

In addition to knocking out two builds of Batman's famous vehicle, Heinicke completed a 7,541-piece Millennium Falcon from Star Wars, which is so enormous that "it's just sitting" on Heinicke's kitchen counter. The 29-year-old didn't start small, either. It was in that span that Heinicke established a new morning routine: He'd wake up, venture off on a long walk, eat breakfast upon his return - and, at last, pick up his latest project. While Heinicke polished off two different Batmobiles in the earlier portion of the Commanders' offseason, his output really increased during the five-plus week stretch of free time that players got before reporting to the facility in late-July for the opening of the club's training camp. "So I started buying some sets and I have four big sets now." "I've always been interested in building stuff," Heinicke, who aspired to be an architect as a kid, told NBC Sports Washington on Tuesday.

Since then, he's lunged headfirst into the pursuit like it's a FedEx Field pylon in a playoff game. It was at that point that he noticed one of his friends had gotten into LEGO building, so Heinicke decided to give the hobby a shot. It started because Taylor Heinicke wanted to do something other than watch TV.īack during the Washington Commanders' OTAs in late-May and early-June, Heinicke was searching for a "therapeutic" activity he could commit to once he handled his daily football responsibilities, one that didn't involve a screen.
