Cam Jordan doesn’t want the Saints to hand out his number like it’s just another jersey hanging on the rack.
As he heads into what will likely be his final season, the longtime New Orleans star has one clear request for the franchise after he’s gone: keep no. 94 away from anybody unworthy, and don’t rush to put it back into circulation.
“Don't give 94 away to a scrub... and maybe wait a while before anyone gets it.”
Jordan made it plain that he’s not asking for the number to disappear forever the way no. 9 did after Drew Brees or no. 8 did with Archie Manning. He does want the Saints to be picky, though - very picky.
“I don't want just a kid on the number. I want a guy. When I leave this building, don't give it to undrafted free agent that is going to be in and out the door.”
He didn’t stop there, either.
Jordan said he doesn’t want “this third round guy we have some potential for. Give me a hero.”
And then he laid out exactly what he wants the Saints to do with no. 94 once he’s done.
“in fact, hold the number back for a couple years and be like 'hey, we got a certified dawg on the way. Him!”
There’s reason Jordan feels that strongly. Only six Saints in franchise history have worn no. 94, and two of them played just one game each in 2010. The rest of the group - Jordan, Charles Grant, Joe Johnson and Jim Wilks - were productive players, which gives the number a little more weight than your average roster number.
That’s part of why Jordan wants the Saints to slow-play the decision instead of handing it to the first warm body who comes through the door. He’d rather see the team wait until a real difference-maker is ready to wear it.
The whole jersey-number conversation has become its own little sport lately. Laquon Treadwell isn’t giving Keenan Allen no. 13, and the Jayden Daniels-LSU situation turned into a running joke for weeks. But Jordan’s case is different because of who he is and what no. 94 has meant in New Orleans.
He even drew a contrast with how the Saints handled other numbers tied to franchise legends. Jordan wants something closer to the wait the team took before reissuing no. 12 after Marques Colston, and nothing like the way no. 13 was handed out to Equanimeous St. Brown and then to Ja’Lynn Polk and Velus Jones Jr.
Chris Olave wears 12 now, but Jordan’s point is that the Saints at least held that number for a few years before moving on from Colston. With 94, he wants the same kind of respect - maybe more.
In other words: skip the stopgap, skip the placeholder, and save the jersey for someone who actually feels like a Saint. Jordan’s earned that much.
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