Why paying Von Miller could be beginning of the end for Broncos
Paying Miller is the right thing to do. But is it the smart thing to do?
Does Von Miller deserve to be the highest-paid defensive player in the NFL?
Absolutely. Without a doubt. He has earned every penny. Without him, there’s no way the Broncos would have upset Cam Newton and Carolina to win Super Bowl 50.
But can Miller actually be worth nearly $20 million per season to the Broncos?
No way. No how.
In the NFL, spending all that cash on anything except a quarterback is unlikely to provide a good return on investment.
And those two competing pieces of logic are my best explanation why it has taken forever for the Broncos to cut a deal with their 27-year-old linebacker.
Paying Miller is a math problem. It’s a problem that Denver has taken way too long to figure out, maybe because the numbers don’t compute.
We know where Von Miller is. But what is he going to do?
Somewhere between tugging on Superman’s cape at the Super Bowl and turning into an Elvis imitator on “Dancing with the Stars,” Miller grew larger than life and bigger than the team.
That’s a problem for the Broncos. And it’s a problem that has revealed the cracks in a championship organization. This is not meant as criticism of either franchise president Joe Ellis or general manager John Elway, who have done great work... (cont'd.)
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