In Week 14 of the previous NFL season, Cameron Jordan sat on his couch at home, fuming.
Jordan’s teammates were in the New Orleans Superdome, wiping the turf with a New York Jets outfit that could hardly lift a finger in protest. Meanwhile, the 32-year-old defensive end was surrounded by his kids and a first-time crack at a seven-layer dip. He watched running-back Alvin Kamara rinse the Jets’ D-lines. He watched his defence force four three-and-outs in the first half and grab sacks for fun. He watched the Saints’ five-game losing streak ground to an emphatic 30-9 halt, along with his own terminator streak of 172 consecutive regular-season games and 11 playoff contests – the longest active streak of any non-kicker in the NFL. All due to an on-and-off case of Covid-19.
And Jordan was raging.
