The Buffalo Bills are releasing outside linebacker Von Miller, NFL Network reports.
Miller, 36, played 13 games for Buffalo last season, registering six sacks with 17 total tackles, seven tackles for loss and 32 total pressures. Cutting him will save the Bills $8.5 million on their salary cap.
The Bills and Miller are open to him rejoining the team, according to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero and Ian Rapoport.
Buffalo officially announced Miller’s release on Sunday.
The veteran pass rusher played three seasons with the Bills, signing with them as a free agent after the Denver Broncos traded him to the Los Angeles Rams during the 2021-22 season. That move helped the Rams win Super Bowl LVI, the second championship of Miller’s career.
Miller has become more of a part-time pass rushing specialist in recent seasons, suffering a torn ACL in Week 12 of the 2022 season. He later acknowledged that he probably shouldn’t have attempted to play the following season while recovering from the injury. Miller finished the 2023 campaign with no sacks and three tackles.
Last season, he served a four-game suspension for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy amid accusations of domestic violence. Miller was never charged, but the league still investigated the alleged incidents.
Two years after signing a six-year, $120 million free-agent deal and sustaining the ACL injury, Miller agreed to a contract restructuring that reduced his base salary by half to save the Bills $8.645 million. With his sixth sack last season, Miller triggered a $1.5 million incentive for his 2024 salary.
Bills general manager Brandon Beane needed to push those salary cap savings even further for 2025 with Miller’s production in decline. Buffalo is $4.5 million over the cap, according to Spotrac.
In 13 NFL seasons, Miller has 129.5 sacks (making him the NFL’s active leader in that category), 27 forced fumbles and 581 combined tackles in 186 games. His best performance was during his second season in 2012 when he registered 18.5 sacks with 28 tackles for loss.
During his career, Miller has earned first-team All-Pro honors three times and second-team four times, while also being named to eight Pro Bowls. After winning Defensive Rookie of the Year, he twice finished second in balloting for NFL Defensive Player of the Year.
Miller was the Denver Broncos’ 2021 first-round selection (No. 2 overall) out of Texas A&M and won Super Bowl championships with the Broncos and Rams.
