SEPTEMBER 15: The Broncos placed Miller on injured reserve Tuesday, Mike Klis of 9News tweets. Miller underwent a successful ankle surgery last week. While he is likely to miss the rest of the season, the Broncos carrying their defensive centerpiece onto their 53-man roster before the IR placement would allow him to return in 2020.
SEPTEMBER 9: Broncos edge rusher Von Miller has been diagnosed with a dislocated peroneal tendon, according to Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo of NFL.com (on Twitter). In layman’s terms, this means that Miller’s tendon flipped over the ankle bone. Surgery seems likely for the Broncos star, which usually requires 5-6 months of recovery time. However, in an “absolute best-case scenario,” players can return to the field after three months of rehab. 
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Miller suffered the injury on the last snap of Tuesday’s practice, a heartbreaking setback for a player who was eager to erase a down 2019 and bring the Broncos back to the playoffs. At minimum, the Broncos will place Miller on injured reserve, though he could still be brought back later in the year. At maximum, Miller is looking at a lost season.
If Miller is out for the year, the Broncos will be faced with some tough decisions in 2021. They still have the Super Bowl 50 MVP under contract for another two years, at a rate of $17.5MM in each season. With a $22.225MM cap figure in 2021, and an expected dip in the NFL’s overall cap limit, the Broncos may try to rework his deal, or cut him loose. If Miller is on the roster by the first day of the league year, he’ll have $7MM of his salary fully guaranteed. Releasing him before that point would save the club $4.125MM with $18MM left in dead money.
The Broncos will kick off their 2020 season on Monday night against the Chargers. They’ll be without Miller and, potentially, Bradley Chubb, who is not quite 100% recovered from his ACL tear.
“Von Miller done for year?” 2 articles later “Von Miller return possible?” Make up your mind or at least update the first article.
It’s semantics. They’d have to schedule the surgery first. Say they schedule it for a week from today, 9/16/20. If he has a perfect rehab, the earliest he could come back would be Week 15. If the Broncos are not in contention for a playoff spot at that point, I don’t see them bringing him back this season.
Oddly enough, the speculation that Von Miller was done for the year was the event that happened first, so it was reported first. When the update (a distant possibility that he might return) was discovered, that was logically reported at a later date.
Have a bran muffin. They’re not that expensive and it sounds like you could use one.
Broncos play the Titans Monday night, not the Chargers.
Cut Von Miller in 2021 to save $4 million in cap space? I don’t think so. Hopefully a deal is reworked before then.
I see this happening, he wants to be there and they want him, although at a lower cost.