{"id":290786,"date":"2023-08-29T17:20:51","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=290786"},"modified":"2023-08-29T17:20:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:20:51","slug":"bills-lb-von-miller-to-begin-2023-nfl-season-on-pup-out-at-least-four-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/nfl\/bills-lb-von-miller-to-begin-2023-nfl-season-on-pup-out-at-least-four-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Bills LB Von Miller to begin 2023 NFL season on PUP, out at least four games"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Buffalo Bills will be without star edge rusher Von Miller for at least the first four games of the 2023 season.<\/p>\n
Miller will begin the season on the reserve\/PUP list as he recovers from a torn ACL, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported on Tuesday, per a source informed of the situation.<\/p>\n
The decision means Miller will miss at minimum four games before he can be activated.<\/p>\n
The 34-year-old linebacker suffered the ACL tear on Nov. 24, 2022, during the Thanksgiving game in Detroit.<\/p>\n
Miller has been optimistic all offseason that he could be ready for the start of the 2023 campaign but noted in June that he wouldn’t push the process.<\/p>\n
“I want to be ready (for) Week 1 versus the Jets. Aaron Rodgers, Monday Night Football<\/em>,” he said at the time. “But at the same time, I’m not in control of that. I’m going to do everything I can physically, mentally, emotionally to be ready for that. But if it’s not the first week of the season, then it won’t be any longer than Week 6, for sure.”<\/p>\n The Bills chose to err on the side of caution with the eight-time Pro Bowler.<\/p>\n Miller will miss games against the New York Jets, Las Vegas Raiders, Washington Commanders and Miami Dolphins. The earliest he could return is Oct. 6 against the Jacksonville Jaguars in London.<\/p>\n The hope is upon his return, the pass-rush demon will be full-go for the rest of the season and a Bills playoff push.<\/p>\n