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Along with the New Orleans Saints adding to their running back room, they have a spirited battle for the QB1 slot. But tough decisions are coming, and here are two Saints players in danger of being cut after the team’s 2025 minicamp.
Coming off a disappointing season and under new coach Kellen Moore, the Saints face many challenges this year. And one of the players who might not be around is running back Kendre Miller. He’s impacted by the recent signing of Cam Akers.
One of the biggest problems for Miller is his inability to get on the field. He has missed 20 of a possible 34 games in his two NFL seasons.
During the 2024 season, Miller said he didn’t need to show anything, according to neworleanssaints.com.
“I don’t feel like I’ve got to prove anything to anybody,” Miller said. “It’s really myself. I didn’t really get to play my rookie year a whole lot. The two games that I was in, it was kind of iffy. But the Chargers game, my last couple of carries that I got, I was just like I’ve been doing this my whole life. That just kind of gave me the confidence I need, so I got all the confidence in the world. None of that has ever slipped my mind. It was just like I still got it.”
Miller seemed to have maturity problems under Dennis Allen. But things have reportedly changed under Moore, according to the Saints’ YouTube page via yahoo.com.
“First day (of OTAs) was a blank slate (for Miller),” Moore said. “Whatever’s happened in the past, we acknowledged. But it has no bearing in the future.”
Miller doesn’t have a path to the starting position. That’s occupied by Alvin Kamara, who drew high praise from Moore, according to Sports Illustrated.
“Alvin’s obviously one of the premier players in our league, his ability to run the football and play in the pass game,” Moore said. “And so, we want to utilize every aspect of that. He’s going to be a really big-time, impactful runner, running the football first and foremost. And then obviously the pass game, his ability to create matchups is going to be a huge advantage for us.
“What’s really fun being around Alvin is his mental capacity is really high. He understands football at a really, really high level. He’s played so (many games). I really enjoy and I look forward to more and more of those conversations as we go through this, of teaming up on this thing…Everyone knows his impact for a number of years now, and so, he’ll be a big part of this.”
Also in the Saints’ running back mix is Devin Neal. The team grabbed him in the sixth round of this year’s draft.
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