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Saints QB talks about first minicamp practice
New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees

Friday, June 4, 2010

Was there a rough start to practice today?

“I think you just get out, get a little excited and want to make some big plays right off the bat. The first one got tipped and the second one I forced a post that wasn’t really there. We hadn’t talked about that being an option. It is what it is. You have to find ways to humble yourselves. It wasn’t a great start to practice, but I felt we finished well and did pretty good after that.”

Are the open practices the first opportunity to reconnect with the fans since the victory parades?

“That’s awesome. They’ll probably be as excited as they’ve been since Super Bowl, the opportunity for us to get back on the field, for them to be able to watch us and to get that interaction, so we’re looking forward to that.”

You are going to be dealing with the aftermath of one of the greatest natural disasters in American history and now one of the greatest environmental disasters in American history. Does that cross your mind at all?

“Absolutely. I think all of our reactions immediately following the oil disaster is why New Orleans and the gulf coast again? Maybe it’s because God knows we can handle it and obviously we’re still recovering from Katrina in a lot of ways, but then again, I feel like we’ve come back stronger as a city and as a people five years after Katrina and I think this is yet another opportunity for us to band together, see how to get this thing stopped. There are a lot of people suffering right now, people whose jobs and livelihood revolve around the fishing industry or whatever it might be along the coast. Who knows the long term effects of this? All of that is yet to be determined. We haven’t even gotten the thing stopped yet. But, I think we have to look at it on the positive side, band together, get this thing stopped and then find a way to circle the wagons and make each other stronger because of it.”

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