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Big blessings 🙌🏾 now to Dec, Jan and Feb 🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾 https://t.co/2M92jVHsIP
— cameron jordan (@camjordan94) December 4, 2020
An impressive string of performances from Cameron Jordan put the league on notice, and the New Orleans Saints defensive end has been named November’s NFC Defensive Player of the Month. Jordan bagged 5 sacks and 12 tackles (9 solo, 6 tackles for loss of yards) over the last month, totaling 235 snaps played in 5 games. Pro Football Focus credits him with 20 quarterback pressures created in that span, third-most in the conference (NFC South rivals Brian Burns and Shaquill Barrett are tied for the lead with 25).
Not bad for a 31-year old in the 10th year of his NFL career. To take things into greater perspective, Jordan has 6.5 sacks on the year so far, and 93.5 in his career. If he can find a way to double that season total over these last five games, he’ll become just the second player in Saints history to record 100 sacks — trailing only Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee and “Dome Patrol” legend Rickey Jackson, who left the black and gold with 115 sacks to his name.
And 6.5 sacks down the stretch just might be doable. Jordan has another matchup with Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan coming up next; he’s sacked Ryan 21 times in their long rivalry, the most of any defender-quarterback combination since sacks were tracked as a stat back in 1982. Jordan took Ryan down 3 times in their last game and 4 times in last season’s Thanksgiving Day headliner.
He could close the gap to 100 in a hurry between that favorable mismatch and a road trip to Philadelphia the following week — Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz has been sacked 46 times in 11 games this year, leading the league. It’s an encouraging second wind for Jordan, who had the quietest start to a season in recent memory to open 2020. Here’s to a strong finish.
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