While Buffalo Bills linebacker Von Miller has not yet returned to action this season, the eight-time Pro Bowler has been keeping tabs on what’s been happening across the league and sent out a strong message after watching the late hit on Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert in Week 4.
In the second quarter, Herbert faked a handoff and proceeded to rush the ball himself against the Las Vegas Raiders. Herbert scrambled toward the sideline and once he had one foot out of bounds, Raiders defensive tackle Jerry Tillery blasted him to the ground.
“He’s lucky he got out of there alive,” former Raiders right tackle Lincoln Kennedy said on the Las Vegas radio broadcast, per ESPN. The Chargers immediately cleared the bench in anger and Tillery was ejected from the game.
During the latest episode of Miller’s “The Voncast,” the 34-year-old threatened opponents who try to pull a similar dirty play on his QB1, Bills star Josh Allen. Miller said, “I tell you what, if somebody hit Josh Allen like that, I’m getting kicked out of the game. Not gonna let that fly, man.”
Those looking to defy the 6-foot-3, 250-pound, future Hall of Famer edge rusher, can do so at their own risk. One fan commented on Instagram, “Imagine being on the receiving end of that Von Miller smoke 😵,” while another person wrote, “Von aint one of these internet fake tough guys either, he means that s***.”
Miller called going after a quarterback like that “ridiculous,” and applauded Herbert’s teammates for immediately coming to his defense. “That’s what you’re supposed to do,” he said.