The coaches have a fun competition from each practice between the offense and defense. When the sides tie, there is a tiebreaker the next morning in team meeting. Our coaching staff has one player from offense and one player from defense compete in a free throw contest to determine who "won the day." Both guys have 30 seconds to make as many as possible. So, naturally, it was me against Juice on that day. I went first and I bricked all of them. All of them. The only one I made was my last shot, but I was told I didn't get it off in time. So I made zero and Juice only had to make one – which he did. It certainly wasn't my finest moment as an athlete, but everyone got a good laugh out of it.

From there, the coaches decided to just take me out of team drills for a few days. They didn't want me shying away from contact and creating bad habits. I sat out Friday's practice all together, and then on Sunday I came back for individual drills only. I'll tell you this, though. Sitting out sucks. Especially being a rookie, I need these reps more than anybody. Missing out on these live reps sucks. It's testing my patience. But I just have to approach it as an opportunity to get mental reps. Then when I'm back, I know my chest will be fully recovered.