After tearing his ACL on Thanksgiving Day in the 2022 season and beginning the season on the Physically Unable to Perform list, defensive end Von Miller returned to the Bills defense in their 25-20 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars in London.
While he was limited as he continues to get into game shape, Miller said that it felt good to jump back into a game for the first time in his 13th season in the NFL, although he has work to do to return to the dominant pass rusher has been throughout his career.
Head coach Sean McDermott said that Miller was on a 'pitch count', which Miller thought was wise given the amount of time he has been away from the game.
Not to mention the three defenders who missed Sunday’s 25-20 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars in London due to injuries, including starting defensive end Greg Rousseau (foot) and starting cornerback Christian Benford (shoulder).
“It was like midway through the first, second quarter, you kind of look out there and some of the guys normally out there kind of gone. Milano, [Jones]," safety Jordan Poyer said after the game. "For the guys that stepped in [like linebacker Tyrel Dodson], I thought played extremely well, stepping in the role of Matt.”
The question now turns to what happens the rest of the season for a Bills defense that has been among the league's best, including holding the Dolphins' No. 1 offense to just 20 points last week. The depth of the Bills (3-2) will now be seriously tested.
Fans who have never met before chat, finding out where the stranger standing nearest to them is from and asking for details on their arrival dates in the UK. A father has brought his two children from the US to London for a 10-day break, while a teacher tells a fellow Bills fan she needed special permission to skip Friday classes to travel to England. She’ll be back at work on Monday, she says. It’s a whistle-stop weekend for her and many.
Swaying side-to-side to the beat of the train is Eric Schuhmann of Saxony, Germany, an NFL fan spending the weekend in London to watch the sport he loves, rather than the team he follows. “It’s another feeling to be live in the stadium,” he tells CNN Sport in anticipation of his third London-based NFL game
The Bills will return to the United States with a 3-2 record, injuries stacking up and questions at the linebacker position.
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