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Cam Jordan signed a one-year contract with the New Orleans Saints on June 16, staying with the team that drafted him for what will be his 16th and final NFL season. He's spent all 15 years of his career with the Saints, racking up eight Pro Bowl honors, two second-team All-Pro nods, and a first-team All-Pro selection in 2017. The 37-year-old has already announced that 2026 will be his last season in the league, capping off what could be a Hall of Fame career.
But one often-overlooked aspect of his game is his durability. Over his entire NFL career, Jordan has missed just two games — one in 2022 due to an orbital bone fracture, the other due to COVID in 2021. Unfortunately, that iron man streak might be in jeopardy this season.
Head coach Kellen Moore told reporters Tuesday that Jordan will "miss a little bit of time" with a hamstring injury he sustained last week. "It could possibly get into the season, but you never know," Moore said. "So these things, you've just got to have some patience with it, let it take its course, and we'll collect more and more information as we go."
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Even in what's set to be his final season, Jordan remains one of the best defensive linemen in the league. He's racked up 132 career sacks, which ranks 22nd on the all-time list, and is coming off a 2025 campaign in which he tallied 10.5 sacks — a team-high and his best total since 2021. He also finished last season with 47 combined tackles, 15 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles, and a fumble recovery.
Jordan remains the anchor of New Orleans' defense, and any extended absence would be a real blow — both to the Saints' defense and to his rare NFL durability streak.
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