Can Von Miller burnish his legacy by leading the Buffalo Bills to their first Super Bowl?

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — There's a voice in Von Miller's head during the big moments. At the end of games, when his team needs a play and everything is on the line.

Up by 3 with 1:25 left in Super Bowl LVI last February, the Los Angeles Rams defense needed a stop. All game long, Miller — then a Rams outside linebacker — had been setting the Cincinnati Bengals up to use his ghost move in the pass rush.

Finally, it was time to unleash it.

«You can do it. You are a pro. This is what you were made for,» Miller likes to tell himself.

«It's that voice in your head. I want to do everything I possibly can to put myself in a good situation,» Miller said. «It's all positive talk cause I've done everything I possibly could do to be successful.»

Miller and defensive tackle Aaron Donald combined for four sacks and 11 QB pressures in the Super Bowl victory. Miller, who tied Charles Haley for the most career sacks in Super Bowl history (4.5), thrived in the postseason when Los Angeles needed him most — his postseason pass rush win rate of 41.5% was the highest by a player in a single postseason (with a minimum of 30 pass rush plays) since ESPN started tracking that metric in 2017.

The Rams wanted to bring Miller back this offseason, and to listen as Miller describes his time with the Rams is to wonder why he didn't re-sign. Not only was the on-field production with Donald worthwhile, but Miller said that he was rejuvenated by Los Angeles, a city that reflects his bright personality.

«I was playing with one of the best defensive players that ever played in the game [in Donald], and I look at myself as one of the best defensive players in the game,» Miller said. «And I was brought there for a purpose to go there and win a Super Bowl.»

But