It was learned on Sunday night that veteran Von Miller and a Dallas Cowboys team that had been linked with numerous pass-rushers throughout the spring and summer months had agreed to a one-year contract.
During an appearance on the “Nightcap” program, the 37-year-old who was born and raised in the Dallas suburb of DeSoto, Texas, opened up about his homecoming.
Von Miller: Joining the Dallas Cowboys is “a dream within a dream”
“They were the first team to contact me, like a week before training camp,” Miller said about the Cowboys, per Michael David Smith of Pro Football Talk. “It just seemed right to me. I live here in the offseason, my mom and dad are here, my kids are here. I’ve always had blue in my heart since I was a little boy. I always paid attention to the Dallas Cowboys. My earliest memory of football includes the Dallas Cowboys. I heard my daddy screaming in the back, and I ran back there to see what was going on, and he was screaming because the Dallas Cowboys had scored a touchdown. That’s my earliest memory of football, and to be back home, it’s a dream within a dream.”
Most recently, Miller spent last season as a member of the Washington Commanders, and ESPN stats show that he led Washington with nine sacks that he accumulated over 17 games. To compare, no Dallas player tallied more than 8.5 sacks during the 2025 campaign.
“I can still walk in at 8-10 sacks now,” Miller insisted. “That’s just walking in. I’m going to have opportunities to do it.”
Von Miller makes promise to new Cowboys teammates
Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones has received praise from numerous members of the NFL community for moves he made to bolster the team’s defense following last season. That said, some thought as recently as last week that the Cowboys could take a swing at landing Maxx Crosby from the
Las Vegas Raiders ahead of this fall’s trade deadline.
One would think Sunday’s development would at least temporarily remove the Cowboys from the list of potential landing spots for Crosby. As for Miller, he made a promise to his new teammates regarding what he will bring to the club’s locker room.
“I am the best teammate in the history of the National Football League,” Miller explained. “When it comes to being a great teammate, I just know how to do it. Every team that I’ve been on, there’s not a guy in that locker room who would say anything bad about me.”
Miller added that he is “excited to get started” as a Cowboys player. His first meaningful opportunity to impress his new employer will come when Dallas opens the regular season with a “Sunday Night Football” matchup at the rival New York Giants on Sept. 13.