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Don’t look now, but Bryan Bresee is already closing in on an impressive New Orleans Saints franchise record. He recorded his fifth pass deflection during Sunday’s win over the Chicago Bears — and it’s only Week 9. That’s more passes defensed than Cameron Jordan had his rookie year. It’s also more passes batted down than Bresee had in his college career at Clemson (4). The first-year pro is doing a great job of staying alert and getting his hands up to clog passing lanes at the line of scrimmage.

The stat has only been tracked since 1999, so keep that in mind, but Bresee is rapidly climbing the team record books. Here’s how he stacks up against other Saints defensive linemen during their rookie years:

• [1] 7 – Darren Howard (2000)
  
  [2] 5 – Bryan Bresee (2023)
  
  [3] 4 – Charles Grant (2002), Sedrick Ellis (2008), Cameron Jordan (2011), and Shy Tuttle (2019)

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