Last offseason, Buffalo Bills general manager Brandon Beane told us Buffalo didn’t have the cap space to make a splashy move in free agency. He then proceeded to make a Billy Bob from Varsity Blues canon ball-sized splash by signing EDGE Von Miller. While Miller was lost to an ACL tear in Week 12 in Detroit, his value to the Buffalo defense was made more obvious on and off the field. He took the Bills’ line under his wing, bringing several of them to his pass-rushing academy last summer. Miller was also the catalyst for a line that helped the Bills finish second in points per game allowed at 17.9 and sixth in yards per game against 319.1. They finished fourth in Football Outsiders’ DVOA (Defense-adjusted Value Over Average). Whether it is his intangibles or tangibles, Miller’s value to the Bills is immense. That’s why the Texas A/M product earned 28 of 60 possible points from our Cover 1 Crew, with @KyleSilagyi ranking him the highest at #1. “The signing of Von Miller paid dividends for Buffalo throughout the first half of the 2022 season. He not only brought juice as a pass-rusher (eight sacks in 11 games) and run-defender,…
Bills’ Most Important Players (not named Josh Allen) Entering 2023: #4 Von Miller
06/30/2023
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