Bills DE Von Miller looks explosive in offseason workout videos

We’re approaching 20 months since Buffalo Bills defensive end Von Miller tore his right ACL on the turf at Detroit’s Ford Field against the Lions on Thanksgiving Day 2022. The road to recovery has been long with little production from the future Hall-of-Famer, who has five tackles in his 14 combined regular-season and playoff games since returning from knee surgery.

“It took longer than I expected, but I feel like my old self again,” Miller said in January 2024. The post-injury production certainly doesn’t match the expectations of someone who originally signed a six-year contract. years and $120 million (he has since taken a pay cut). However, there are signs that 2024 could be a resurgence of the Miller we remember, who racked up eight sacks and 12 quarterback hits in his first 11 games with the Bills.

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The latest in a series of good signs for Miller were three workout videos posted by @CoachBTJordan on X/Twitter. The first shows the 35-year-old and three other pros working with pads, tennis balls and other means to stab blockers and lengthen their arms.

The second shows Miller exploding off the line and working on techniques such as his curvature and reaction.

Finally, here’s a video of him working on his agility, and what might be best is seeing him plant and maneuver his repaired knee.

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These videos come after June team practices in which Miller was able to practice without the support of a brace on his right knee for the first time since the injury. Miller told the media after workouts: “It’s all about my health and how my knee feels. So far I’ve been training without a knee brace and that’s something I haven’t been able to do l “last year. So I know during the season once you get the mix and the games figured out, I should be able to go.”

Bills head coach Sean McDermott is cautiously optimistic that his star defensive end will return to All-Pro form. The sideline boss recently appeared on the Buffalo-centric “Last year was last year. It was a bit like that, and that’s what you expect, it’s the first year without an ACL. It’s an uphill climb tough We’re now in year two injury free, excited to see what he can do, how he moves and how he’s going to impact our team. I think, quite honestly, you never count out a player. or someone like Von Miller out of the game.”

Adding a healthy, productive Miller to a Buffalo defense that finished fourth in the league in 2023 with 54 sacks would be welcome news, especially with Leonard Floyd losing his 10.5 sacks after signing with the San Francisco 49ers in free agency.

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