DENVER (AP) – The cumbersome cast protecting the right thumb of Von Miller remains quite a nuisance. But the rookie linebacker is slowly getting used to it. “I don’t even really think about it as much. It’s just there,” Miller said. “It’s not like I don’t want to take it off or anything. I do want to get it off, but this is what I have to do to play, and I’m just going out there and playing the game that I love.” Miller was terrorizing quarterbacks until he tore a ligament in his thumb at San Diego on Nov. 27. He wasn’t the same after, recording just one of his 11 1/2 sacks after the injury. “It’s feeling a lot better,” Miller said. Miller had one of the five sacks on Pittsburgh’s Ben Roethlisberger , bringing down the QB late in the fourth quarter to send the game into overtime. Next up, a quarterback even more difficult to take down in Tom Brady . “He stays pretty shallow in the pocket,” Miller said. “You’ve just got to be able to beat your guy quickly.” By PAT GRAHAM, AP Sports Writer … Contributions from ARNIE STAPLETON, AP Pro Football Writer (© Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
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Miller Slowly Getting Used To Thumb Cast
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