Saints Lock in Bresee with $13.9M Option

0:00It's April 8th, I'm Corey with the story, and this is NFL News Today. Football news powered by AI. The New Orleans Saints just locked in defensive tackle Brian Bressie with his fifth-year option, worth $13,931,000, fully guaranteed for 2027. They grabbed him as the 29th overall pick back in the 2023 draft, and now they're betting big on his future up front. Bressie is suited up for 49 games with 26 starts over 3 seasons, piling up 37 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 8. Quarterback hits, 3 pass breakups, and a force fumble solid numbers for a young guy holding down the line. This past season in 2025, he stepped up huge in 15 games with 37 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 2.5, sacks, another force fumble, and 3 pass breakups, showing he's turning into a real force. With this deal done, expect Bressie to anchor that Saints defense even harder next year,

1:01keeping the pressure on quarterbacks across the lead.