{"id":1800,"date":"2025-07-17T04:02:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T04:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/1800\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T04:02:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T04:02:11","slug":"von-miller-to-sign-with-commanders-washington-bolsters-pass-rush-with-former-super-bowl-mvp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/1800\/","title":{"rendered":"Von Miller to sign with Commanders: Washington bolsters pass rush with former Super Bowl MVP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Article-featuredImageImg\" alt=\"von-m-getty.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/von-m-getty.png\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"433\" width=\"770\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Getty Images<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/1620879\/von-miller\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Von Miller<\/a> plans to sign with the <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/WAS\/washington-commanders\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Commanders<\/a>, the star pass rusher\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vonmiller\/p\/DMMO1zaMqYP\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">announced on social media Wednesday.<\/a>\u00a0It&#8217;s a one-year deal for Miller, according to CBS Sports&#8217; Jonathan Jones.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Miller will play his 16th <a href=\"https:\/\/cbssports.com\/nfl\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL<\/a> season with Washington as he eyes the third <a href=\"https:\/\/cbssports.com\/nfl\/superbowl\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Super Bowl<\/a> title of his career. Washington was one win away from a Super Bowl appearance last season but lost to the <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/PHI\/philadelphia-eagles\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> in the NFC Championship Game.<\/p>\n<p>Miller, 36, spent the last three seasons with the <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/BUF\/buffalo-bills\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Buffalo Bills<\/a> but was released in March in a cost-cutting move that saved Buffalo more than $8 million in cap space. He recorded 17 tackles and six sacks during a 2024 campaign that included Miller <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/news\/bills-von-miller-suspended-four-games-for-violating-nfls-conduct-policy-stemming-from-assault-allegations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">serving a four-game suspension<\/a> for violating the NFL&#8217;s personal conduct policy stemming from assault allegations. Miller signed a six-year, $120 million deal with the Bills during the 2022 offseason.<\/p>\n<p>Despite not getting signed when free agency opened, Miller made it clear in May that he wanted to play at least one more season in the league.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I got this year on the books for sure, I&#8217;m going to play this coming up season, just got to find a team to play on,&#8221; Miller <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MaseDenver\/status\/1927952025054007461\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">said May 29<\/a>. &#8220;We&#8217;ll just keep doing it one year at a time. If I had another great year this year, then I&#8217;ll play the next year after that, but we&#8217;ll just keep doing it one year at a time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/news\/agents-take-breaking-down-exactly-why-bengals-shemar-stewart-remains-only-unsigned-2025-first-round-pick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>Agent&#8217;s Take: Breaking down exactly why Bengals&#8217; Shemar Stewart remains only unsigned 2025 first-round pick<\/p>\n<p>\n                    Joel Corry                <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"Agent's Take: Breaking down exactly why Bengals' Shemar Stewart remains only unsigned 2025 first-round pick\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/shemar-stewart.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"152\" width=\"270\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Miller is one of the most accomplished edge rushers of his era. The No. 2 overall pick in the 2011 <a href=\"https:\/\/cbssports.com\/nfl\/draft\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL Draft<\/a> by the <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/DEN\/denver-broncos\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Denver Broncos<\/a>, Miller has totaled 129.5 sacks (16th all-time), earned eight Pro Bowl nods and been named a first-team All-Pro three times during his illustrious career. He was named MVP of Super Bowl 50 with the Broncos and won Super Bowl LVI with the <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/LAR\/los-angeles-rams\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Rams<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Commanders are coming off an excellent 2024 season. Led by rookie quarterback <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/3123337\/jayden-daniels\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jayden Daniels<\/a>, they went 12-5 during the regular season and won a playoff game for the first time since 2005.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Can Miller provide pass rush help? <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/2173899\/dante-fowler\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dante Fowler<\/a> was the only Commanders player to top 10 sacks last season, but he has since signed with the <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/DAL\/dallas-cowboys\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a>. Washington did, however, sign Deatrich Wise, <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/2869019\/javon-kinlaw\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Javon Kinlaw<\/a> and Jacob Martin as free agents to bolster the defensive line. Miller will now join that group.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Images Von Miller plans to sign with the Washington Commanders, the star pass rusher\u00a0announced on social media&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1801,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,2482,2483,514,82,2481,1758],"class_list":["post-1800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-javon-kinlaw","tag-jayden-daniels","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-von-miller","tag-washington-commanders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}