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Von Miller's arrest at Denver gun club compounds complicated offseason

The Broncos need Von Miller to be a leader in 2013. (Jack Dempsey/AP) On Sunday, Denver Broncos outside linebacker Von Miller was arrested at the Centennial
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Von Miller's arrest at Denver gun club compounds complicated offseason
Von Miller's arrest at Denver gun club compounds complicated offseason

The Broncos need Von Miller to be a leader in 2013. (Jack Dempsey/AP)

On Sunday, Denver Broncos outside linebacker Von Miller was arrested at the Centennial Gun Club for failure to appear on a warrant. Arapahoe County undersheriff Dave Walcher told the Denver Post about the arrest, and the Post obtained records indicating that Miller posted a $1,000 bond in Arapahoe County court the same day. He failed to appear for a court hearing on a charge from last October when he was cited for careless driving, driving without a license and no proof of insurance, and the arrest warrant was issued in January.

“We have been aware of the matter involving Von Miller’s failure to appear in court for traffic violations,” the team said in a statement. “It was reported to the league earlier this week and is being handled through the legal system.”

Miller has already been in trouble with the league this summer -- on July 22, he was given a four-game suspension to start the 2013 season for a violation of the NFL’s substance abuse policies. According to reports, in 2011, Miller was put in the league’s substance abuse program after testing positive for marijuana, and he also tested positive for an undisclosed amphetamine that same year. Three positive tests can trigger a suspension.

In 2012, Miller ranked third in the NFL with 18.5 sacks, and he was the key player on Denver’s defense. With fellow pass-rusher Elvis Dumervil off to Baltimore following a contract snafu, the Broncos will need Miller to do just as much as he did last season, if not more -- and the window of opportunity would appear to be closing for him to do so.

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DOUG FARRAR

SI.com contributing NFL writer and Seattle resident Doug Farrar started writing about football locally in 2002, and became Football Outsiders' West Coast NFL guy in 2006. He was fascinated by FO's idea to combine Bill James with Dr. Z, and wrote for the site for six years. He wrote a game-tape column called "Cover-2" for a number of years, and contributed to six editions of "Pro Football Prospectus" and the "Football Outsiders Almanac." In 2009,  Doug was invited to join Yahoo Sports' NFL team, and covered Senior Bowls, scouting combines, Super Bowls, and all sorts of other things for Yahoo Sports and the Shutdown Corner blog through June, 2013. Doug received the proverbial offer he couldn't refuse from SI.com in 2013, and that was that. Doug has also written for the Seattle Times, the Washington Post, the New York Sun, FOX Sports, ESPN.com, and ESPN The Magazine.  He also makes regular appearances on several local and national radio shows, and has hosted several podcasts over the years. He counts Dan Jenkins, Thomas Boswell, Frank Deford, Ralph Wiley, Peter King, and Bill Simmons as the writers who made him want to do this for a living. In his rare off-time, Doug can be found reading, hiking, working out, searching for new Hendrix, Who, and MC5 bootlegs, and wondering if the Mariners will ever be good again.

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