The moment Cam Jordan said he had to humble himself in his return to the New Orleans Saints, it confirmed that the market was drier for him than he expected. He just pulled the curtain back to reveal what his options were and why Jordan wanted no parts of them.
All the teams calling Jordan's phone were cold weather teams, and that simply wasn't going to work for Jordan. He's from Arizona, played college ball in California and has spent his entire pro career in New Orleans. The heat is all he knows, and he wasn't changing that in 2026.
Cam Jordan tested free agency and immediately learned one thing: every team calling was too cold.
— Saints Tape (@SaintsTape) July 26, 2026
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Saints didn't need to worry about competing with the Chiefs for Cam Jordan
The Saints were always the front runners to land Jordan in free agency no matter how long it took him to sign. The one team that felt like a real threat was the Kansas City Chiefs. Throughout the offseason, the notion of the Chiefs pursuing Jordan was consistently thrown out there.
It all started when Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones simply tweeted out Jordan's name on the first day of free agency. Jones didn't say much but the timing of the message said all that needed to be said. From there, it was a snowball effect.
Even after the Chiefs selected R Mason Thomas, NFL analyst Kay Adams was still advocating for them to pursue Jordan. "I want to make my case here that he does in fact need to be a Kansas City Chief," Adams said. She encouraged stacking up at the position because "you can't have too many of these, especially if you want to get back to greatness and win the Super Bowl."
The Chiefs had the Super Bowl window that could have pulled Jordan away from the Saints. Despite them always being thrown in the mix for Jordan, nothing ever substantial connected them to the veteran. That's because it doesn't even sound like they were interested in pursuing Jordan.
Jordan's claim that only cold weather teams were pursuing him would insinuate the Chiefs didn't call his phone, because it can get cold in Kansas City but describing it as a cold weather city is a stretch. More importantly, it's not cold enough to say why are the Chiefs of all teams calling. It's a conversation to be had.
So, all the talk about whether or not Jordan could join the former Super Bowl champions, and they weren't even an option. Then again, maybe after living in Arizona, California and Louisiana, even Kansas City was too cold. All Jordan's comment did was just confirm it was always going to be Jordan back in New Orleans.
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