Bills’ Von Miller pushing to return in Week 5, says if he was a ‘betting man’ he’ll play in London vs. Jaguars

The Bills seem to be at the doorstep of having a main piece again on protection. Week 5 is the primary threshold that cross rusher Von Miller is eligible to come off of the bodily not able to carry out checklist and, judging by way of the veteran’s fresh feedback, it seems like he could be at the box when Buffalo travels to London to face off for a global showdown with the Jaguars from Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. 

When talking about his forthcoming return on his podcast referred to as “The Von Cast,” Miller, who suffered a torn ACL remaining Thanksgiving that sidelined him for the remainder of that season and located him at the PUP checklist to get started 2023, relayed that he’s pushing to get at the box as early as this week. 

“I don’t know if the fans can expect to see me yet, but if I was a betting man I would say yeah, you can expect to see Von Miller in London,” Miller mentioned Tuesday, by way of NFL.com.

Head trainer Sean McDermott advised newshounds this week that the group could be opening up Miller’s 21-day follow window and that they might merely take it “one day at a time” referring to when he’ll make his return in a recreation environment. Miller himself desires to play however said that it will be a difficult hurdle to conquer. 

“It’s still not a promise that I play in this game,” Miller mentioned. “I want to play in this game. I gotta practice [Wednesday] and I only get one padded practice. So obviously I go out there and I [need to] look amazing with this padded practice. Cause the difference is, like in training camp, you get multiple padded practices to kinda like figure your game out. I just get one padded practice tomorrow and then we have a shells practice on Thursday and then we fly to London on Thursday night. I really don’t have all the time in the world to like figure it out. I get one padded practice. So hopefully I look amazing tomorrow. I feel really strongly that I will. That’s just how I think I feel like I will be amazing tomorrow and everybody will give me the green light to go play in the game.”

Miller signed a six-year, $120 million contract with the Bills in March of 2022. When he was at the box for Buffalo at first of remaining yr, the two-time Super Bowl champion was as-advertised, totaling 8 sacks and 12 quarterback hits via 11 video games. 

While Miller is a slam dunk long term Hall of Famer and has completed lots in his occupation, he has but to play a recreation in London, which is absolutely a part of the emphasis for the 34-year-old to attempt to play this week. 

“Who knows how many chances I’ll get to play in London, so I want this to happen,” he mentioned. “I want this to happen, I’m pushing for it to happen. I think you can go ahead and really check that box and you guys will see me playing in London.”