Saints’ Cam Jordan Fires Back at Buccaneers’ General Manager Jason Licht
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have some things to celebrate as they get ready to host the Philadelphia Eagles in the Wild Card Round of the NFL Playoffs this Monday night.
For starters, the Buccaneers are making their fourth-straight postseason appearance tying the franchise's longest previous playoff streak from 1999-2002.
In doing so Tampa Bay has also won the NFC South Division title three years running, its longest run to date.
But none of that impresses New Orleans Saints defensive end Cameron Jordan who has always had a special talent for grabbing the attention of Bucs fans and, apparently, general manager Jason Licht who reposted a video of the defender joking about the team sinking to the bottom of the division.
In the post, Licht commented, "Yep, went back to being the Bucs! Champs again."
"I've seen it," Jordan told Ross Jackson of Saints News Network and host of Locked On Saints. "Also, I wasn't wrong. They're going to have to prove me wrong. I didn't know that they would win the division for sure. When we played them the second time it just proved everything that I believed in. They folded. They beat (the) Carolina [Panthers] by nine points...Wow."
The sarcasm isn't new to Buccaneers fans or for Licht. Jordan has long been the most vocal part of the divisional rivalry between the two teams, and one that has entertained Saints fans as much as he bugs those of Tampa Bay.
Jackson followed up by asking if the last two games the Bucs played - a loss against New Orleans and a nine-point win over the Panthers - showed Jordan more about who this team is than anything else to which he replied, "The last two games? Yes, absolutely. But, good for you (laughs)."
Jordan may be the most notable - or most noticed - detractor of the Buccaneers' achievements, but he's far from alone in the group of people not giving the team much credit for winning what is considered to be the weakest division in the NFL for the past two seasons.
Tampa Bay hardly has a leg to stand on if it claims it doesn't care what Jordan has to say, and it'll get another crack at proving him wrong starting this Monday against an Eagles team that many are losing respect for as well as they come in losers of five of their last six games.
We have a feeling if the Buccaneers don't take advantage of a wounded Philadelphia squad, at home in Raymond James Stadium, we may hear more of what Jordan thinks about this team.
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