Von Miller says ‘no bad blood’ when facing Broncos; Josh Allen believes offense ‘on the verge’ of breakthrough News and notes after the Bills’ practice on Thursday Von Miller: “I left (Denver) on good terms” As he enters the middle of his 12th season, Von Miller has pretty much done it all.
With 123.
5 career sacks, Miller ranks 19th all-time among NFL defenders.
With two Super Bowls under his belt, Miller is one of just 10 defensive players to be named MVP for the game.
Playing alongside the likes of Peyton Manning and Demarcus Ware, Miller has been around some of the best athletes to ever pick up a football.
The one thing Miller has yet to check off his NFL bucket list?
Facing the Denver Broncos, the team that drafted him and housed him for 10 seasons.
Miller was traded to the Rams during the NFL trade deadline in 2021, won a Super Bowl with Los Angeles that season, then signed with Buffalo in March of 2022.
The Bills’ opening game of the 2022 season came against the Rams — a game in which Miller had two sacks in the 31-10 win.
Now, Miller will take the field against another former squad when the Broncos (3-5) visit Highmark Stadium Monday night to take on the Bills (5-4).
Miller admitted that the game will have a different atmosphere for him but emphasized the mutual love and respect between himself and the team.
“It’ll be different for sure.
It’s not like a revenge game or anything like that.
As for me, I left on good terms, I left and won the Super Bowl.
I have a great relationship with everyone in their facility, I don’t have a bad relationship with anyone there,” Miller said after Thursday’s practice.
Spent 10 seasons with a fellow team meaning that while many of Miller’s former teammates are now retired, some of the players currently leading the Broncos’ locker room are players whose development Miller had a chance to watch develop from draft picks.
draft to All-Pros.
Cornerback Patrick Surtain II, who was drafted ninth overall by the Broncos in 2021, was a rookie the year Miller was traded to the Rams.
Last season, Surtain II was named to the AP All-Pro first team for the first time in his career.
“I remember when these guys were drafted and they were recruits going to small recruit camps and all that,” Miller said.
“I really enjoy my relationship with the players, especially the young players.
” Miller is making steady progress as he recovers from a November 2022 ACL tear that kept him out of the first four games of the season.
Playing about 34% of the snaps in the Bills’ 24-18 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals, Miller said he continues to inch closer to playing like an eight-time Pro Bowl, his own version of a three-time All-Pro.
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