KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Von Miller slipped on his Green Pastures Chicken ball cap, threw on his messenger bag and began the short but familiar trek to a small room inside Arrowhead Stadium. He trudged to the podium at the front of the room, adjusted the mic and looked out at the wall of cameras in the back before reflecting on nearly four years of hell.



“It’s tough,” he began. “I don’t know how we got to this point. I don’t know how we win like this. I really don’t.”



For the previous three hours or so, Miller played in a blizzard to record one sack and watch the Broncos fall short once again to the Chiefs. The loss ensured a third-consecutive losing season for the Broncos for the first time in 47 years and extended their sub-.500 record since Super Bowl 50 to 25-37.



For the Super Bowl MVP, each loss has been more painful than the last, at times leaving him on the brink of tears.



But none left him this...