QB pressure leaders after three weeks 💪 pic.twitter.com/ZwGKEaXqcu
— PFF (@PFF) September 26, 2024
Take a bow, Carl Granderson. Pro Football Focus charting found that the New Orleans Saints defensive end is tied for the second-most quarterback pressures around the NFL going into Week 4. The Saints’ breakout playmaker from 2023 has picked up where he left off in 2024.
Like Granderson, Dallas Cowboys star Micah Parsons also has 18 pressures through the first three weeks, and only Detroit Lions fan-favorite Aidan Hutchinson has more (25). And Granderson is consistently producing. He had three pressures in Week 1, eight of them in Week 2, and seven more in Week 3. Officially, Granderson has been credited with 3.0 sacks this season after notching 1.5 sacks in each of his last two games. But PFF gives full credit for half-sacks, so by their tracking he’s up to 4.0 of them.
Hopefully he can sustain this pace. Chase Young isn’t far behind with 15 pressures but unlike Granderson he isn’t finishing many pass-rush attempts with sacks. And after those two, no other Saints defender has more than 5 pressures on the season thus far. That’s disappointing. Hopefully someone like Cameron Jordan or Bryan Breseee steps up against the Atlanta Falcons this Sunday so Granderson and Young aren’t shouldering the load alone.
