Orchard Park, N.Y. (WGR 550) – Von Miller is in Orchard Park and taking part in the start of voluntary spring workouts. General manager Brandon Beane wouldn’t put a timetable on Miller’s rehab on Tuesday, but Miller is very optimistic with the way it’s going.
"My knee’s good," said Miller on Tuesday in his meeting with the media. "For me being able to golf, which I started midway through March. It feels like it’s downhill for me being able to walk around normally and go up-and-down stairs, walk around the golf course, and not really even think about it."
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Miller says he pretty much plays golf and then works on his rehab. This isn’t the first time the linebacker has had a serious knee injury, and it’s something that helps him now.
"Before it was a lot of uncertainty," Miller said. "I would look down at my leg and wonder, 'How am I going to be a football player again?' Now I just know it's part of the process."
The 34-year-old said Tuesday he was looking forward to getting back to Orchard Park this week.
"This is my life," Miller said. "I’m on Year 13, and I’ve spent a third of my life playing football. I always try to be in the present and in the now, whether that’s OTAs or training camp or the regular season. I just think when you get up there in age, you start to find the beauty in the little things."
This season, Sean McDermott is going to be calling the plays as defensive coordinator, as well as being the head coach. Miller says he thinks it’ll work well.
"I was with the Denver Broncos with coach [Vic] Fangio. He was the head coach and the defensive coordinator, so it’s not foreign to me. I know exactly how it’ll look, so I’m excited," he said.
"It’s not like coach McDermott was away from the defense last year, he would come in, give his tips and coach us up at certain points of the week. I’m fully confident in coach McDermott, and he earned his reputation by having great defenses. So I’m super excited to have him in there full-time."
Miller works out with Arizona Cardinals wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins in Dallas. There have been strong rumors that Arizona is looking to trade Hopkins, and Miller says he talks to him all the time.
"'Hop' said he wanted to be a Buffalo Bill, and you just never know until you get DeAndre Hopkins’ signature on a contract," he said.
Miller says he will, once again, be running a pass/rushing camp this summer, and all his teammates on the Bills defensive line have been invited.
