Brian's Bashing

Way to go Stevie! As many people would know the Buffalo Bills got off to a great start this season. It looked like the Bills were going to make the playoffs for the first time in ten years. Everybody thought this was the year they finally broke out. Then there was suddenly a breakout of injuries. Kyle Williams, Fred Jackson, Shawn Merriman, Eric Wood, and Terrance McGee all suffered season ending injuries. This obviously ended up hurting the Bills and they went on a horrible losing streak that started four weeks ago. Although the Bills have been struggling, their playoff hopes were not gone yet. This past week they traveled to New York City to take on the J-E-T-S, JETS, JETS, JETS. Both teams entered the game with an equal record of 5 wins and 5 losses. Basically the winner of this game would be in great shape to make the playoffs and the loser would be just about eliminated from a playoff opportunity. I give credit to the Bills for coming out and playing a great game. It was evident that they gave it their all and played together as a team for the most part. The key phrase in that last sentence is “for the most part.” I am against picking out one player to blame in a game, but for this occasion, I don’t feel bad at all. During the second quarter of this game, Stevie Johnson caught a touchdown pass to give the Bills the lead. After that, Stevie decided it would be hilarious to mock out New York Jets receiver, Plaxico Burress, by pretending to shoot himself in the leg. For those of you who do not know, Burress went to a New York City night club two years ago and managed to shoot himself in the leg accidently. After Johnson mocked Plaxico, he then mocked the other Jets receiver, Santonio Holmes, by doing Santonio’s touchdown dance. For his actions Johnson was given a penalty that made the Bills kickoff 15 yards behind where they normally do. This forced Chan Gailey to call a squib quick. The squib quick only went 10 yards by mistake which gave the Jets the ball at the Bills 40 yard line with 2 minutes left in the half. The Jets went on to score to tie the game. At the end of the game, the Bills were down by four points and marching right down the field trying to win the game. With very little time left, Ryan Fitzpatrick threw a perfect pass right down the middle to Stevie Johnson, but Stevie wasn’t celebrating after this play. Take a guess why. He was wide open and he dropped what would have been a game winning touchdown. It makes me wonder why he dropped this pass. It must have been because he was thinking of his next touchdown dance, but he didn’t get that opportunity. To me this is a perfect example of the Buddha belief of Karma. I think it’s safe to say, Johnson won’t be doing any touchdown dances for a long time, because I’m sure he won’t want to hurt his team again. Actually with his selfish acts, he probably isn’t a team player. So he might do another stupid dance next time he scores because he doesn’t care about his team. I cannot express how stupid of an action this was by Johnson. He put himself in front of the team and cost the Bills a trip to the playoffs. I hope he feels the pain from this loss because this is one of the most stupid things you could possibly do. Stevie should take the time that he thinks about touchdown dances and use it for time to practice catching the football because he isn’t very good at it. If you are a young kid reading this, learn from the stupid, idiotic moves that this person made. One thing is for certain, I know for a fact, Stevie won’t be doing any dances in the playoffs this year. Way to go Stevie! Enjoy your winter where your team will not be in the playoffs completely because of you!