Bills' Super Bowl Run Hinges on Von Miller Health
The Buffalo Bills are entering another season in the midst of their Super Bowl window. While the team has reached the AFC Championship just once in the Josh Allen era, there's reason to believe Buffalo can not only return to that stage in the playoffs but surpass it and get to Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas.
In order for the Bills to get to Vegas and hoist the Lombardi Trophy for the first time in franchise history, they will have to unseat the Kansas City Chiefs, the reigning Super Bowl champions.
The Bills also have to get past the Cincinnati Bengals, who eliminated them in the Divisional Round last season. A big reason that led to Buffalo's loss in that game was the absence of Von Miller, the Bills' big free agent acquisition from the offseason.
Miller, 34, tore his ACL on Thanksgiving Day and was lost for the rest of the season. His return this year will be key to the Bills' success or failure.
"The health and availability of Von Miller is also a factor in the Bills' ability to get over the postseason hump and win the AFC, if not the Super Bowl," ESPN's Alaina Getzenberg writes.
Miller remains on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) List, and will likely miss the start of the season. If he stays there for the start of the campaign, he will miss the first six games. However, it will give him ample time to recover from his injury and opportunity to return for the stretch run ... where the Bills sorely needed him last year.
If Miller can come back to form and contribute in a big way for the Bills down the line, he could be the difference in Buffalo's trajectory this postseason.
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