The Buffalo Bills, and their fans, are all too familiar with the term “season-ending injury” right now. They are also all too familiar with ACL tears, the long recovery, and all the uncertainty that surrounds the ability of a player to return to elite status.
On Thanksgiving Day 2022, as the Bills beat the Detroit Lions in their second of three road games in a 12-day stretch, Von Miller — the Bills’ newest defensive star — was carted to the locker room with what would (much) later be deemed an ACL tear. The injury occurred on the one-year anniversary of the game in which Bills cornerback Tre’Davious White tore his ACL while the Bills beat the New Orleans Saints on Thanksgiving Day 2021.