Saints running back Kendre Miller talks about his big day and the knee injury that seemed to be better than expected.
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00:00 So, you know, really for me just getting that comfort and
00:04 level of trust from everybody is making me comfortable and performable.
00:09 You were good at several levels, passing, catching and blocking.
00:11 Is that something you've been working on in training camp?
00:14 Yeah, yeah and you know, they threw me in, they went to training camp
00:17 and was like, you know, we're going to need you to step up and come in.
00:20 So, you know, those reps definitely are showing up now.
00:24 Just all the time I put in and getting in the playbook
00:26 and catching up on everybody.
00:28 I know you didn't catch a ton of passes in college,
00:30 but you look like a natural pass catcher when you're out there.
00:33 I mean, it feels natural to you I'm guessing, right?
00:37 Yeah, yeah, most definitely.
00:38 It was just, you know, coming out of college they look for, you know,
00:41 anything to devalue you and so I didn't catch that many passes in college,
00:46 so you know, that was the easy one.
00:47 So, you know, I'm just getting to show what I've been doing my whole life
00:52 and you know, it's pretty fun and show it on the biggest showcase.
00:54 You got to feel good about what you put on tape this week, agreed?
00:57 Yeah, most definitely.
00:58 How good did it feel just to get back out there after another –
01:00 I know it was a minor knee injury,
01:02 but I'm sure just mentally going through that again,
01:04 wanting to get back out there and prove that you can –
01:06 you deserve to be on this team and deserve to have reps this season?
01:09 Yeah, yeah, I kind of like tried to look over it,
01:11 because you know it was just a minor setback
01:14 and you know I didn't try to get too hard on myself
01:16 and be like you got to come do this.
01:17 I kind of just came lax and was like, you know,
01:20 we done been through this before, it's not serious this time,
01:23 just work my way back in practice and that's what I did
01:26 and just come out and do it on Sunday.
01:28 Was it challenging for you mentally though,
01:29 getting back on the field so quickly?
01:31 Not really, you know the first day I was just like, you know, dang.
01:35 But I kind of just slept on it, woke up and I was like, you know, got to go grind.
01:40 Did you know it was minor right away
01:42 or was there ever like a moment of like, ah damn it, we're going to go again?
01:45 When it first happened, you know, it was a little bit,
01:48 but it was nothing like the first time it happened,
01:50 so I knew it wasn't, you know, as bad.
01:52 But 20 minutes later I felt fine, like I can go back out there
01:56 and I was like, nah, I can go for the game.
01:58 But, you know, I knew it was minor.
02:00 Have you played with a knee brace before?
02:01 Is that something you kind of have to get used to?
02:03 I definitely got to get used to it.
02:04 I've never played with a knee brace, but you know,
02:07 after so long you kind of forget it's on, but it's cool though.