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Cameron Jordan's locker at the New Orleans Saints' team headquarters is empty for the first time in a very, very long time. On Monday, Jordan jumped on The Set YouTube show hosted by his old teammate Terron Armstead to talk about his experience and expectations in free agency. Now a true free agent for the first time in his NFL career, Jordan shared that he stopped in New Orleans on his way home to Arizona to clean out his locker "just in case." With rumors about his future (and his family's future) swirling, Jordan's wife Nikki wanted him to sit down with her and look at the options.
"So I was in Florida, had to fly home to Arizona real quick to have a little powwow," Jordan recalled. "Just give me the three options we have. I was like, 'yeah, we have three options' she says 'I know, but I want to understand them.' I said 'You could have asked this before I left, you know? Great.' I came home, we sat down, we talked. Got her on board."
It's very telling that Jordan is referring to the Saints as "they" when he previously used "we." As for his expectations in free agency, he stressed that he wants to feel valued -- with an added tax to convince him to sign with a cold-weather team. "There's a set value that I have in my mind, value is to the eye of the beholder at this point. Value means position, rotation, monetary, sure, but if I want to get 12, 13 sacks this next season I need to be in the best position to do so.
"It can't be Cleveland or Buffalo or Green Bay. It could be, there would be a number to get me over there. I won't do it for love of the game," Jordan said with a laugh. He added that he believes he has two, maybe three years left in the tank. That's another factor in negotiations. Not many teams are willing to offer a 37-year old a three-year deal.
He also said that there wouldn't be any hard feelings if his playing career is over: "So of course I'd love to be in New Orleans. And at the same time, if the cents doesn't make sense, you know, we've got to find our own path. I know what I want to do, what I want to accomplish. And if that doesn't line up that's fine as well. Just because I love the city and I love the organization, it doesn't mean the organization or the city has to love me back. Of course the city definitely loves me. My love doesn't have to be requited, it doesn't have to be given back."
Jordan added that he'll always have love for New Orleans because of the 15 years he's lived there, and that it's where all his children were born and raised. He emphasized that point with “Even if I’m in a different jersey, I’m still going to make it back to New Orleans five or six times a year.”
Jordan is a New Orleans Saints icon. He's arguably the second-best player in team history behind Drew Brees, and one day he'll join Brees at the Pro Football Hall of Fame. That's all true. It's also true that he's prepared himself, emotionally and quite literally, to play elsewhere in the fall. Stay tuned.
This article originally appeared on Saints Wire: Cameron Jordan talks Saints free agency on Terron Armstead's podcast
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"So I was in Florida, had to fly home to Arizona real quick to have a little powwow," Jordan recalled. "Just give me the three options we have. I was like, 'yeah, we have three options' she says 'I know, but I want to understand them.' I said 'You could have asked this before I left, you know? Great.' I came home, we sat down, we talked. Got her on board."
It's very telling that Jordan is referring to the Saints as "they" when he previously used "we." As for his expectations in free agency, he stressed that he wants to feel valued -- with an added tax to convince him to sign with a cold-weather team. "There's a set value that I have in my mind, value is to the eye of the beholder at this point. Value means position, rotation, monetary, sure, but if I want to get 12, 13 sacks this next season I need to be in the best position to do so.
"It can't be Cleveland or Buffalo or Green Bay. It could be, there would be a number to get me over there. I won't do it for love of the game," Jordan said with a laugh. He added that he believes he has two, maybe three years left in the tank. That's another factor in negotiations. Not many teams are willing to offer a 37-year old a three-year deal.
He also said that there wouldn't be any hard feelings if his playing career is over: "So of course I'd love to be in New Orleans. And at the same time, if the cents doesn't make sense, you know, we've got to find our own path. I know what I want to do, what I want to accomplish. And if that doesn't line up that's fine as well. Just because I love the city and I love the organization, it doesn't mean the organization or the city has to love me back. Of course the city definitely loves me. My love doesn't have to be requited, it doesn't have to be given back."
Jordan added that he'll always have love for New Orleans because of the 15 years he's lived there, and that it's where all his children were born and raised. He emphasized that point with “Even if I’m in a different jersey, I’m still going to make it back to New Orleans five or six times a year.”
Jordan is a New Orleans Saints icon. He's arguably the second-best player in team history behind Drew Brees, and one day he'll join Brees at the Pro Football Hall of Fame. That's all true. It's also true that he's prepared himself, emotionally and quite literally, to play elsewhere in the fall. Stay tuned.
This article originally appeared on Saints Wire: Cameron Jordan talks Saints free agency on Terron Armstead's podcast
Continue reading...
