Denver Broncos' head coach John Fox expressed the team's frustration about linebacker Von Miller getting into more trouble with the law after he was pulled over for speeding and was driving with a suspended license Wednesday. Miller is already currently serving a six-game suspension for violating the league's substance abuse policy, and his latest citation didn't go over well with the team.
"Obviously we're not happy about it," Fox said Wednesday per ESPN. "Everybody here has an individual responsibility, not only to themselves, but to this organization, to this football team, so it's something we're not pleased about. We'll leave it at that."
Miller already served one game of his current suspension and was absent when Peyton Manning went off and tied an NFL single-game record by throwing seven touchdown passes while also throwing for 462 yards in the Broncos (1-0) impressive Week 1 victory over the defending Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens last Thursday, but rumors circulated Miller could face losing more games due to his latest trouble.
ESPN reported Wednesday that the Broncos team officials were privately discussing the matter of Miller getting pulled over before the news broke through the media.
The citation was reportedly given to Miller when he was returning from a meeting with the NFL Players Association as he plans to legally battle the Broncos for trying to get back the $1.25 million signing bonus that the team paid him before the six-game ban was slapped on him. According to ESPN, the team plans to withhold the money from Miller's game checks when he returns in Week 7 on Oct. 20 when Denver plays the Colts in Indianapolis.
According to CBS4 Denver, Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson told his station that he pulled over Miller, who was with his father Von Sr., for speeding and then realized through a computer check that his license had been suspended. Miller was able to drive home after being pulled over, CBS4 reported.
The Denver Post then reported that there was an outstanding warrant against Miller for failure to appear in court on a traffic ticket dating back to March 2012.
Miller was arrested in August for a failure to appear in court warrant, which could prompt the NFL to add more games to his suspension because commissioner Roger Goodell has made it clear that he wants to punish repeat offenders if they slip-up.
Miller faces a minimun of a one-year van for his next violation with banned substances, according to a video by NFL.com
Fox was in no mood to comment on whether or not Miller would receive a further suspension.
"You'd have to ask the commissioner that," he told ESPN Wednesday.
For now, the Broncos will move on without Miller as they head into a matchup between brothers as the Manning Bowl III will take place this Sunday when Peyton Manning and Eli Manning duke it out when the Broncos meet the Giants (0-1) at MetLife Stadium.
Miller is the franchise's all-time leader in sacks with 18.5 and has made the Pro Bowl in each of his first two seasons with the team.
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