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By Jeff Nowak | WWL Radio Sports

The New Orleans Saints don't draft running backs often, but their track record of success certainly gives good reason for excitement about rookie Kendre Miller.

And after two weeks nursing a hamstring injury he's set to make his NFL debut in Week 3, a perfect opportunity with the Saints desperately thin at the position. It's a day he's as excited for as anyone, considering he grew up an Aaron Rodgers fan and idolizing the atmosphere where the Saints play the Packers this week.

The New Orleans Saints don't draft running backs often, but their track record of success certainly gives good reason for excitement about rookie Kendre Miller.

And after two weeks nursing a hamstring injury he's set to make his NFL debut in Week 3, a perfect opportunity with the Saints desperately thin at the position. It's a day he's as excited for as anyone, considering he grew up an Aaron Rodgers fan and idolizing the atmosphere where the Saints play the Packers this week.

"Lambeau Field is going to be like a childhood dream," Miller said this week after being a full participant in practice both days.

It's an NFL debut that could've potentially happened a week earlier, with Miller getting in a workout before the game and that hamstring appearing healthy enough for action. In the end the coaching staff opted to play it safe and went into the game with only two running backs in Jamaal Williams and Tony Jones Jr. Things got dicey when Williams went down with a hamstring injury in the first half, but Jones stepped up with a pair of touchdowns in the 20-17 win. ...

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