This minor story happened a couple of weeks ago, but as a Bills fan in particular and someone who once had a AIM profile (yeah, remember those?) feature about athletes thanking god for their feats, I wanted to take a moment to comment on it.

After dropping a perfect touchdown pass by Ryan Fitzpatrick, which would have beaten the Steelers in overtime, Bills receiver Steve Johnson did the impossible - he - more or less - blamed God for his drop in his twitter feed:

I PRAISE YOU 24/7!!!!!! AND THIS HOW YOU DO ME!!!!! YOU EXPECT ME TO LEARN FROM THIS??? HOW???!!! ILL NEVER FORGET THIS!! EVER!!! THX THO...

This is amazing. Steve Johnson, though he may not appreciate this, should be commended. It's about time if God's getting credit for athlete's success, he also accepts blame. Previously, I've said that it's silly at best, insulting at worst to credit God with success on the playing field/court/ice/whatever - and I don't even mean thanking him for just being here or getting you through, or whatever, but really particularly victories or particular plays - as if God has a rooting interest, or that sports is what he has time to focus on, or some such, but I have a new rule. You can thank God all you want for whatever you want as long as you're willing to blame him when things go wrong. Take it or leave it.