Bills Rule Out Von Miller With Knee Injury

The Buffalo Bills announced that OLB Von Miller has been ruled out for the rest of Thursday’s game against the Lions with a knee injury. 

Injury Update: Von Miller is out for the game (knee).

— Buffalo Bills PR (@BuffaloBillsPR) November 24, 2022

Miller went down and had to be examined in the medical tent. He was able to walk around under his own power but was later carted back to the locker room. 

There’s no further word on the severity of Miller’s injury apart from it being bad enough to keep him out of the rest of this game. Buffalo is surely crossing its fingers it’s not too serious. 

Miller, 33, is a former first-round pick of the Broncos back in 2011. After playing out his rookie deal, Denver picked up his fifth-year option and later used their franchise tag on Miller.

The Broncos signed Miller to a six-year, $114 million extension in 2016 with $70 million guaranteed. He made $18 million in 2020 with $6 million fully guaranteed and count $25.625 million against the cap.

Denver officially picked up Miller’s option last year and again in 2021 at a figure of $18 million. However, the Broncos traded Miller to the Rams at the deadline for second and third-round picks while also eating most of his remaining salary. Miller then ended up winning the Super Bowl in his first season with the Rams.

Miller went on to sign a six-year, $120 million deal with the Buffalo Bills as an unrestricted free agent. 

In 2022 entering Week 12, Miller had appeared in 10 games for the Bills, recording 20 total tackles, 10 tackles for loss, eight sacks, a forced fumble and two pass deflections.