Mark Craig's Sunday Insider: No one to blame but himself

With social media the way it is, no one batted an eye when Vikings tight end Visanthe Shiancoe was asked this week if he would ever consider using his Twitter account to blame God for a dropped pass.

"I would never, never, never, never, never do that," said Shiancoe, looking as if a lightning bolt would come crashing through the roof at Winter Park if he answered any other way.

The question was part of the fallout of Bills receiver Stevie Johnson's Sunday night tweet. After dropping what should have been an easy, game-winning, 40-yard touchdown pass in overtime at Pittsburgh, Johnson tweeted after the loss, "I praise you 24/7!!!!!! And this how you do me!!!! You expect me to learn from this??? How ???!!! I'll never forget this!! Ever!!! Thx tho ..."

Suddenly, an obscure third-year receiver having a breakout season on a 2-9 team was a topic of discussion on Rush Limbaugh's radio show, the TV talk show "The View" and locker rooms around the NFL. And, of course, the late-night talk-show hosts took their cuts as well.

"If God cared about you at all," said Jimmy Kimmel, "he wouldn't have you playing for the Bills."

Johnson said during the week that the tweet was misunderstood, that he was simply lamenting to God about his own failure. (Psst, Stevie: If that's the case, leaving out "And this how you do me!!!!" might have been a good idea.)

"Everybody has their own opinions and everybody does things their way," Shiancoe said. "I mean hey, practice, bro. That's all I got to say about that.

Johnson, who was inconsolable after the game, told reporters this week that he's moved on and is "going to be the same Stevie Johnson" when the Bills play the Vikings at the Metrodome on Sunday.

Like a lot of today's players, Twitter got Johnson into a bigger mess than he ever intended. But, on the other hand, the responses he got from retired quarterback Kurt Warner also helped him move on.

Said, er, tweeted Warner: "I asked same thing when released in STL & benched 3 times, but then God did his thing. ... Be ready! Enjoy watching you play!" He also tweeted: "All I can say is I have been there many times ... (while coughing) 100-yd INT ret 4 TD in SB 43 was most recent!"

Johnson, by the way, also happens to be a pretty good receiver with decent size (6-3, 200) and strength to break tackles. A seventh-round draft pick out of Kentucky in 2008, he had 12 career catches heading into this season. Now, he's 11th in the NFL in catches (59) and receiving yards (796). He also has nine touchdown catches.

Lee Evans is considered Buffalo's best receiver and its deep threat. But Johnson has 25 more catches, 290 more yards and five more touchdowns than Evans. He's also a possession-type receiver who tends to sneak behind the defense, as he did when he dropped the pass in Pittsburgh.

Bills quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick made it clear that Johnson's opportunities didn't end in Pittsburgh.