Broncos Country should pull for Von Miller to beat the Chiefs

On By Littum

Von Miller may not be playing for the Denver Broncos right now, but the Mile High City will still be behind him on Sunday.

Miller is chasing the third Super Bowl ring of his Hall of Fame career, and the next obstacle in his and the Buffalo Bills’ path is the Kansas City Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes.

The former Super Bowl 50 MVP had nothing but praise for the Broncos before facing them in the wild-card round of the playoffs. It’s clear he still misses Denver and all the memories he made here during a decade wearing the orange and blue.

“I love those guys. I love everything about the Denver Broncos, I pay a lot of attention to the Denver Broncos,” Miller said earlier this month.

Well, Broncos Country loves Miller too, and they should draw on him this weekend in a big way.

We are all over the Chiefs. They have won three Super Bowls in the last five seasons. They are looking for a three-peat this year. Nobody in Denver wants to see that.

It would be nice to see Miller make a big play or two like he did in the 2015 AFC Championship game against the Patriots and in the Super Bowl two weeks later.

And while Miller may be 35 years old, he proved in the divisional round against the Ravens that he still has some gas left in the tank. Miller returned a crucial fumble by Lamar Jackson 39 yards to set up a Bills touchdown that put them up 14-7. Buffalo never trailed or was tied the rest of the game.

A younger Miller might have scored, but who cares? It was a huge game and showed that Miller still belongs in the biggest games. He did it for the Broncos in their Super Bowl 50 run, did it for the Rams a few years later and is now trying to help the Bills capture the franchise’s first Lombardi Trophy.

Von Miller is still beloved in Denver. It’s a no-brainer that Broncos fans will be rooting for him this weekend and (hopefully) beyond.