He took a couple steps in and then hesitated, reading completely Philip Rivers’ intentions, right down to the finest print.
Von Miller reached up and snagged Rivers’ screen pass, his pickoff so profound that, in doing so, Denver’s Pro Bowl linebacker intercepted this entire Chargers season.
“I think the game would have been completely different,” offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt said, “if we had made a play there.”
Instead, it was Miller who made the play, his subsequent 42-yard return setting into motion a late comeback that ended with the Broncos beating the Chargers 23-22 as time expired.