Should Justin Bieber get all of the blame? Or just most of it? (Twitter)
The Steelers surprisingly lost to the Jets on Sunday, and I'm pretty sure everybody blamed the game on one person alone.
Forget about the fact that Ben Roethlisberger threw two interceptions or that the Steelers lost two fumbles or that the defense allowed a one-win Jets offense to score 20 points. No, the real villain for Pittsburgh was Justin Bieber (and I don't know anyone sane who would disagree).
Remember, it was Bieber who strangely showed up at Steelers bible study on Saturday night to meet with players and to take pictures looking like he badly had to use the toilet. The next day, the Steelers looked awful.
Coincidence? I don't see how.
But Roethlisberger isn't buying the near-universal theory.
"That's not a big deal at all," Roethlisberger said on 93.7 The Fan in Pittsburgh, via ESPN.com. "For instance, [former Steelers wide receiver] Plaxico Burress stopped by. Obviously he's family, but people stop by all of the time and say, 'Hi,' and we've had other athletes, actors, celebrities, stuff like that stop by. It's not a big deal at all."
Wait a minute. Bieber AND Burress were there at the same time?!? Unlike Roethlisberger's last sentence, that might be the biggest deal of all.
And remember, the Steelers were all so excited to snap photos with Bieber.
Didn't know he was a steelers fan, but welcome to steelernation @justinbieber pic.twitter.com/5Fktaq329D
— Cam Heyward (@CamHeyward) November 9, 2014It only seems fair that the blame for Pittsburgh's performance will continue to rain down on Bieber and Bieber alone. And maybe Burress.
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