According to Miller, he keeps “around 60 birds” on his chicken farm, located in DeSoto, Tex., a suburb of Dallas, and he has named them after teammates, or at least after their numbers. He has a “DeMarcus” after Ware, an “88” after wide receiver Demaryius Thomas, a “95” after defensive end Derek Wolfe. And, of course, a “Peyton Manning.”

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“They really have personalities. I care for them,” Miller said. “I couldn’t see myself eating not one of them. It’s a special bond between me and my birds.”

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Miller began farming as a sophomore at Texas A&M, a noted agricultural university, after taking a class in poultry farming, and he got his first flock five years ago. And this isn’t the first (and, likely, not the last) time Miller has been asked about his chickens.

In a 2013 USA Today story: “I raised chicks in college in class and stuff. Now it’s a project for me to do it on my own, and see where I go with it. I’m pretty excited about it.”

To Sports Illustrated in 2015: “I put love into my birds. I can see the logo for my company: me holding the chickens, big smile. The slogan, ‘Happy birds!’ ”

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In a July interview with ESPN: “I’m very passionate, especially when it comes to humanely raised chickens. I take pride in healthy birds. You got all these other big-time commercial farms that raise, you know, 30,000 birds. Me, it’s a whole lot smaller operation, but it’s a lot of bang for the buck.”

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His chicks’ names weren’t the only revelations from the segment with Ware.

*Miller said he would not have played under the franchise tag, but he “had a strong feeling that we were going to be able to get it done. There was just too much love on both sides. … But if it had to come down to it, DeMarcus, you’d have to be out there by yourself.” (He signed a six-year, $114.5 million deal in July.)

*His coke-bottle thick, retro-style glasses are necessary. Ware tried them on and said he “felt like I couldn’t see” the prescription was so intense.

*He never talks trash during a game, unless he knows the player away from the field.

*He thinks Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski “deserves a lot more credit.”