Itap safe to say Von Miller is ready for Sept. 8 against Carolina.
The Broncos’ all-pro outside linebacker blew past Rams right tackle Rodger Saffold with a speed rush, sacking quarterback Case Keenum with ease on the third play from scrimmage Saturday night at Sports Authority Field at Mile High Stadium.
“Sacks is what I’m supposed to do. That’s in the description,” Miller said.
Miller gave the fans and his teammates one of his usual post-sack dances. He had another near sack later in the half and Miller was also strong in the run game with a tackle for loss. Miller, along with the rest of the Broncos’ first-team defense, played the entire first half.
“It was the preseason. I hesitated for a second,” Miller said. “I was like, ‘nah don’t let it all out right now.’ We got a long season, a whole lot of sacks.”
Inside the white lines. The lowlight of the Broncos’ half came when cornerback Aqib Talib leveled Keenum when the Rams quarterback was running toward the Broncos sideline on a scramble. The hit, which appeared late, earned Talib a 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty and an earful of yelling from Rams coach Jeff Fisher.
“I was just playing football. I wasn’t really paying attention to where his feet were,” Talib said. “I just play football. I’ll deal with the results, man. I thought he was still in bounds personally so I guess we’ll check the film and see what happened.”
Talib took off his shoulder pads and did not play the rest of the night.
Minor scare. Running back C.J. Anderson suffered a cut on his ear in the first quarter after a high tackle, but returned after a few minutes in the locker room.
Anderson had got his ear stitched up and bandaged, but he said he was OK after the game.
He started the day slow, but picked up steam in the second quarter and went into the half leading all rushers with 11 carries for 50 yards.
