METAIRIE, La. -- Delvin Breaux was in high spirits when he popped into the locker room Saturday.

Missing an estimated six weeks with a broken fibula is obviously frustrating for the New Orleans Saints' top cornerback. But he said he has a pretty good perspective on that after his nine-year journey to the NFL following a broken neck in high school.

“I’m just attacking this treatment, getting ready, trying to get back,” said Breaux, who said he thinks he could return even sooner than the projected timetable.

Breaux said he was so fired up watching how well the Saints’ defensive backs played in his absence in last week’s 16-13 loss to the New York Giants that he risked an injury setback.

“That was sweet,” Breaux said of Sterling Moore's pass break-up against Odell Beckham Jr. in the end zone on a fourth-down play. “I jumped up and (cheered). But I knew I only had so high to jump. That was pretty exciting, man.”

Breaux was pretty stunned to find out he broke his fibula after the Saints’ Week 1 loss to the Oakland Raiders. He had actually spent most of the afternoon trying to test the leg and get back in the game -- and briefly did, in the third quarter, before realizing his injury was worse than first suspected.

“When I went back out there ... I tried to make the tackle (and was) like, ‘Damn, something’s really wrong.’ Like, ‘Something’s moving in my leg,’” said Breaux, who originally suffered the injury on a special-teams play in the second quarter.

“I was blocking a guy, when the guy’s knee caught me,” Breaux explained.

When Breaux later found out the severity of his injury, he said his first reaction was, “Oh, man, damn, special teams.”

“That’s really what I said,” said Breaux -- who explained that he has a rough history with special teams.

“I broke my neck on special teams, I broke my tibia, fibula on special teams, I tore my leg on special teams, now I just broke my fibula on special teams," Breaux said. "I was like, ‘Man, me and special teams just don't get along.’”