For a guy who will pocket about $50 million over the next three years, Von Miller’s been pretty conflicted lately.
The Buffalo Bills’ new superstar edge rusher admitted Thursday in his first news conference with the Western New York media that it wasn’t an easy decision to leave Los Angeles – where he just won a Super Bowl with the Rams – for a new NFL home.
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