{"id":21956,"date":"2025-07-19T17:38:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T17:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/21956\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T17:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T17:38:10","slug":"report-von-miller-gets-a-6-1-million-base-deal-from-commanders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/21956\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Von Miller gets a $6.1 million base deal from Commanders"},"content":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s a loose rule of thumb among NFL agents that goes like this. If the financial details of a player\u2019s contract aren\u2019t reported within 24 hours of the deal coming to light, there\u2019s nothing about the deal to justify bragging.<\/p>\n

That concept was mentioned during a recent episode of #PFTPM when discussing Super Bowl 50 MVP Von Miller\u2019s decision to sign with the Commanders<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now, well over 48 hours after Miller\u2019s next destination emerged, some details have been reported. But they\u2019re bare bones, and they raise questions that we\u2019re currently trying to answer.<\/p>\n

Via Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, the base value of the one-year deal is $6.1 million<\/a>. With incentives, Miller can earn up to $10.5 million.<\/p>\n

Missing, for now, is the amount of the contract that is guaranteed. While the base salary becomes guaranteed as a practical matter if Miller is on the Week 1 active roster, a smaller guarantee implies flexibility to move on during training camp or the preseason.<\/p>\n

Also not mentioned is the portion of the base deal that must be earned in the form of per-game active roster bonuses.<\/p>\n

Finally, no triggers have been reported regarding the $4.4 million incentive package. They may be hard to earn; they may be easy to earn.<\/p>\n

The discretion in blasting out the details is understandable. Miller is a future Hall of Famer, whose most recent deal had an APY of $20 million. He was due to make $17.1 million in Buffalo this year on a contract the Bills terminated. To continue his career, he has taken a massive haircut.<\/p>\n

The true and complete details (especially the guarantee) will reveal much about the extent of the financial risk the Commanders have assumed, even at a base investment of $6.1 million. Along with the likelihood that he\u2019ll make the 53-man roster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s a loose rule of thumb among NFL agents that goes like this. If the financial details of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21957,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-21956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}