Defensive MVP
Von Miller continued to beat either of the Chiefs’ tackles throughout the day. Unfortunately, he only came up with one sack in the contest. He covered the speedy Charcandrick West out of the backfield on a pass, hit Alex Smith while forcing an incomplete pass and helped the defense hold the Chiefs to very few passing yards throughout the game. Outside of a let 80-yard touchdown, the Chiefs could only muster 124 passing yards, mostly due to how fast he was coming off of the edge.
Despite the defenses’s ability to hold the Chiefs to field goals most of the day, Miller was not nearly satisfied with the outcome and was looking to improve immediately after the defeat.
“I want to come in here and be the same Von. I’m going to work, try to inspire my guys to do the same and influence those guys to play at a high level—keep being the same Von, keep sparking this defense. I didn’t feel like I made enough plays to be the type of player that I know that I can be. I didn’t make enough plays today. That’s something that I’m definitely going to work on. I’m going to get it done, 100 percent.”
He finished the game with two tackles, one for a loss, one sack and three quarterback hits.
