There are under 30 hours until the NFL Trade Deadline and the biggest trade that will occur over the last two days and possibly the entire regular season may have just happened. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Denver Broncos are trading Von Miller to the Los Angeles Rams for two second-day 2022 draft picks.
Shefter then reported and confirmed that the compensation Denver will be receiving Los Angeles’ 2022 second and third-round picks. Los Angeles will still receive a compensatory pick in the third round because of the Brad Holmes hire. But after that, they will not have a pick until the fifth round and then they have both Miami’s and their own seventh-round pick. Los Angeles has already been one of the top teams in the NFC and the entire league up to this point. They have a 7-1 record and have only lost to the Arizona Cardinals who are leading the NFC West.
It seems unreal that Los Angeles could afford to add a talent like Miller to their roster that is paying players like Matthew Stafford, Aaron Donald, Jalen Ramsey, Andrew Whitworth, Leonard Floyd, Robert Woods, and Cooper Kupp like the premier players they are. Miller joins a Rams defense that already has two of the elite defensive stars in the entire league who are arguably the best players at their respective positions in Aaron Donald and Jalen Ramsey.
This trade signals that the Denver Broncos feel that they may lose Von Miller after the season who is slated to hit unrestricted free agency. The Broncos are 4-4 but may already be looking ahead to next season.
Denver took Von Miller with the second overall pick in 2011. Since then Miller has become one of the greatest players in franchise history and is regarded as a future Hall of Famer. Miller is an eight-time Pro Bowler, three-time First-Team All-Pro, four-time Second-Team All-Pro. He also won Defensive Rookie of the Yera in 2011 and Super Bowl MVP in 2015 when the Broncos won Super Bowl 50. Miller has 110.5 which is 23rd all-time and first among active players. He has been the face and franchise centerpiece of the Denver Broncos especially since Peyton Manning‘s retirement in 2015.
At 32 years old Miller appears to have slowed down a bit from how he played in his prime. If Denver let Miller hit free agency he may have signed elsewhere for an opportunity to contribute to a potential Super Bowl roster.
In seven games this season Miller has 4.5 sacks, 19 combined tackles (10 solo tackles), and seven tackles for loss.
Los Angeles Rams General Manager Les Snead and Head Coach Sean McVay (Courtesy of Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports)
Los Angeles Rams general manager Les Snead is no stranger to making blockbuster deals. He had made multiple of the more notable trades the league has had over the last decade. These include the following deals:
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