother B.J.’s room. Their father would stand by the door and alternately toss them a football, cutting off the light while it was in mid-flight to increase the difficulty.

“Sometimes he’d leave the light on for a minute and turn it off late. Sometimes he’d flicker it,” Lane recalled. “And one time he held it off for too long [and the ball] smacked me.”