The Saints have been exonerated of their attraction of NFL self-discipline after defensive finish Cameron Jordan was accused of faking an injury, and now Jordan is questioning the league’s course of on the matter.
Jordan won the appeal of his $50,000 fine, and based on Katherine Terrell of ESPN, Saints line of defense coach Ryan Nielsen gained the attraction of his $50,000 fine, head coach Dennis Allen gained the attraction of his $100,000 fine and the Saints franchise gained the attraction of its $350,000 fine.
Jordan informed the Associated Press that the NFL reviewed his medical data throughout the appeals course of, however that ought to have occurred before the fines had been issued.
“There should be due process before they announce a fine,” Jordan stated. “They announced they’d fine me $50,000 and my team $500,000 in total before the appeal process or even investigating the situation.”
The incident in query occurred throughout the Saints’ loss to the Buccaneers in December. After the Buccaneers had been stopped on third down, their offense seemed to be dashing to the road of scrimmage to attempt to shortly go for it on fourth down. Jordan fell to the bottom, inflicting an injury timeout, after which the Buccaneers punted. The league thought Jordan was faking.
But the Saints stated when Jordan went to the sideline he instantly sought therapy from a coach for a foot injury, and that Jordan went to the staff facility daily that week, although the gamers had been off as a result of the Saints had been on their bye, to get therapy on his foot.
