This week I wanted to talk to you guys a little bit about my foundation. Von’s Vision is an organization that helps underprivileged kids who can’t afford glasses or contact lenses. It also helps teenagers that are eligible for Lasik surgery.
You can check my Twitter account for details.

It’s something I really identify with, because I’ve been wearing glasses since like the third grade. And I’ve been wearing contacts since the fourth grade. I know how it is to have to pay for contacts and stuff. And for adults to have to scrap up money to pay for Lasik surgery, it’s real expensive.

We have another tough opponent on the schedule this week with a trip to New England.

It feels great to be able to play without a cast this time around against the Patriots. We have a bad taste in our mouth from last year so we definitely want to go in there and play really well this weekend.

We just have to be mentally sound and cut down on the mental errors. They’re a great team and they’re going to make plays. We just have to make plays too.

Gig em!

It’ll be another tough game for us this week. We’re just going out there and taking it one day at a time this week in our preparation for the Raiders, and hopefully we’ll be able to come out with a win. We want to get back to an even record this week.

It’s a pretty tough opponent coming in here this week – it’ll be an exciting game to watch. Darren McFadden is a great back. He has great vision, great power and speed – he has all three and that makes him a tough player to stop.

It’s great to play at home. We need our fans to bring that same great Orange Crush mentality as they have for the first two games.

I’ve been playing with the new camera a little. I started messing around with the cameras my junior year of college and it’s become a hobby of mine. I’m hoping to have videos up in the next couple of weeks. Just be patient with me and I’m going to do my best to get them posted.

They put me on the Gameday program cover this week, so let’s play some trivia and I’ll send the winner a signed copy (pictured below).

Here’s the question: Who was the first quarterback I sacked in the NFL (regular season)?

Gig em!

Editor’s Note: This season, DenverBroncos.com will feature two player blogs. Linebacker Von Miller and wide receiver Eric Decker will check in with a new post every week. Below is Miller’s first entry of the season. You can read Decker’s initial post here.

Hey Broncos Country!

Von Miller here with my first blog of the season. I’m looking forward to posting each week and giving you guys an inside look at what goes on as we get ready for the upcoming game each week.

I just got a new camera – a Canon Mark II 5D. I haven’t gotten the Mark III, but I’m going to, so I’m hoping I can share a few pictures with you guys throughout the year. Whenever I get some cool shots, you guys will be the first to see them.

Everybody is excited to open the season at home at Sports Authority Field in front of the best fans in the NFL.

We’ve got the orange jerseys back this year and as a defense, we’re hoping to bring fans back to the Orange Crush days.

I’m ready to get out there in front of the fans. We had a lot of stuff happen around Denver in the last year and we just want to bring some happiness and joy – and hopefully some wins – back to Colorado this season.

On the college side, we have A&M in the SEC this year. We have our first SEC game this weekend vs. Florida, and I’m sure we’ll turn Gators into swampbait coming up. I’m pretty excited about that too.

Gig em!