Saints' Cam Jordan is NFC Defensive Player of the Week

Cam Jordan took down NFC Defensive Player of the Week for his performance on Sunday against the Eagles.

John Hendrix | Jan 4, 2023

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The NFL announced Week 17's Players of the Week on Wednesday, which sees Saints defensive end Cam Jordan take down his fifth career NFC Weekly Honors.

It was a tremendous day for Jordan, who became the franchise's all-time sack leader on Sunday against the Eagles, notching 3 sacks on Gardner Minshew. It brings his season total up to 8.5, as he leads the New Orleans defense in sacks. It was the 27th multi-sack game of Jordan's career, who also became the sixth player since 1982 to have at least seven takedowns in 11 consecutive seasons.

The team has 46 sacks on the year, which is actually tied for fifth-best in the league. They've rivaled their output from last season, and have a chance to equal their 2019 output of 51 sacks.

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Published Jan 4, 2023

JOHN HENDRIX

I officially started covering the New Orleans Saints & other NFL topics in 2011. My work has been featured on various outlets over the years. I worked closely with Skyhorse Publishing in Fall 2018 to update the book, Tales From the New Orleans Saints Sidelines, which filled in all Saints material from the 2013-2017 seasons. Prior to joining Saints News Network, I served as the Managing Editor of SB Nation's Canal Street Chronicles for 3.5 years, and before that with FanSided's Who Dat Dish as the Managing Editor for several years. I have also had experiences of being a freelance Saints reporter for The Sun Herald in Biloxi, MS and a contributing writer for WDSU, a local NBC TV station in New Orleans. I have appeared on a vast amount of TV and Radio shows, both nationally and locally. For tips, comments, or suggestions, please contact me at johnhendrix@saintsnews.net