Von Miller is playing in London!

[Scott7975]

2 hours ago, Gugny said:

 

I think it’s an unrealistic expectation that Miller will begin playing in week 5 and remain healthy throughout the season. To Motorin’s point - let other guys get reps now because it’s likely we’ll need them further down the road. 
 

If this was a division game or a game against KC, then I’d be on board to get him on the field. 
 

But it’s Jacksonville. 
 

We shouldn’t need him on the field to win this game and I doubt we’ll be looking a tiebreaker scenarios with Jacksonville come January. 
 

 

No but I think conference is the tiebreaker after head to head for seeding in the playoffs.  So if for example we are tied for the one seed with Baltimore, conference record will matter. 

 

In any case, if he aint ready I still wouldn't play him but I don't know where all this talk comes from every time someone is coming back from injury.  Why do people assume he is being rushed if he plays? If he is healthy then the best thing for him would be to get some reps and start getting back in football shape.  That is not to say he should go out there and play a full game or anything, but he should get at least some reps.  It's good for his conditioning.

Edited October 7, 2023 by Scott7975

[EmotionallyUnstable]

1 hour ago, LabattBlue said:

I am in the minority, I think the money spent on Von could have been spent more wisely.  The knee injury only made things worse. 
 

Only justification for a contract like that is if they win the big one. 

[RunTheBall]

1 hour ago, LabattBlue said:

I am in the minority, I think the money spent on Von could have been spent more wisely.  The knee injury only made things worse. 
 

 

I can understand this point of view although I was all in on Von. I’d be interested in who you would have spent that money on more wisely though. Or, is this just you don’t like spending that kind of money for an older DE despite his pedigree? Just curious, as I don’t think signing Von to that contract has really kept us from making any other moves that we wanted to make and our biggest need at the time was some pass rush to get past KC. Sucks that he blew out his knee which was a risk we took.

[Special K]

1 hour ago, 34-78-83 said:

"Rushing him back" would have been playing him in week 1. They are clear of that. He was ready then.

 

I'd love to keep him as a break glass in case of emergency player too, but the dude is getting paid to play and contribute to wins.

 

Exactly....it’s football....any player could get hurt at any time. If Von is medically cleared to play, then he should be playing. Obviously, he shouldn’t be playing 100% of the snaps, but not playing a player because you are afraid he might get injured just isn’t something that coaches or players would be on board with.

 

Maybe the Bills should sit Josh Allen for the next 4 or 5 weeks to keep him from getting injured as well🤣🤣

[TBBills Fan]

1 hour ago, Roundybout said:

 

Bills better add Kurt Angle to the mix

With his take down skills we can use him for tackling 

11 minutes ago, EmotionallyUnstable said:

Only justification for a contract like that is if they win the big one. 

When not if. 

 

And the time is now. 

[LabattBlue]

11 minutes ago, RunTheBall said:

 

I can understand this point of view although I was all in on Von. I’d be interested in who you would have spent that money on more wisely though. Or, is this just you don’t like spending that kind of money for an older DE despite his pedigree? Just curious, as I don’t think signing Von to that contract has really kept us from making any other moves that we wanted to make and our biggest need at the time was some pass rush to get past KC. Sucks that he blew out his knee which was a risk we took.

I would have spent the $$$ on offense. 

[PetermansRedemption]

Do they have to activate him and make a corresponding roster move by some deadline? 

[Brianmoorman4jesus]

The whole thing with Von is it seemed like he was borderline ready week 1. I think the caution was saying to hang out the first 4 weeks…if he was ready to go tomorrow I’d think it would make sense 

[WhoTom]

7 minutes ago, PetermansRedemption said:

Do they have to activate him and make a corresponding roster move by some deadline? 

 

Yes. He's not currently on the roster. My guess is that they'll activate him when they put Tre White on IR.

Edited October 7, 2023 by WhoTom

[NewEra]

What time do we have til to activate him?

[BillsUberAlles]

Why start a nonsense thread like this that is not only possibly incorrect and based on something already discussed multiple other places but basically speculation?

 

Pointless thread.

 

 

[BigDingus]

Whenever Von says something, I'm inclined to think the opposite is true.

 

The fact that we still haven't heard anything, less than 24 hours before the game, doesn't inspire much confidence that he's actually playing.

[Freddie's Dead]

Has Von even been elevated to the 53 yet?

[The Wiz]

3 minutes ago, Freddie's Dead said:

Has Von even been elevated to the 53 yet?

No, they have 7 minutes to do so.

[Warcodered]

4 minutes ago, Freddie's Dead said:

Has Von even been elevated to the 53 yet?

Tre White isn't even on IR yet.

[LabattBlue]

5 minutes ago, Freddie's Dead said:

Has Von even been elevated to the 53 yet?

Maybe BB & McD didn’t get the 94.5% message. 

[benderbender]

The two rules I live by:

Always do the opposite what Jim Cramer tells you to do with your money.

Never doubt Von Miller because OBJ is on our team as promised. 

[Rico]

I'm in favor of letting him play tomorrow,

but if he gets hurt, I will be very much against the move.

[Scott7975]

14 minutes ago, Freddie's Dead said:

Has Von even been elevated to the 53 yet?

Yes

 

[Redneck]

Just got the alert - Von activated from PUP