I wouldn’t be shocked if this was true.
Von Miller has always been a bit of an odd guy and crazy things have always happened at his Halloween party, so I would put this rumor squarely in the 50/50 bag of being true or not. It comes from Pro Football Network, a pretty reputable independent NFL site, so it just isn’t coming out of thin air.
It is one thing if something like this pops up on social media, but for an actual media outlet to put their name to it, increases the grains of salt to it.
Here is their description of what was going on behind the scenes with the Miller and the Broncos and how it might have led to his trade to the Rams.
A source with direct knowledge of the situation tells PFN that Miller became upset when teammates declined to kick in for his annual Halloween party. It’s a massive affair with a six-figure price tag. This year, it featured Quavo from the hip-hop act Migos.
Miller’s request for financial help came as a surprise to his teammates. They had assumed they were invited guests to the party, not co-hosts. Miller even wanted rookies to contribute several thousand dollars for an event that they had no role in planning.
Miller, who has earned over $90 million in his career, threatened to disrupt the Broncos’ locker room chemistry over what in his mind was an unpaid debt, the source tells PFN. We’re also told coach Vic Fangio and general manager George Paton became aware of the rift. That may have factored into the team’s decision to move on from the eight-time Pro Bowler despite the Broncos sitting just a half-game out of the AFC’s seventh seed.
It is likely, they have been shopping Miller, so while this wasn’t a tipping point, it could have just been another thing that let them know it was time to move on.
They really wanted him out of there because they are paying almost all his salary this year. Miller will be a free agent after the season and the Broncos had no intentions of paying him, so they end up with a 2nd and 3rd round pick instead of nothing.
Flip the pages for pics and videos from Miller’s Halloween party.