The MVP of Super Bowl 50 has a new team.
Per multiple reports — and as announced by the player himself on social media — Von Miller has agreed to terms with the Commanders.
The second overall pick in the 2011 draft, Millers has played for the Broncos, Rams, and Bills.
During the 2021 season, Denver traded Miller to the Rams. He capped the season with his second Super Bowl win. In the offseason, he signed with the Bills.
Miller had six sacks in 2024 and none in 2023. For his career, he has 129.5. That’s 25th on the all-time list.
Terms of the deal have not been leaked. Which often means there’s nothing regarding the deal about which the player or his agents should be bragging.
Regardless, the deal will at some point become known. We’ll break it down here when it does.
One of Buffalo’s rookies isn’t quite ready to practice at training camp.
According to the league’s daily transaction wire, the Bills placed defensive end Landon Jackson on the active/physically unable to perform list on Tuesday.
While it’s currently unclear why Jackson was placed on PUP, players may return to practice from the list at any time during training camp. But if Jackson remains on PUP through roster cuts, he’ll have to miss the first few weeks of the regular season.
The Bills selected Jackson at No. 72 overall in the third round this spring out of Arkansas.
Buffalo was one of six teams whose rookies reported on Tuesday, along with the Seahawks, 49ers, Giants, Dolphins, and Ravens.
Several big-name free agents remain without a home for 2025 as training camps approach. Von Miller is one of those.
The edge rusher, who the Bills cut on March 9, said this summer that he wants to continue his career.
NFL Network’s Brian Baldinger, who played college football with Miller’s agent, said Joby Branion told him Miller has “three very interested teams.” Branion did not name the teams, according to Baldinger.
“I think Von feels like there’s a pretty good chance he’s going to sign some point either before camp or -- I mean, I don’t think Von’s too crazy about going to training camp,” Baldinger told the DNVR Broncos podcast. “Most guys that age aren’t. They know what they need to do. He looks in great shape. So, I would say he’s going to get signed here [relatively soon].”
The Bills saved $8.4 million in salary cap space by cutting Miller, who signed a six-year, $120 million deal before the 2022 season. In three seasons in Buffalo, Miller played 36 of a possible 50 games and totaled 14 sacks, 41 tackles and 23 quarterback hits.
Miller is an eight-time Pro Bowler and a two-time Super Bowl champion.
Sidelined since tearing his ACL in a jet ski accident two years ago, running back Nyheim Hines made it known earlier this week that he would like to be with a team for training camp.
Now, in an interview with Mike Kaye of the Charlotte Observer, Hines says he’s getting back into the form that helped make him a key contributor for both the Colts and Bills.
“I’m far from done, and the story is in my hand,” Hines told Kaye. “I put myself in this position, but as athletes, we’re in an unfortunate situation in a job ... that we can’t control everything, but the pen is always in our hand, based on our performance. So, I’m looking forward to the opportunity to grab that pen and write whatever story I want.
“I could have died,” Hines added. “So many things could have been worse. So, I’m thankful that I’m here to tell this story and be an example of what you don’t need to do.”
Hines, 28, spent part of last season with the Browns, who did not activate him after the running back exhausted his 21-day practice window. Cleveland released Hines in February. But as he was attempting to return to play, Hines’ mother’s health declined in her battle with muscular dystrophy. She was on and off a ventilator before she was finally able to return home.
“Knowing my mom has fought for this extra time to watch me play this year has been the most humbling and best feeling of why I would [play again],” Hines said.
Hines, who played his college ball at NC State, has been working out in the Charlotte area to get ready for the coming season. Hines has been a solid punt and kick returner throughout his career — including a pair of kick returns against the Patriots in Week 18 of the 2023 season. That’s where he envisions his role as he makes his comeback.
“I think I can go out there today and help a team win,” Hines said. “It doesn’t take much of a playbook to catch a punt or catch a kickoff, and trust your blocks, and have great vision to do what you have to do. But like I’ve always said, I’ve always been an elite returner, but I feel like I’m an offensive player with elite return abilities.
“When I’ve had opportunities [on offense], I’ve had great success. ... Obviously, I want to go on Day 1 and be a return guy — if it’s kick or punt return. If you ask me to be a gunner or ask me to be a personal protector on special teams, then I’m going to do whatever I’ve got to do. And then, hopefully, I learn the playbook and help a team out there [on offense], because I know I’m still a mismatch out there. I’m still fast, I’m still quick, and I’m ready to go.”
Nyheim Hines would like another shot.
Via ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Hines is looking to find a team for training camp this summer — nearly two years after suffering a torn ACL during a jet ski accident.
Hines, 28, was an effective dual-threat running back for the Colts for several years before he was traded to the Bills midway through the 2022 season. He memorably returned two kicks for touchdowns in Buffalo’s Week 18 victory over New England — a week after Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest on the field against Cincinnati.
But Hines missed all of the 2023 season due to his torn ACL and signed with the Browns in March of last year. While Cleveland started Hines’ 21-day practice window, the club elected not to activate him off of the physically unable to perform list.
Cleveland then released Hines in February.
According to Schefter, Hines now feels his knee is finally ready for a return to action.
Hines has 1,832 return yards and four touchdowns in his career. He’s also recorded 1,205 rushing yards, 1,725 receiving yards, and 18 touchdowns from scrimmage since the Colts made him a fourth-round pick in 2018.
