Von Miller’s next stop appears to be Dallas, and that means the idea of a Bills reunion can be put to bed.
For Buffalo, the possibility always made a certain kind of sense. Brandon Beane never completely shut the door, and fans spent the offseason wondering whether the Bills might circle back to a player who once looked like the missing piece on defense. But according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Miller is expected to sign with the Cowboys, taking him back to his home state of Texas.
Miller’s path from Buffalo to this point has been a sharp rise, a hard crash, and a late-career rebound. The Bills made a major bet in 2022, giving the future Hall of Famer a six-year, $120 million deal after his Super Bowl run with the Los Angeles Rams. He came in to be the closer Buffalo’s defense had been missing.
That first season looked promising enough. Miller piled up 8 sacks in 2022 before tearing his ACL on Thanksgiving against the Detroit Lions, which ended his year.
Things never fully got back on track after that. He opened 2023 on the PUP list, missed the first four games, and then struggled to resemble the player Buffalo thought it had signed.
He didn’t record a sack that season and was even a healthy scratch at times.
There was some life left in the tank in 2024, when Miller finished with six sacks, but the Bills moved on in the 2025 offseason and replaced him with Joey Bosa. Miller then landed with the Washington Commanders and showed he could still rush the passer, finishing with 9 sacks, even if it didn’t lead to much team success.
Buffalo’s interest in a reunion never looked desperate, and now the roster picture makes that even clearer. The Bills already added Bradley Chubb, T.J.
Parker, and Mike Danna as outside linebacker help, while Greg Rousseau was also shifted more outside. Another Miller addition would have crowded that group fast.
Still, there was a fit on paper. Miller is built for a 3-4 scheme, and that’s what Jim Leonhard is running in Buffalo. Instead, the veteran edge rusher is staying in the NFC East and heading to Dallas on a one-year deal, according to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler.
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