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Jul 16, 2025, 10:16 PM ET
Eight-time Pro Bowl extracurricular linebacker Von Miller is signing with the Washington Commanders, helium posted Wednesday nighttime connected societal media.
Miller volition motion a one-year deal, but the 2 sides are inactive "finalizing terms," a root told ESPN's Adam Schefter.
The Buffalo Bills released Miller connected March 9, freeing up $8.4 cardinal successful wage headdress space. Miller was acceptable to relationship for the second-most headdress abstraction connected the roster ($23.9 million) lone down backmost Josh Allen.
Miller's clip with the Bills was thing but smooth. The walk rusher signed a six-year woody worthy $120 cardinal successful the 2022 offseason. After a bully commencement that included 8 sacks successful 11 games, helium suffered a large close ACL wounded connected Nov. 24, 2022. Miller stated during grooming campy successful 2024 that helium "probably should not person played" successful 2023 due to the fact that of the injury. He finished the 2023 play playing successful 12 games and signaling zero sacks and 3 tackles.
Miller, 36, was past suspended 4 games (Weeks 5-8) for violating the NFL's idiosyncratic behaviour policy, stemming from allegations of assaulting his large woman successful suburban Dallas during the Bills' bye week successful 2023. He turned himself successful to the constabulary and soon aft was released connected bond. The lawsuit was aboriginal closed, and charges were ne'er filed. The NFL conducted a abstracted investigation.
The two-time Super Bowl champion had a coagulated play successful 2024 arsenic portion of the team's antiaircraft enactment rotation, signaling six regular-season sacks. Miller did not play much than 21 snaps successful immoderate of the Bills' 3 playoff games, including 16 successful the AFC Championship Game against the Kansas City Chiefs.
Drafted No. 2 wide by the Broncos successful 2011, Miller went connected to beryllium named the NFL's Defensive Rookie of the Year and had 110 sacks successful 10 seasons with Denver.
An eight-time Pro Bowl enactment and three-time first-team All-Pro, helium has 129.5 sacks successful 14 NFL seasons. He won Super Bowls with the Broncos (2015) and successful his 1 play with the Los Angeles Rams (2021) and had 9 sacks combined during those 2 postseasons.
Miller ranks 16th all-time with his 129.5 sacks, the astir since helium came into the league.
ESPN's Alaina Getzenberg contributed to this report.
