Von Miller is a free agent again and despite being 37, he has made it clear he still wants to play in 2026. But before he figures out his future, Miller is looking back at the past to figure out how he got to where he is.
Last offseason, he had two contracts on the table, and he picked the Washington Commanders. Now, one season later, that decision reads a lot differently.
“I only got two offers last year. I have one contract offer from the Commanders” Von Miller told Steve Smith and James Palmer on 89 on YouTube. “That’s when I went and played. And I had one offer from the Seattle Seahawks. And obviously, I picked the wrong team on that one. It would have been three teams, three different teams with three Super Bowls. But that’s just how it’s supposed to be.”
Miller started his career with the Denver Broncos after they took him second overall in 2011. After 10 seasons, he had a brief stint with the Los Angeles Rams in 2021, three years in Buffalo, and then Washington in 2025.
He signed a one-year, $6.1 million deal with the Commanders in July 2025. The season itself was rough for the team. Washington finished 5-12, third in the NFC East and 14th in the conference. Miller, though, held up his end. He led the team in sacks with nine, despite playing just 37 percent of the defensive snaps.
Had Miller picked the Seahawks, Miller would have won a third Super Bowl with a different team.
As he looks ahead, Miller is eyeing a return to Denver:
“I lobbied, I do lobby, I lobbied publicly, privately, so I lobbied,” Miller said in May, per ESPN’s Jeff Legwold, making his case to return to Denver under Sean Payton. Nothing’s official yet.
We’ll see if a reunion will take place.
