Not sure where to go from here. Found that no attach logic to make sure the 2 components moved together was useful. While looking about in the Details panel I noted that while running PIE, I could hit the check box under Physics for “Should Update Physics Volume” on either the root component or the sprite component (which is a child component of the root) and the sprite would then move to the current X position of the root and start dropping.
I’m fairly stumped. Ultimately, I have a workaround in mind, but I feel like I’m just missing something here.