It's been just over three months since Zach Miller suffered one of the worst injuries in NFL history, but he's not yet ready to throw in the towel.
The Chicago Bears tight end has undergone a total of nine surgeries since tearing an artery in his left leg during a Week 8 game against the New Orleans Saints, but hopes to one day make it back to the gridiron, he told Scott Voorhees of 1110 KFAB on Tuesday, per Phil Thompson of The Chicago Tribune.
"To be honest with you, they haven't told me that I cannot play," Miller said. "Every doctor I've seen, all the surgeons I've been with, the outlook is pretty positive. My knee is stable, I just had the PCL and the LCL, but everything else was good. I didn't tear my ACL, I didn't tear an MCL, it's stable right now so I just got to heal up and we'll cross that road when it's time.
"Obviously I would love to continue to play football, it's just got to be the right situation and hopefully if I'm physically able to do it we can, but if not then that's just the way it goes and we got to move on and do something else."
There was initial worry that Miller needed to have his leg amputated as a result of the torn popliteal artery, but vascular surgeons were able to graft tissue from his right leg to complete the successful surgery.
If he is able to return to the field, it would be one of the most remarkable comeback stories in league history. Miller broke into the league with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2009, and has been a member of the Bears since signing a futures contract in December of 2013.
