A.J. Klein Drops RV Trip to Rejoin Buffalo Bills: ‘God Works in Mysterious Ways’
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Linebacker A.J. Klein postponed his RV trip after he received a call from the Buffalo Bills general manager asking him to come back to the team after the franchise released him a month prior.
Eager to get back on the field, he accepted.
“At this point, who doesn’t want to be in the playoffs?” Klein said.
When Klein showed up to practice on Wednesday, he thought he’d be on the practice squad. However, he was signed to the active roster on Sunday.
Klein appeared in the third quarter after linebacker Terrel Bernard went down with an ankle injury.
Sports Spectrum reported, “Klein, 32, not only played in a playoff game after being off for nearly a month, he took over the middle linebacker duties, which include calling out defensive alignments for his teammates, and he finished with a team-high 11 tackles.”
The Bills defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 31–17.
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“I always say you gotta get your feet wet,” Klein said in a press conference. “The first few plays obviously weren’t great. But knocked the rust off and it’s like riding a bike.”
After the game, Bills coach Sean McDermott said of Klein, “You know that retirement thing you were talking about? Let’s put that off a little bit here. Hey, everything happens for a reason. God works in mysterious ways, and we’re very fortunate that he came back.”
The athlete has previously spoken about how he trusts God’s plan.
“We can’t see Jesus Christ,” he told “Faith on the Field” in 2021. “We can’t see our God, but I believe that we can see our God is everywhere around us. For instance, in the people that we talk to, in the nature we see outside. It’s relationships, it’s family. It’s all around us.”
“So, for me, even though I don’t see Jesus Christ, it’s like doubting Thomas, even though I can’t see the marks in His hands, I believe, and I put my faith in Him regardless,” Klein continued. “So that for me has always been a true testament of my belief system.”
“For me, it’s about having faith in all circumstances — days that might not be going the best, circumstances that come up in life,” he concluded. “You have the old ‘Why me?’ You’ve always got to have faith, knowing that God has a plan.”
The Buffalo Bills will face the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ET.
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