Cam Jordan Hall of Fame?
 

He's making a very good case.

Re: Cam Jordan Hall of Fame?
 

First ballot? I would think so but he is a Saint, so there's that....

Re: Cam Jordan Hall of Fame?
 

Well, Goodell and the league office have no say on who gets elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. That's 100% on the 49 members on the selection committee made up of mostly broadcasters and sports writers. Anyone can nominate a candidate, however, from what I read. Even you or I can write a letter to the Hall of Fame proposing a nomination. I never knew that.

Re: Cam Jordan Hall of Fame?
 

Knock on wood, the longevity and availability and solid production has him amassing some very nice HOF totals. Hoping so.

Re: Cam Jordan Hall of Fame?
 

As it stands no

His numbers might deserve it, but no rings,no DPOY. Only 1 1st team all pro.

He will get caught up in a numbers game and will be one of those waiting for a quiet year to get in. Look at the players waiting now from the 2000-2010 era. Cam will be up with both Watt brothers,Cox,Suggs,Miller,Donald etc in a era that's offense first. He will be waiting along time

Re: Cam Jordan Hall of Fame?
 

He probably would need another 3 10+ sack seasons to be considered.
If he could pass 150 sacks I think he'd get in right away.

Re: Cam Jordan Hall of Fame?
 

Cameron Jordan will get in, no problem. He's fixing to break Rickey Jackson's sack record this year. He's way better than his dad ever was.

Re: Cam Jordan Hall of Fame?
 

The 49... 49'ers, Cowboys, Packers, Bears, Patriots, Steelers, Redskins, and Bills fans...? Might as well be Goodell.

Re: Cam Jordan Hall of Fame?
 

Precisely what I was going to say. It's not all about stats. He has 1 All Pro and no Super Bowl.

Why does 1 All Pro matter? Because that's a press selection as well and the numbers do not add up for Cam sadly.

Re: Cam Jordan Hall of Fame?
 

One thing that matters, but shouldn't, is what the voters think of the candidate personally. There are few people in the entire league more liked and more accommodating with the press than Cam Jordan.

Re: Cam Jordan Hall of Fame?
 

1x 1st Team All Pro
2x 2nd Team All Pro
7 Pro Bowls
107 sacks
137 TFL
573 combined tackles
0 Super Bowls

He needs a ring or some more sacks. If not he'll be waiting for years.

Re: Cam Jordan Hall of Fame?
 

He should have gotten a ring or two in that span of years. He missed 2009 by two years.

Re: Cam Jordan Hall of Fame?
 

Agreed.

LC Greenwood’s family is still awaiting the call and he has multiple SB rings.

Cam will need to pick up the pace before he hangs em up.

Re: Cam Jordan Hall of Fame?
 

They were discussing SB rings and the relevance to the HOF last week on NFL Radio. Two of those in the discussion (Vic Carruci and Alex Marvez) were HOF voters and they said being on a SB winning team isn't as important as some may think. It's not something stressed when going over qualifications. Sure, many, if not most, HOF members have been associated with a championship team, but much of that comes from longevity and not personal achievement. They said if it came down to two players with almost identical qualifications with one having played on a SB winning team then it may then be considered. Just look at Jim Kelly and Dan Marino as two examples they gave.

Re: Cam Jordan Hall of Fame?
 

By the way, here are the individuals that determine who makes it in or not ... The Times-Picayune's very own Jeff Duncan is one of them.

Pro Football Hall of Fame Selection Committee

Arizona	Kent Somers, Arizona Republic
Atlanta	Darryl Ledbetter, Atlanta Journal-Constitution *
Baltimore	Scott Garceau, 105.7 The Fan/WMAR-TV
Buffalo	Vic Carucci, WGRZ-TV #
Carolina	Darin Gantt, Carolina Panthers
Chicago	Dan Pompei, The Athletic *
Cincinnati	Geoff Hobson, Bengals.com
Cleveland	Tony Grossi, ESPNCleveland.com/WKNR Radio
Dallas	Rick Gosselin, Talk of Fame Network *
Denver	Jeff Legwold, ESPN/ESPN.com *
Detroit	Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press
Green Bay	Pete Dougherty, Green Bay Press-Gazette
Houston	John McClain, retired, Houston Chronicle *
Indianapolis	Mike Chappell, Fox 59/CBS 4
Jacksonville	Sam Kouvaris, SamSportsLine.com
Kansas City	Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star
Las Vegas	Frank Cooney, The Sports Xchange *
Los Angeles (Chargers)	Eric Williams, Sports Illustrated
Los Angeles (Rams)	Howard Balzer, Sports Illustrated *
Miami	Armando Salguero, Outkick.com
Minnesota	Mark Craig, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune
New England	Ron Borges, Talk of Fame Network *
New Orleans	Jeff Duncan, Times-Picayune
New York (Giants)	Bob Glauber, Newsday *
New York (Jets)	Gary Myers, Author *
Philadelphia	Paul Domowitch, the33rdteam.com/PhillyMag.com
Pittsburgh	Ed Bouchette, retired, The Athletic
San Francisco	Matt Maiocco, CSNBayArea.com
Seattle	Mike Sando, The Athletic #
Tampa Bay	Ira Kaufman, JoeBucsFan.com *
Tennessee	Paul Kuharsky, PaulKuharsky.com/Outkick360 #
Washington	Jarrett Bell, USA Today #
PFWA	Lindsay Jones, The Athletic
At-Large	Mary Cay Cabot, Cleveland Plain Dealer
At-Large	Jason Cole, FanSided.com
At-Large	John Czarnecki, FOX Sports *
At-Large	Tony Dungy, NBC Sports "Football Night in America" (Hall of Famer)
At-Large	Dan Fouts, Broadcaster (Hall of Famer) #
At-Large	Clark Judge, Talk of Fame Network #
At-Large	Peter King, NBC Sports #
At-Large	James Lofton, CBS Sports (Hall of Famer)
At-Large	Alex Marvez, SiriusXM NFL Radio
At-Large	Bill Polian, SiriusXM NFL Radio (Hall of Famer) #
At-Large	Sal Paolantonio, ESPN #
At-Large	Lisa Salters, ESPN "Monday Night Football"
At-Large	Jim Trotter, NFL Network #
At-Large	Charean Williams, Pro Football Talk #
At-Large	Barry Wilner, retired, Associated Press #
At-Large	OPEN

* Member of the Seniors Selection Committee
# Member of the Coach/Contributor Selection Committee

Re: Cam Jordan Hall of Fame?
 

Yes but that's only a portion of it. No one gets in on their own merit, you have to first have your own merit and secondly you have to stand out amongst that years candidates. Its the contrast that kills most people and most of the voters are not Saints fans which means Cam gets less viewership from the voters.

To my point, would Cutler have been talked about as much as a Saint? No, but he was a Bear so he had greater exposure. Mother f***ers play favorites whether we want to believe that or not.

Re: Cam Jordan Hall of Fame?
 

Fortunately the process doesn't take place in a vacuum. It's the job of the member representing the nominee to sell that nominee. It's my understanding that these presentations can be very in-depth, especially for those NOT already well known by the other members. When Cam's time comes up it will probably be Jeff Duncan's, or the Saints voting member at the time's, job to give every reason why Jordan belongs.

At least 32 of the 49 members are beat writers and not "fans" of any team. I've known many sports writers and broadcasters in my day and they are almost to a man, or woman, frustratingly neutral when it comes to the team they cover. Any allegiance usually belongs to the team they pulled for growing up.

But, yes, they can and do play favorites I would suppose. I have heard that players that have a bad reputation for with the press have a tougher hill to climb than those who the press like in general. Cam's seems to have been campaigning quite a bit in that realm recently. :D

Re: Cam Jordan Hall of Fame?
 

my .02- Definitely not first ballot, Has to contend with the big market bias, (yes it exist) and that wow factor or glaring stat that most have. Winning Super Bowls is a big deal, but it's not all that. Just means the player was part of a well rounded team, which offers up the old question...was the player that great? or was the player just a cog in a well oiled machine. AKA LC Greenwood, Trent Dilfer. Something like a top five in sacks, Pro Bowl/All-Pro, maybe Deep playoff run where he puts the team on his shoulders via key plays, sacks, TFL in the next couple of seasons would probably cement his eventual ticket. Just may take awhile, while adding a little jam to his toast.

Re: Cam Jordan Hall of Fame?
 

LC was that good in those trenches. His numbers are what they are. A GREAT player.

If stats (sacks, tfl, hurries) were recorded when he entered the league, there is no telling where his totals may have ended. His post-season stats are among the best that's ever lined up at DE.

But as Rez eluded to earlier in a previous post, Cam is going to have to pick up the pace quite a bit, otherwise, he'll have to wait (see Klecko, Jim Marshall & Gastineau) a long time before he gets the call.

Re: Cam Jordan Hall of Fame?
 

Cam ain't finished yet, homies! :bng:

Re: Cam Jordan Hall of Fame?
 

It will help if he gets into and flourishes in media after his career. He sat in as an analyst on ESPN one day and did a really good job.

Re: Cam Jordan Hall of Fame?
 

Oh yes! He is smooth behind a microphone just like he is on the field. He will do very well in announcing.