As the Buffalo Bills gear up to face the Rams on Thursday, Von Miller will be walking back into familiar territory, but he's not sure exactly what to expect.

Miller only played in 12 games for the Rams last season but he quickly built a bond after being traded from the Broncos.

He calls it a brotherhood — one that ended with a Super Bowl title.

"You can never erase that. I love those guys for that. We won Super Bowl 56 and that will always be there. Those will always be my teammates," Miller said. "At the same time, I’m on the Buffalo Bills  now and I want to create some of those same memories with my new teammates."

And what would the Thursday night league opener be without a little added drama — as Miller heads back to Los Angeles to watch the Rams raise their championship banner — on the opposite sideline as part of the Bills after signing six-year contract with Buffalo in the offseason.

"I’ve thought about like man, what am I go going to say to Aaron Donald in warmups, pregame? I thought about dang, is Coach McVay going to look at me crazy before the game? And if he does, how do I react to that? What if I try talking to a guy me before the game, he doesn’t want to talk to me? What if the fans boo me, what if the fans cheer?" Miller said.

While he's made it well known how much he enjoyed his time in the bright lights of LA and was hesitant to say goodbye, Buffalo is a place he’s fallen in love with — from the team to the fans — even a friendly neighbor who called him to say he’d left his garage door open.

"It’s just something that grows on you. Of course we don’t have the big shiny new stadium or the fancy five-star restaurants or the clubs or anything like that that LA has, but I think they make up for it with just genuine people. They truly care about you. They truly care about your well-being," Miller said.

He added that he doesn’t like to wear his two Super Bowl rings often, but now the goal is to number three with his third different team.

"You’ve got to have a great locker room. You’ve got to have a player-led group. The priority has to be winning. Whenever you come out here, you have to have a purpose. You can never be on auto-pilot, and the great teams I’ve been on, that’s what it’s been," Miller said.

Same expectations here — so where better to start than the same scene of one his greatest moments?