First and foremost, this is obviously well deserved. I'm not too familiar with how the other candidates performed, but you probably could have argued that Cam Jordan had made his case when he essentially sacked Matthew Stafford by grabbing a professional offensive tackle - albeit a backup - and tossing him through an NFL quarterback like he was the main character in a 'Marvel' movie...
The one-handed tip drill turned game-sealing pick-6 that served as a heavy-handed dose of Xanax to every New Orleans Saints fan that had entered the initial, 'shock' stage of grief at the prospect of the Detroit Lions completing a 35 point comeback was just icing on the cake. Too be quite honest, the icing on that cake should probably read "I know we don't tell you this anywhere near enough, but thank you for being you!".
Seriously, it's a blessing that the Saints do-it-all defensive end is an easy going guy, because he's damn sure smart enough to know that - prior to the last three games - his teammates have actively sabotaged the illustriousness of his career. If Cam Jordan's love language was 'words of affirmation' then the heart that he displays every Sunday would easily be cold and lifeless by now, because leading a unit that spent three years refusing to follow has cost him no shortage of notoriety. In a league that loves its pass rushers, one of the best and most versatile players doing it has flown under the radar as the trusted pilot of a rinky-dink puddle jumper that has barely been capable of getting off the ground since 2014. It's about damn time he was - at least temporarily - given the wings of a 757 and able to soar, even if a 'Defensive Player Of The Week' award that is limited to his own conference is the bare minimum in terms of the accolades he's actually earned. The main thing that the ever-so-belated competence of their secondary has allowed for is optimism, but the league-wide recognition of Cam Jordan as the absolute beast that he has always been comes in at a close second.
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