Buffalo Bills, LB Von Miller agree on six-year contract; TE O.J. Howard gets 1-year deal

Eight-time Pro Bowl linebacker Von Miller has agreed to terms with the Buffalo Bills on a six-year contract, the team announced Wednesday.

The Bills also agreed with former Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end O.J. Howard on a one-year contract. Sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter it's a $3.5 million deal that could be worth up to $5 million.

Miller immediately becomes the best pass-rusher on the Bills' roster, despite the team significantly investing in defensive ends in the past two drafts. Buffalo has used two second-round picks and one first-round pick on the position in the past two years but lacked a player that opposing offenses needed to be consistently aware of. Miller brings the Bills just that.

Miller, who turned 33 on March 26, was a key piece of the Los Angeles Rams' run to the Super Bowl championship after he was acquired from the Denver Broncos in November for 2022 second- and third-round picks.

Initially slowed by an ankle injury suffered while still in Denver, Miller recorded five sacks for the Rams in eight regular-season games after the trade, ranking 12th in ESPN's pass rush win rate metric (20.9%). He then proceeded to record four more sacks in the postseason, including two of the Cincinnati Bengals' Joe Burrow in the Rams' 23-20 victory in Super Bowl LVI.

Miller's postseason pass rush win rate of 41.5% was by far the highest by a player in a single postseason (with a minimum of 30 pass-rush plays with a win or loss) since ESPN started tracking that metric in 2017. He and teammate Aaron Donald both had 18 pressures in the Rams' four playoff games.

It was Miller's second Super Bowl championship. He was named the Super Bowl 50 MVP when he had 2.5 sacks in the Denver Broncos' 24-10 victory over the Carolina