{"id":637668,"date":"2026-04-30T02:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T02:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/637668\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T02:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T02:43:09","slug":"should-the-bills-bring-back-von-miller-for-the-2026-nfl-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/637668\/","title":{"rendered":"Should the Bills bring back Von Miller for the 2026 NFL season?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once the beaming light of general manager Brandon Beane\u2019s free-agency star, Von Miller hasn\u2019t played for the Buffalo Bills in a bit, and it\u2019s been years since the team really saw a ton of impact from him as an edge rusher.<\/p>\n

Recently, Miller revealed that he\u2019d welcome the opportunity to play again for Buffalo<\/a>, saying \u201c(m)an, I\u2019d love to go back to the Buffalo Bills,\u201d and that the team will win the Super Bowl at the end of the 2026 NFL season. The clip in reference is embedded below but first there\u2019s some ground to cover on the topic.<\/p>\n

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To say that Miller\u2019s tenure with One Bills Drive endeared widespread frustration is an understatement. Of course, things started off well \u2014 and Miller was every bit the true force Buffalo needed chasing after the quarterback.<\/p>\n

Listen\u2026 what if Von Miller returned to play for the Bills in 2026? More to the point:
Do you want the Bills to bring back Von Miller in 2026 as part of a revamped defense featuring a base 3-4 system?<\/p>\n

Now 37 years old, we\u2019re not talking about a one-day contract to retire a Bill \u2014 that honor rightfully belongs to the Denver Broncos<\/a> one day in the future. The NFL is a young man\u2019s game, but Miller is not a typical football player.<\/p>\n

During his first season with Buffalo in 2022, Miller made an immediate impact. His season was derailed on Thanksgiving Day, when he suffered a knee injury on the turf at Ford Field in a game against the Detroit Lions<\/a>. Miller, ever the optimist, believed he\u2019d be out perhaps only a handful of games. Then tests revealed he\u2019d torn his ACL. Miller\u2019s season was over, and his return to action proved arduous. Thus Miller\u2019s promising campaign in Buffalo ended with eight sacks, 12 quarterback hits, 10 tackles for loss, 21 tackles (18 solo), one forced fumble, and two pass defenses, , per Pro Football Reference<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s fair to say that Miller was never the same player for the Bills upon his return, whether due to an accelerated return-to-action timeline or just the unpredictable nature of knee injuries. The man brought in to be the closer was little more than closer to finding a spot on the bench even once healthy. With Miller\u2019s hefty salary and marginal impact, it was time for both sides to go their separate ways ahead of the 2025 NFL season.<\/p>\n

To Miller\u2019s credit, he made a sizeable impact last season with the Washington Commanders<\/a>, starting in three games while playing the entire 17-game campaign. Miller finished 2025 with nine sacks, 15 quarterback hits, 26 tackles (16 solo), and six tackles for loss.<\/p>\n

Expecting Miller to come in and provide similar results as part of a starting time share, and given a hefty salary, is unlikely the move. Instead, a role as a pure situational player where odds favor the pass rush could make sense. If nothing else, Miller could prove to be a valuable teacher to the team\u2019s young core, especially rookie edge rusher T.J. Parker.<\/p>\n

Is there still room for a soon-to-be NFL Hall of Fame player to provide closer potential in a part-time role, or is it best that president of football operations\/general manager Brandon Beane let the idea rest?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Once the beaming light of general manager Brandon Beane\u2019s free-agency star, Von Miller hasn\u2019t played for the Buffalo…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":637669,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[1742,1748,49,48,1743,3163,2212,514,82,46804,2481,1758],"class_list":["post-637668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-buffalo-bills","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-denver-broncos","tag-detroit-lions","tag-josh-allen","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-the-bills","tag-von-miller","tag-washington-commanders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637668","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=637668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/637669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}