Who was the Saints’ breakout participant vs. the Giants?

The New Orleans Saints topped the New York Giants 14-11 on Sunday afternoon in one of many ugliest wins of the season, enhancing their file to 3-1 underneath interim HC Darren Rizzi.

This week’s participant is extra of a standout than a breakout, however it felt unsuitable to present this recognition to anybody else after his spectacular efficiency. The standout participant from the Saints’ Week 14 victory over the Giants is DT Bryan Bresee.

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At this level, it’s evident that Bresee seems ahead to enjoying the G-Males. He adopted his rookie efficiency towards New York—4 whole pressures, two sacks, and two tackles for loss—with three whole pressures, one sack, two passes batted on the line of scrimmage, and the game-winning blocked area objective in his sophomore season towards the Giants this previous Sunday.

The 2023 first-round NFL Draft choose’s eight sacks rank third amongst defensive tackles and are tied for seventeenth league-wide. He’s now simply 5 sacks behind former Saints edge rusher and present Cincinnati Bengals All-Professional defensive finish Trey Hendrickson, whose 13 sacks maintain sole possession of the league’s prime spot.

Bresee is quietly growing into one of many extra dominant inside defensive linemen throughout the league, although I’d prefer to see him deal with enhancing his run protection come the offseason.

Honorable Mentions: DE Chase Younger

Highest-graded member of the Saints in Week 14 with an 89.6 total grade (87.8 protection, 75.0 go rush, and 71.2 run protection), per Professional Soccer Focus.
Younger’s 12 whole pressures (10 hurries and a pair of hits) set his single-game profession excessive, and his 30% win charge was the best within the league via Week 14 (min. of 25 snaps), per PFF.
One go breakup that almost resulted in his first profession interception.