Perhaps Cam Newton would have recovered his late fumble in Super Bowl 50 if not for Von Miller bending the rules of the game.

The Broncos' outside linebacker admitted to cheating on his game-clinching play during a phone interview with Peter King of Sports Illustrated's Monday Morning Quarterback.

No, it wasn't Miller's abusive pass rush move past Mike Remmers and the strip of Newton that was illegal (though maybe it looked like it because Miller made it seem so easy). It was when the ball was on the ground that he admitted to using an illegal move: batting the ball away to allow his teammates to jump on it.

“I was being held for a minute,” Miller said to King. “So I couldn’t get to the ball right away. I thought Cam was going to jump on it, but I guess, I mean, he didn’t want to dive down there on it. I couldn’t fall on it, so I was just trying to, I don’t know, get it to one of our guys.”

After initially hesitating, Newton finally lunged for the ball on the ground with Miller, but the linebacker then managed to bat it away in a large scrum, where it was recovered downfield by safety TJ Ward. The Broncos went on to score a touchdown and win 24-10.

Von Miller causes Cam Newton to fumble pic.twitter.com/t6I1FA4rj0 — â“‚arcusD (@_MarcusD_) February 8, 2016



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