Andrew Hawkins

Absolutely. So you're slowing the running back down. And in that moment, with just such a thin margin of error, if you're the arm talent that you should be, regardless of what your drop looks like, what foot drop he throws, a lot of passes falling away. But that means you have to have the arm. to still put it in the spots that you want, to your point about the accuracy.

Absolutely. So you're slowing the running back down. And in that moment, with just such a thin margin of error, if you're the arm talent that you should be, regardless of what your drop looks like, what foot drop he throws, a lot of passes falling away. But that means you have to have the arm. to still put it in the spots that you want, to your point about the accuracy.

And then when I'm looking for you to say, okay, this isn't here on the front side, can I get to a third read, scan across the field, and make a throw? That's literally how the last interception was thrown, because you're falling away, you try to get to the third read, and you can't place it. Those are issues.

And then when I'm looking for you to say, okay, this isn't here on the front side, can I get to a third read, scan across the field, and make a throw? That's literally how the last interception was thrown, because you're falling away, you try to get to the third read, and you can't place it. Those are issues.

Look, when you're at this point in the season, you have to understand that things change, right? It's like that sophomore quarterback slump. You go out and you have a great first year, and then defensive coordinators adjust. They figure out what your tendencies are. This is what happens late in the season.

And for Jim Harbaugh, him understanding both sides of the ball when you brought him into Los Angeles, you knew that's what you were getting. Not just a guy who can—

tutor the quarterback with all the ability in the world but also his understanding of defense bringing in mentor and in these moments where they go down by a whole lot of points and they surge back because of that prowess because of that knowledge that he has on both sides of the ball december is when you get the most from your from your head coach

He said it like twice, and it was a lot. I couldn't hold it in at that moment because I like tapped out by looking at his face. And then when I came back to, he was yelling notes with such emphasis. And I'm like, what is going on here?

Notes, yes.

True lack of leadership. His ego is swollen like a mean's lip. That is the issue with Joel Embiid. From a leadership perspective, you cannot go out of your way to show everybody how much you care about personal accolades.

You cannot go out of your way to show everybody how different you are, how cut above the rest of you are, because all the people that are tasked with following you feel that and see that, and they will go away from whatever it is you're trying to do. So he cannot motivate anybody around him because it's so very clear that everything he cares about involves Joel Embiid. It's hard to get along with.

And in those locker rooms where everybody is high paid and everybody wants to be the star, a real leader does not separate himself from the group. He goes out of his way to say, hey, all I care about is our collective success. And because of that, he will never get along with another star.

He will never be in a position where he's in a locker room and people will fall in line and say, this is a guy that we believe in and we will follow to the ends of the earth. And it will show up every single time playoff basketball comes around that he is not of the creme de la creme as far as NBA stars are concerned.

He's also forcing me to face him because he's on the profile of it. So now I feel like I have to turn that way. And I think he spit neosporin onto the mic.

You're cosplaying that Stephen A. Smith. That doesn't count.

Beavon A. Smith, listen to me. Like my grandmama always tell me.

You can put a raccoon in the ass of a popper, but you can't make a jackass jump. Okay?

I watch way too much Shannon Sharp. There is nobody that I enjoy more. In life than watching Shannon Sharp. And that is the honest to God truth. So I should have brought my muscle suit.

Dan?

I don't mind it. I didn't even bat an eye to it.