Putting Up Numbers· NFL

The Saints' points with Cameron Jordan and without Cameron Jordan

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, the Saints were 2.8 points under with Cameron Jordan and 6.8 points over without Cameron Jordan over their last 35 games, 34 games against 1. The plain averages are 17.9 and 30.0, a difference of 12.1. All 17 home games were with Cameron Jordan. All 10 division games were with Cameron Jordan.

Cameron Jordan, linebacker: 14.5 sacks in 32 of those 35 games.

One game without Cameron Jordan is one game, not a sample, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

points a game over expected

The games

with Cameron Jordanwithout Cameron Jordan
New Orleans Saints’ games, last 35 games, each marked with Cameron Jordan or without Cameron Jordan
SideDateGameResultpointsExpected
Oct 17, 2024vsDENL1018.9
Oct 27, 2024@LACL817.9
Nov 3, 2024@CARL2226.0
Nov 10, 2024vsATLW2022.8
Nov 17, 2024vsCLEW3521.3
Dec 1, 2024vsLAL1420.6
Dec 8, 2024@NYGW1420.5
Dec 15, 2024vsWASL1922.4
Dec 23, 2024@GBL019.0
Dec 29, 2024vsLVL1024.1
Jan 5, 2025@TBL1919.2
Sep 7, 2025vsARIL1323.2
Sep 14, 2025vsSFL2118.5
Sep 21, 2025@SEAL1313.1
Sep 28, 2025@BUFL1918.7
Oct 5, 2025vsNYGW2621.9
Oct 12, 2025vsNEL1917.3
Oct 19, 2025@CHIL1420.0
Oct 26, 2025vsTBL322.4
Nov 2, 2025@LAL1016.5
Nov 9, 2025@CARW1717.6
Nov 23, 2025vsATLL1021.3
Nov 30, 2025@MIAL1720.4
Dec 7, 2025@TBW2418.8
Dec 14, 2025vsCARW2019.1
Dec 21, 2025vsNYJW2924.2
Dec 28, 2025@TENW3420.0
Jan 4, 2026@ATLL1719.0
Sep 13, 2026@DETL3023.2
Sep 20, 2026@BALW2423.5
Sep 27, 2026vsLVL2725.1
Oct 5, 2026vsATLL2423.1
Oct 11, 2026vsMINL1321.0
Oct 18, 2026@NYGW3422.6
Oct 25, 2026vsPIT (neutral)L1022.9

Method

Read against .

  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every game of its season between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, plus 0.9 in 2024, plus 1.1 in 2025, plus 0.2 in 2026 for the home team (the edge the fit finds once strength is in), nothing at a neutral site.
  • Each expected number is then fit to the season’s games: a game bears out about 68% in 2024, 69% in 2025, 23% in 2026 of the difference the model predicts.
  • Who played is read from the snap counts, which name every player who took a snap on offense, defense or special teams.