"Damn, they really wanted me gone" - Von Miller reveals that being told he was being traded to the Rams was an uncomfortable experience

Buffalo Bills linebacker Von Miller spent the first 10-and-a-half seasons of his NFL career with the Denver Broncos after being selected in the first round of the 2011 draft. Last season, in a surprise move, he was traded to the Los Angeles Rams.

On The Volume with Mike Silver, Von Miller opened up about how he felt at being traded by the Broncos to the Rams. Miller compared the feeling of being traded to that of going to the principal's office as a student.

Von Miller said:

"I had already been on the team long enough... like when they sent the guy to come get you and stuff... I already knew... you know what time it is. I felt like I was walking to the principal's office. I knew I was getting traded. I just didn't know where I was going.

"I didn't know if I was going to be Bills. I didn't know if I was going to the Cowboys. I didn't know if I was going to the Arizona Cardinals. And I went up there, and I'm talking to George Payton. He asked me about my ankle first. He asked me how I was doing. I was doing good. And he's like, 'Okay. Well, you know, I just want to let you know now that we are trading you."

Miller added that once he heard Brocos General Manager George Payton say that he was going to be traded, he froze.

Von Miller continued:

"He said, 'We traded you to the Los Angeles Rams immediately.' But when he said, 'We are trading you...' like everything kind of froze for me.

"And I said, 'The Rams. How could they afford me like immediately after that?' He's like, 'We're gonna pay most of your deal. We're gonna pay everything, so they can fit you into the salary cap over there.' And I'm like, 'Damn, they really wanted me gone."

Miller teased a potentially return to the Denver Broncos this off-season before signing a lucrative six-year deal worth $120 million with the Buffalo Bills.

Von Miller won his second Super Bowl with the Los Angeles Rams last season

Super Bowl LVI - Los Angeles Rams v Cincinnati Bengals

While Miller felt dissatisfied at being traded from the team he spent his first 10 seasons with, it paid dividends. He went to the Los Angeles Rams, who were considered a Super Bowl contender and significantly improved their defense, helping them win the title.

Despite winning his second Super Bowl ring only months earlier, Miller decided to depart the Rams and signed with the Bills in the offseason as a free agent.

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