Buffalo Bills Part Ways With Von Miller, Opening Up $8.4 Million In Cap Space

by Avery TorffMarch 9, 2025, 3:15 pmFeatured News, News >

The Buffalo Bills parted ways with Von Miller on Sunday, releasing him before the start of the new league year.

By making this move, the team clears $8.4 million in cap space, giving them flexibility to get under the cap before the new league year begins on Wednesday.

The team has not ruled out the option of bringing Miller back.

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Releasing Miller triggers $15.4 million in dead cap for the Bills this year. His contract had been set to run through 2027.

At $23.9 million, Miller’s cap figure was the second-highest on the team, behind only Josh Allen.

Miller’s release follows the Bills’ decision to extend Greg Rousseau on Saturday with a four-year, $80 million contract. The deal guarantees $54 million, though the position remains a priority this offseason.

Miller’s time in Buffalo has been tumultuous. He joined the team on a six-year, $120 million contract in the 2022 offseason and started stron g, posting eight sacks in his first 11 games. However, a right ACL tear on Nov. 24, 2022 derailed his season, and in 2024 training camp, he admitted he “probably should not have played” in 2023.

That year, he struggled through 12 games without recording a sack and finished with only three tackles.

In an effort to help the team’s cap situation, he reworked his deal last offseason, taking a pay cut that freed up $8.645 million in cap space for the Bills.

“Last year at this time, we were working on a restructure for him, and he did something unprecedented,” Brandon Beane, the Bills’ general manager, said at the NFL Scouting Combine. “He took a pay cut below his actual guarantee. And you’re talking about a first-ballot Hall of Famer that did that. So, a lot of respect for what he did to come back and try and help us chase this trophy. And I thought as the year went on, he continued to show that he could still play.”

Miller delivered a solid performance in 2024, totaling six regular-season sacks. Yet, in the playoffs, he played fewer than 21 snaps in each of the Bills’ three games, logging only 16 snaps in the AFC Championship against the Kansas City Chiefs.

Over three seasons, he recorded 14 sacks and 23 quarterback hits.