Von Miller ACL- Out for Season

[wppete]

It’s time for AJ and Rousseau to step up. Let’s see what they can do. Take advantage of this opportunity. 

[Playoffs?]

2 minutes ago, gordong said:

But just wait,  next year is our year....   👍

And at least we have the Sabres!

[Aussie Joe]

Just now, BUFFALOBART said:

Not at all. You?

 

You seem upset.. relax...

 

We all make mistakes

[SCBills]

Von video they just played on NFLN sure sounds like he's coming back next year.  

 

Side note:  He is so inspirational man.. even from the hospital, knowing he won't play this year, he's got me hype. 

 

 

Edited December 7, 2022 by SCBills

[BillsShredder83]

I know this is going to rub some ppl the wrong way, but im now open to 1st rd WR/DE for the draft. Crucial position, would prefer we go up and get the best ones we can. The defensive secondary benefits exponentially with a good pass rush to allow them to be aggressive and cover less time

[DapperCam]

Next man up. Big opportunity for the young guys who have been disappointing to earn that next deal.

 

This team does seem a little cursed though. Two All Pros on defense out for the year. Another All Pro just returning from an ACL himself (gotta think he won’t totally be himself this year). Then another All Pro playing injured and missing games as well.

 

For those keeping track that is all 4 All Pros on our defense out or compromised this year. If we can make a deep run, Beane and the coaches deserve huge props for building depth on defense and getting them to play well.

[TheBrownBear]

Just now, SCBills said:

Von video they just played on NFLN sure sounds like he's coming back.  

 

Side note:  He is so inspirational man.. even from the hospital, knowing he won't play this year, he's got me hype. 

Yep.  I liked the vid.  Gotta stay positive for his teammates.  Hope he comes back to Buffalo for his rehab through the rest of the season.  I want that guy around the locker room as mush as possible.

[Riverboat Ritchie]

4 minutes ago, Process said:

This is the look of a guy that's gonna get paid $40M to not play football the next two years

 

 

Nah, Vons a beast. Whole thing sucks but love the attitude.  Coach up guys

[billsfanmiamioh]

10 minutes ago, Johnnycage46 said:

This sucks majorly.  But honestly, in his short time here he did a lot that may have set us up for a run anyway.  He got the 3rd down sack on Mahomes to get us the ball back for the game winning drive and then followed up with pressure to flush Mahomes out leading to the game sealing pick by Taron.  It's one game, but that one game was huge and is a big reason we are currently the 1 seed.  Obviously having him healthy for a run this post season would have been ideal, but having him early on helped us to get to this point and we just need to finish strong and hopefully get home field.

Jets game sack too. He’s had a number of big plays, the exact reason he was brought here. Sucks all around. 

[Big Turk]

Guess we can prepare to have him fresh for the playoff run next year then...

 

Time for the young bucks to step up.

 

 

[Gambit]

 

 

[sonyab1974]

Yeah I got the notification on my phone and saw it on the news. Oh oh.

[Brianmoorman4jesus]

There are still a couple of FA pass rushers available. Griffen and Mcphee. Certainly nothing great but might be worth a shot.

[NewEra]

5 minutes ago, ngbills said:

Pass rush specialist that plays 20-25 snaps a game is a nice gig for 30+ yr old edge rushers.

 

jerry averages over 40 a game (over 60%)  Houston and Ingram just over 30 a game (just under 50%)

[PrimeTime101]

18 minutes ago, TheBrownBear said:

Sorry, man, you're right.  I'm just freaking out a bit at the moment.  LOL.  Point remains, though, on the injury settlement.  The Bills can't make him sign anything.  Injury settlements are usually done as a courtesy to players down the roster food chain to hook them up with a bit of cash on their way out instead of flat out cutting them while also allowing the team to save some cap scratch.

its clauses in the current contract concerning injuries. many times, you hear it going to courts concerning settlements. it is what it is.

[NewEra]

4 minutes ago, njbuff said:

No need to cry. Every team and I mean EVERY team deals with injuries and backbreaking season enders too.

 

Heck, look at the Niners. They lost TWO starting QB's to season ending injuries and they still consider themselves a favorite to reach the SB.

 

The Bills opponent this week lost their two best offensive players for the season and do you hear them crying about it? No.

 

I didn't hear anyone say that #17 went down to a season ending injury. Did you? As long as he is in there (minus November swoons 😂), the Bills will always be a SB favorite.

And when Bosa is out for the year, they officially have no chance to win a super bowl.  

[JMM]

I'm a man of logic. A man of science. A man of reason.  BUT I'm a lifelong Bills fan, we are CURSED! 😔

[Pirate Angel]

1 hour ago, BuffaloBaumer said:

This all of a sudden looks like it could be the worst contract in the NFL

Russel Wilson's makes it look like a bargain

[KingBoots8]

Curious to know: would this specific procedure have been done had Beane not put him on IR? I know the plan was to get it checked out but I wonder if it would have been found with him initially coming back this week based on his optimism.

 

Beane may have stopped this from becoming far worse by giving him time to properly heal and get looked over. If he came back and had an even worse tear we could be talking career ending, not season ending.

[TampaBillsJunkie]

1 hour ago, Your Brown Eye said:

That's what I wanted to see Von do to Mahomes in the AFC Championship. Not that's just me getting my feelings out.

[gordong]

54 minutes ago, TheBrownBear said:

AJ and Basham need to man the F up and bring it. 

I'll believe that when it's 85 degrees all next week

[Aussie Joe]

Just now, BUFFALOBART said:

Yes. Relax. Take your Meds.

It is clear, that you skipped them, today..

 

Whats with the circle jerk reference?

 

On your mind for some reason?

[plenzmd1]

3 minutes ago, 78thealltimegreat said:

LTIR might be used on Von at the start of next season. Once he comes off they’ll need to be cap compliant but they will have the ability to exceed the cap till he does which would give Beane some free time to move money around while they wait on his return.  

Are you referring to PUP? As far as I know, LTIR is only a thing in the NHL, not NFL. I am fairly certain that cap hit still counts in PUP too. 

[FilthyBeast]

Just now, Brianmoorman4jesus said:

There are still a couple of FA pass rushers available. Griffen and Mcphee. Certainly nothing great but might be worth a shot.

 

Dumpster diving for any legit pass rushing help this time of year is an exercise in futility. There's a reason these guys are on the street and this team doesn't have any money available anyway.

 

Bottom line it's time for Beane's heavy investments in the dline to pay dividends. Oliver is already doing that and it's time for someone from the Groot/Basham/Epenesa bucket to emerge as a true force. I think Groot can do that with some of these other guys like Lawson doing the dirty work in rotation.

[78thealltimegreat]

Just now, plenzmd1 said:

Are you referring to PUP? As far as I know, LTIR is only a thing in the NHL, not NFL. I am fairly certain that cap hit still counts in PUP too. 

Yes my mistake I was confusing that with the nhl sorry 

[K-9]

Damn. That’s a huge blow to this defense. I hope he will be a fixture on the sidelines with his boys to offer advice. 

[Blazman11]

Doesn't matter.  The only 2 players this team cannot afford to lose are Allen and Diggs.  So instead of 7 first round picks on the defense we now have 6.  

[NoHuddleKelly12]

11 minutes ago, FrenchConnection said:

He didn't actually say that, but it's a known fact that Mike Brown is the poorest owner in the NFL now that Mark Davis has that Vegas money. 

Hmmm 🤔…maybe the Bungals can start a go fund me like Tennessee did to pay for the goal posts thrown in the river? 

[wppete]

Let’s hope Houston releases Jerry Hughes 😂. 

[BillsSbSoon]

Man this is unbelievably brutal. Now we will have a 34 yr old 120 mil pass rusher coming off a torn acl and will prolly miss most of next year. We just cannot catch a break

[PrimeTime101]

11 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

 

You're acting like he's old and out of shape now.  He's 33 which is still young.  Yes, older for football but doesn't mean all of a sudden he's too old to heal.

Not everyone is Tre White in recovery time.  White has been practicing for weeks so it wasn't the ACL keeping him out.

your acting like 33 is young for NFL standards. its not he will be 34 if/when he plays again. and that contract size has lots to do with this as well.

[Aussie Joe]

Just now, BUFFALOBART said:

Well, you are a jerk, so that is a smoking gun...

 

Meh.. boring now..

 

Have a good day sir!

[Big Blitz]

2 hours ago, FilthyBeast said:

On one hand this was somewhat expected, but there's no sugar coating the situation and this is basically now the same defense that was unable to stop the Chiefs and Mahomes in the playoffs last year. Sure having White back will help but not being able to generate a consistent pass rush will likely haunt this team once again when it matters most against the AFC's best.

 

 

Oliver

Jones 

Settle 

Better more experienced Groot

AJ is a bit better 

Shaq is an upgrade from last year

Same Philips 

The CBs are better 

 

 

This defense is still better then last year. 

Edited December 7, 2022 by Big Blitz

[BullBuchanan]

If you didn't expect this - welcome to your first season as a Bills fan. It only goes downhill from here.

As soon as he went down I planned on him being out or at minimum ineffective for the rest season, so it isn't much of a shock. We've never been a team that's winning games on the back of our defense and I didn't expect that to change this year. I don't see this loss having much impact if any on our chances. The offense needs to get right and game day coaching needs to drastically improve. If those two things happen, we'll be fine.

Von ha a big impact on the way our line looked early in the year, but lately it's looked like less. It's time for Boogie to step up and realize the potential he's shown.

Edited December 7, 2022 by BullBuchanan

[78thealltimegreat]

The only thing I can take slight solace out of this is that these draft picks Beane has been stockpiling on the Dline need to step up.

 

Also last year I watched the Atlanta Braves lose arguably the best player in baseball in Ronald Acuna with an ACL tear in July and not only was he back by May the next year they also went on to win their first World Series in 25 years. 

So what the hell let’s just go win the whole freaking thing as well. 

[Bookie Man]

Damn. Went from playing this week to a 12 month recovery. Of course!

[TH3]

22 minutes ago, Buffalo Super Fan said:

The Buffalo Bills need to win a Super Bowl that hasn’t changed but the Von Miller injury puts that a little more in doubt now? But hopefully a lesson to some Bills fans that apologize for Sean McDermott all the time. We don’t get those .13 seconds back as Bills fans. Next season may not be as good as last season chances wise for the Super Bowl. Reality the Bills aren’t as good this season as last season. We have no sure handed go to wide receiver when Cole Beasley signed else where then retired. Josh Allen has a bad elbow which is limiting the Bills offense to protect Josh Allen’s injured elbow.
 

All of this is why you don’t make excuses for failed coaches. Sean McDermott and his coaching staff cost this team a Super Bowl last season over those .13 seconds. I don’t care what our record is now the Buffalo Bills aren’t as good as last season you can see it. No Von Miller and a injured Josh Allen isn’t good. I have already moved on from Sean McDermott era last season. I see failure when I see Sean McDermott coaching in close games. Sean McDermott isn’t a difference maker as a head coach without Josh Allen he would be back to being a assistant coach again with a notebook.
 

My New York Yankees are the same way without Aaron Judge Aaron Boone is a bench coach or scout. Because Aaron Boone isn’t special as a manager either two mediocre leaders alike with tons of excuses for failure. Sean McDermott and Aaron Boone both bums carried by one elite superstar $53 million dollars a year Josh Allen and $40 million dollars a year Aaron Judge neither with a championship yet because of poor leaders run the two teams. Fire both Sean McDermott and Aaron Boone for being mediocre with tons of excuses why they failed except themselves of course there both bums in my opinion. Go Bills! Go Yankees! Let’s Go Buffalo 

Poster name checks out….FFS you are not that important ….get over yourself 

[Ralonzo]

We knew when Beane moved Miller to IR that it was to get him back for the playoffs. Just got the year wrong.

[C.Biscuit97]

I say it in every thread but injuries suck! Miller would have been huge for us in the playoffs. But every team has someone missing. We invested a lot in pass rushers. Time for the young guys to become men

[Greg S]

3 minutes ago, PrimeTime101 said:

your acting like 33 is young for NFL standards. its not he will be 34 if/when he plays again. and that contract size has lots to do with this as well.

 

Agree. Most athletes can't "Tom Brady" Father Time.