After the first day of spring practice Dan Lanning took to the podium in black sunglasses that hid his eyes. It turned out they were due to a minor eye procedure, but the attitude they conveyed couldn't have been more perfect for the first official media session of the 2026 season.
The look only lacked an AMT Hardballer .45 Longslide, the iconic long-barreled, laser-equipped pistol Arnold Schwarzenegger brandished in the first "Terminator" movie. Lanning was all business, tersely dispatching the questions like the Cyberdynde Systems Series 800 Model 101 crushing a child's toy, stepping out of the Ford Country Squire to eliminate the first Sara Connor in the White Pages.