New Orleans Saints defensive end Cameron Jordan is always good for one of the week’s great quotes. He came through again after his defense shut down Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton, who had been fuming over celebratory gifts of wine shipped to his locker after Jordan’s Saints swept their three-game series last year. Newton called the shipment “disrespectful.”
Newton even had custom warmup cleats prepared for this game, depicting broken bottles and “return to sender” labels. He spoke all week about how eager he was to return the gifts to Jordan after beating the Saints – but in the end, Newton’s Panthers came up short.