Von Miller officially joined the Cowboys this week and he made it clear at a press conference on Tuesday that he’s prioritizing team goals over individual ones.
Miller said that he “can still roll out of bed” and pick up eight sacks on a season, but that his primary goal for the coming year is to help the Cowboys win their first Super Bowl title in 30 years. Miller won Super Bowls while with the Broncos — he was the MVP of Super Bowl 50 — and Rams, but feels like it would hit different if he won one in Dallas.
“It’s the Dallas Cowboys,” Miller said, via the team’s website. “When I won the Super Bowl in Denver, we had a million people out there. When we won with the Rams, it wasn’t as much. Hell, at that parade, we were stopping at red lights. We still won the Super Bowl, and it’s still dope, but it’s just a different feel from those two organizations. When I was with the Buffalo Bills, if we won the Super Bowl, it would be a holiday in Orchard Park, and a holiday in Buffalo. Everybody would remember that, and there would be statues for everybody. That’s just the type of organization they have and the type of fans that they have. The Dallas Cowboys fans are that same type of [diehard]. If we’re able to have a successful season and win a Super Bowl here, it’ll be a holiday in Dallas as well. . . . It would be crazy in Dallas. It’ll be a holiday.”
The Cowboys haven’t been as far as the NFC Championship Game in the last three decades, so winning a title would be met with a lot of joy from Cowboys fans inside and outside of Dallas. A third ring with a third team would also add a little more sheen to an already sparkling Hall of Fame resume for Miller.
