Tua Tagovailoa was on ESPN late Monday night and repeated what Alabama coach Nick Saban had said earlier in the day about the quarterback's injured right knee.

"I'm fine," Tagovailoa said during the ESPN interview. "... I'm a lot better actually than I was last week after the Arkansas game."

While Tagovailoa aggravated the injury during Alabama's win over Missouri on Saturday, Saban has said that Tagovailoa was fine enough that he could have gone back into the game.

Tagovailoa practiced Monday -- and, according to Saban, still "hasn't missed a day of practice" due to the knee, which he first injured against Arkansas Oct. 6.

"It looked bad on the field," Tagovailoa said on ESPN of the situation against Missouri. "I just re-tweaked it kind of. But we got some treatment after the game, (some more) this morning leading up to practice today, so we're a lot better. We're much better."

Matt Zenitz is an Alabama and Auburn reporter for the Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @mzenitz.