Von Miller: Super Bowl Mindset, Returning to Old Form, Optimism For The D-Line | One Bills Live

all right welcome back hour number two here on a Monday Chris Brown Steve Tasker pleased to be joined by Edge rusher maybe you heard of him before his name is Von Miller V good to have you howdy than for having me sure uh let's begin here because it's been evident to us that your trademark burst is readily noticeable in the practice setting uh do you feel any different than you felt you know at this time last year yeah I feel different um I just feel like uh myself I would say you know um after coming back from ACL injury is you know you kind of think about it a lot I think no matter how much I tried not to think about it you know it was still on me subconsciously and um this year it's it's it's just not there and I'm able to just move and and and jump the snap and play football like I normally would yeah you can give people an idea um because we hear all the time about acl's and it is it's a long road back and the grades the physical stuff is one thing the mental stuff's another I went I didn't go through an ACL but I went through five operations myself it's just a process you got to go through before the you're you feel normal and don't think about and it takes a it and that's basically what the problem is more than the physical part right yeah yeah it um you know it's always a mental aspect whenever you're trying to recover from any injury you know you have five but it's always a mental aspect that that comes with being a pro again you know rehab and and playing football in the control setting is different but playing real football out there where the bullets are alive is is a totally different story and you know year or two on the back end of that um you know I feel good no I like to think you know optimistically I like to think best case scenario all the time and you know um first time I T my ACL I came back I had 14 sacks yep and I was I was like I'm going to do it the same exact way I'm going attack rehab the same exact way I had the same mindset going into the second one and it just didn't pan out like I like I thought it would and you know everything happens for a reason and nothing in life is a coincidence and I got a new appreciation for you know football and my love for it at 35 years old and going in a year 14 I I feel I feel good I feel good where I'm at how long how long was it before you could go out practice and then and not have to right come off the field I mean you probably still do some physical stuff some but before it wasn't the first the the one and only priority for you know what I mean you get injured you come off and every time you take a rep whether you take a play finish a practice it's like okay how'd I hold up is it are you at the point now where you don't even think about it again I mean I mean I did have two acl's on one knee like that I mean that's that's the reality of it but I think for me you know I just you know surrender to the outcome you know if it's if it's for me it's for me if it's not it's not and I just attack every single day with with everything I got I put all my energy into it whether that's on the football field or off the football field and whatever guy has for me he has for me and what he doesn't he doesn't I love this game I love being out here I still feel like I got a lot of football left um and I just come out here and I attack it that way and you know everything else that happens around that I'll just let God take care of it so what I don't have to tell you in this off season there has been veteran turnover on the defensive side of the football you're one of the holdovers that's still in the fold here defensively but I mean we we can run down the list if we want to but the back end is a lot younger and a lot different what do you what do you believe because I realize you haven't played a preseason game yet or a regular season game what do you believe is going to be the identity of this defense um I think you know um any good defense I think you know defensive line is the tip of the spear um you know Matt Milano and and and TB you know they're they're the the Chiefs on this defense and we have a really good secondary have a really really strong secondary have two of the best corners in the league so um we have to all play in unison and it's about playing complimentary football we got Josh Allen on the other side if we can get some turnovers if we can be top five in turnovers um like we have been like you know traditionally here and not allow any deep balls you know we'll be good we'll still play you know our signature style of defense that you know Buffalo Bills fans are used to seeing and um like I said it all starts with the defense in line tip of the spirit Greg Rell is going to have a huge year AJ epinesa is going to have a huge year and I think you know um Ed Oliver is our shooter this year he's our point guard you know I can expect you know 10 plus sacks from from Ed Oliver maybe even 12 plus sacks from Ed Oliver and if we can if all those things can happen for us we get some turnovers give Josh Allen a short field doesn't it doesn't matter who we have catching the ball over there it doesn't matter who we have running ball who we have blocking we got Josh Allen the guys over there they're going to be able to make something happen so you said it you're 35 so you've been around the block at least twice I mean you got right so new defensive coordinator Bobby babit and you've I mean you've learned from some great ones I mean you so you know give us give us a synopsis about how it's going to be you know what the the vibe in the room is how Bobby is you know give us a little I don't want to say a critique of what bobb's like but you know give us a synopsis you know Bobby babage he's uh been a great coach for a really really long time and I wouldn't even say he's a new um right the new defensive coordinator because he's done so many things behind you know the scenes on getting his defense together whether that's with the linebackers or the safeties he he knows his defense inside out and I think most importantly he knows how to get the he knows how to get guys going he knows how to get guys to respond and go out there and put their best football forward it doesn't matter what you call up there is no magical play out there there is no um end all Beall defense that that's that's for any offense out there you got to prepare the guys each and every week you got to have the mindset right and you got to be able to motivate guys and get guys going each and every week and that's what Bobby Babbage does great he brings the energy each and every day he's smart he's intelligent he's tapped in with what the offense is doing on the other side of the ball what we want to do what we're trying to accomplish and he knows how to bring he knows how to get the most out of the players that we have here I know when you first signed with this club you knew coming in this is a rotational system as much as you want to be out there you know they're going to roll people now you know at this point in your career do you have a best formula to get the most out of Von Miller over a 17 Game season what is that in your head what's that formula look like just give me a couple series um just give me a couple of series of course I mean I still got that dog in my heart I want to be out there it's hard for me to sit on the bench and see the other guys running out there without me you know I still got that in me but you know you got to put the team first and it's it's bigger than me and um you know I want to win Super Bowl and that's the most important thing for me I got to put my own personal um ideas and the things that I want personally to the side I want to win a Super Bowl I want to win three Super Bowls and that's the most important thing for me and for me to be able to contribute to this defense in a way that I know that I know I can I got to have some rest and I got to be able to start you know series two not just third down not just first down but you know you let the guys go after the first play of the game it really doesn't matter who starts the game you know just I'm going to be a part of the flow I'm going be a part of the ins and outs and I'm going to be a part of the rotation and when I'm in there if it's for me it's for me if it's not it's not you know I'm I'm going I try I'm going to try to make it happen though for sure but you know at the end of the day I can only control so much but I'm feeling good and everything that I can control I got it tight and um I'm I'm ready to play football so the only thing we've known about you here in Buffalo we didn't we didn't know you as a young player we had watched you from way afar and as youve gotten to this point you showed up in Buffalo you're kind of a mentor an kind of an old head you know one of those guys got you've been around and guys come to you say hey how's this go and what do I do here and what's going on here so you've seen a lot of guys come in tell us a little bit about the young guys here Javon Solomon Kingsley Jonathan guys like that and we know Greg rouso AJ ESS are going to be part of the mix but these young guys who have come in we've seen bursts from them and you how there's a reason they call young guys they got fresh legs yeah I mean they look like it so give us some your idea about the young guys that are in your room now you know Javon Solomon he reminds me a lot of myself um that's what I thought too I he's he's a lot stronger than I was he's 11 inch hands yeah he's a lot stronger than I was I he's you know he bench press the whole house you know um you know but he reminds me of of myself we spent time this offseason he's a good dude he's a good dude off the football field as well like when I when I introduced him to my sons they just naturally gravit uh they gravitated towards van it was like Uncle V all over isn't he isn't he closer in age to your kids than yeah 100% I think I'm maybe not I think I'm 15 I think I'm 13 years older than a guy but you know when you start playing football all that stuff goes out the window but he has a he has a uh a a really good burst and um whenever you're looking at Young pass rushers that's that's one thing that you can't coach you know you can coach up you know technique on how to play to run better you can coach them up on on uh fundamentals and all that other stuff but you can't coach um just raw instincts and burst and he has all of that stuff and and along with with uh with Kingsley as well this is his third year in the league and he's coming on Lely and they both have a a really good burst and they really have really good being around the edge all the other stuff you can coach them up you can give him a cross chop you can give him a long arm you give him speed to power but the two things that you need to be a great pass rusher they already have those two things naturally I know you said that you believe there are big things ahead here for Greg why what is what is going to be different for him this year as opposed to the previous couple of years I think it's just more shots on Go I mean when I first got here I thought you know it was time for Greg and he show he's definitely showed burst of that I think it's going to be a little bit more consistent he's all of 6 12 you know all that he's a totally different pass rusher than you he's all 62 and if you look at all the other guys at 612 from Miles Garrett to to TJ wat you know to the longer guys he has all of those things he can play first down second down third down fourth down if you want to go to a fifth down he can do that too you know he's able to knock balls down he's able to create separation with his long arms kick inside he has move he has speed the power you know he has uh everything that you need to be a top pass rusher in this league is just putting together and running the stats up but as far as raw ability and what you look for in a prototypical pass rusher he has that so one of the things that we're watching in the media out here because you know I don't think they've decided yet sha mcder did a masterful job of calling the defenses last year he that and that's why he got a head coaching job because he's really good at it right and him and Bobby have been going back and for and I'm sure he's going to give Bobby a chance to call those defenses why aren't you give us a because we know you guys are going to go out and play defense and we always Marvel at all these you know quirky offensive play callers and all that stuff but a defensive play caller can you give us an insight as to what kind of difference that makes for you guys when do you notice a play callers like wow this guy's getting it um for me I'm I'm so tapped into situation situational football time placement where we are on the field what the offense is trying to do score and um when I have when I'm have a defensive coordinator that's thinking the same way that I'm thinking you can kind of feel like cuz they're not on the field they're not actually you know playing the game but when you can kind of um predict what they going to call next that's where I feel like I'm tapped in and Bobby you know Bobby is like that Bobby is a really intelligent coach I don't think I really don't think he's going to be a defensive coordinator for long he has a he has a very very bright future all of these coaches are are are really really tapped in when it comes to football and scheme and being very intelligent on what what the game shows you and what there is to do and you know Bobby babage he might not be a defensive coordinator for the Buffalo b f long he's super he's super super bright he has everything that it takes to be a great coach last one I got for you V preseason is coming up I know coach takes input from vets like hey what do you feel you need in the preseason to be ready for the regular season what do you feel you need in the preseason to be ready for the regular season you know for me I you know I practice hard you know I practice harder now than I ever practiced when I was when I was younger um it's only so much um it's only so many things in the game that that you can do I'm you know for just just chilling out there but at the same time I'm a coach's dream you know a coach wants me to play you know in the preseason I will you know I'm not going to fight him on that but me personally I think I'm I think I'm good you know it's only so much trade that I got on the tire it's only it's only so much that I got save for the on it's only it's only so much that I it's only so much that I got left and I would like to spend that when you know the bullets are for real but at the same time you know I practice hard each and every day I come out here I practice like it's a game my heart beats in all these little situations that we have on second down first down third down fourth down like it's it's a it's a real game so you know I don't think it get it could get any more live for me by putting on a actual Jersey and being in the stadium V we wish you good health and a lot of lot of production this year I hope you uh stack them on one after the other right me too I appreciate you guys and I I would like for that I would like for that to happen too man you know coming here we had a lot of you know Big Dreams and I had those big dreams and you know um I want to go out there and get sacks and and end the game and close it I want to do all those things that I came here to do too and you know if it's for me it's for me and if it's not it's not but I firmly believe that it's that it's my time I put in all the work you were there as well when you saw big turnover when when Payton became a Bronco Y and you guys you were on the cusp of that for a lot of handful of years before you got there and then when he when pton got there it's like okay we got a chance and now you're on another team that's got some turnover and you feel like you got a little younger a little more athletic in the back end you got linebackers that are going in your offense and still got that guy I mean you got to you you you really have to feel like you're on the cusp of another one yeah we've been on the cusp we've been on the cusp here for a long time and you know back to you know the Peyton days when we first when Peyton Manning first got there in 2012 That was supposed to be the year that we won a Super Super Bowl it didn't happen for us that was the Maha Miracle with HBY Jones over the top second year was even better year for for the Broncos Pon Manning broke the touchdown record I think he threw for off was unbelievable we go to the Super Bowl and we and we lose to the Seattle Seahawks the next year we reloaded again and we lost to Andrew Luck in the divisional round then we had extreme we had so much turnover going in the year four with paon Manning and um this is he was on his way out and everybody was saying does he got it does he still got it can he still do it and we end up chaining everything together going to the Super Bowl again and winning it so it's just about having more shots on goal and the key piece of that is having a great quarterback and we got that and we got to do everything around them to to support him and put him in great situations but it's just it's the Josh Allen Show here it's been it's been like that for a long time and all these other Super Bowl contending teams they got quarterbacks you know similar to Josh but it's it's our time and we got we got the one to do it for sure we're looking forward to seeing some some Von Miller scenes on defense as well this season so thanks for the time as always we appreciate it that's Von Miller joining us here on one bills live oh [Music]