Kansas City and Buffalo both have an electrifying quarterback. But the balance of power on Sunday was shifted by a wily old veteran
In March, barely a month after he helped the Los Angeles Rams win the Super Bowl, a tough old linebacker named Von Miller surprised much of the football world by announcing that he was going to sign with the Buffalo Bills. Miller, a veteran of 10 NFL seasons, was about to turn 33, but the Bills were giving him a younger man’s contract: six years, $120m.
“Is 40 open?” he said that day on Twitter, referring to his preferred jersey number. It was.