Sources: Dallas Cowboys consider Pacman Jones

[howid]

One fourth rounder is about all this gamble is worth.

The Cowboys after all need to give Calvin Hill something to work with.

[Uncle B]

Originally Posted by howid

One fourth rounder is about all this gamble is worth.

The Cowboys after all need to give Calvin Hill something to work with.

pacman will either wind up being a huge asset on the cheap, like Moss was for NE, or, just an ass who wasnt worth the paper the contract was written on.


I hope he's got his shit together, but, i'd hate to have to rely on that being the case.

[howid]

Titans agree to swap Pacman to Dallas

By JEFF CARLTON, Associated Press Writer 3 minutes ago

The Titans finally washed their hands of Jones, Wednesday, April 23, 2008, agreeing in principle to trade him to the Dallas Cowboys according to Cowboys spokesman Rich Dalrymple.


IRVING, Texas (AP)—The Tennessee Titans finally washed their hands of suspended cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones on Wednesday, agreeing in principle to trade him to the Dallas Cowboys.

Cowboys spokesman Rich Dalrymple confirmed the teams had an agreement, but no terms had been filed with the NFL office, which already had closed for the day.

The Titans also confirmed the deal, adding that terms had to be finalized. The team had no further comment beyond a two-sentence e-mail.

Dalrymple declined to discuss specifics of the trade.

“What I can confirm is that we have agreed in principle with the Tennessee Titans on a trade that will bring Adam Jones to the Cowboys,” Dalrymple said.

He declined to say who or what the Cowboys might give up in the trade. Specifics likely will be announced Thursday or Friday, Dalrymple said.

ESPN.com reported the deal involved a fourth-round draft pick this weekend and another in 2009 if Jones plays this season. The Titans would pay back that selection in 2009 if Jones is not reinstated for this season.
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Agent Manny Arora said Wednesday night that they had not been told of the trade by either team, but were cautiously optimistic. Jones has talked often of his desire to play for the Cowboys in recent weeks, even appearing on Michael Irvin’s radio show in Texas.

“We recognize the fact of where we are with regards to the league,” Arora said. “We recognize the fact he’s got a guaranteed contract with Tennessee, and we recognize the fact there’s risks involved at this point. We also recognize there’s significant public relations implications for the teams, and in fact Dallas has to sell tickets, the knowledge their fan base has a point of view.

“With all that in mind, we’ve said from Day 1 we’re willing to rework our contract. Once the trade gets completed or official, we’ll be ready to do our part because we want to play for Dallas. I don’t have any hesitation saying we can get this done and get it done quickly.”

Jones was scheduled for a base salary of $1.74 million in 2008 and had been under contract through 2009 before his suspension.

He was the first defensive player drafted in 2005, sixth overall out of West Virginia, and easily was Tennessee’s best defender in 2005 and ‘06. His four career interceptions came in 2006 as he helped the Titans to an 8-8 record. He also led the NFL in punt-return average in 2006 with 12.9 yards per return and three touchdowns.

But six arrests and 12 incidents where police were called since being drafted led to his suspension by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell in April 2007 for the season. Goodell declined to ease that punishment when Jones appealed to return after sitting out 10 games and now will only say that he’ll reconsider reinstating the cornerback before training camps open.

The Titans gave Jones permission to talk to other teams weeks ago, and the cornerback had been barred from working out on their property in February. The Titans and Cowboys nearly had a deal at the NFL owners’ meetings last month, but talks stalled over the issue of compensation for someone who hadn’t played since December 2006.

Dallas owner Jerry Jones said twice in the past week, including Tuesday, that the trade was stuck in neutral. But Pacman Jones, baggage and all, is a top cornerback and a dynamic kick returner who can fill some of the Cowboys’ biggest weaknesses.

Jones also has been very successful lately offering second, and third, chances to players like receiver Terrell Owens. The latest reclamation project was Tank Johnson, who signed during the 2007 season while he was still suspended.

The Titans might have been more eager to trade Jones after news surfaced Monday night that the cornerback had paid money to a 29-year-old man arrested for a Las Vegas strip club shooting in February 2007 that left a club employee paralyzed.

A police report said that in the weeks after the shooting, Jones paid $15,000 to the man, who threatened to hurt the cornerback, his daughter and his mother. Jones picked the man out of a police lineup last Friday, helping fulfill part of the plea deal he agreed to last December when reducing two felony counts of coercion to conspiracy to commit disorderly conduct.

But he will have to testify under that plea deal. Jones’ attorney, Robert Langford, said Wednesday the trade had “nothing to do” with the legal case in Las Vegas and declined further comment.

[mjh218]

The Cowboys just made a deal with the devil. PacMan slips up once and he is a goner. It isn't like his problems arose recently, the guy has been a nightmare from the get go

[robin]

he has top 20 talent regardless of position in the nfl.

hes also prob in the bottom 2 percent in intelligence.


i see it as a win / push.

its a downright steal if they can control him. if not. fuck him. cut him and ship him back to be a janitor.

[mjh218]

If I owned a strip club in Dallas, I would be sure to keep his ass out of it!

[Uncle B]

Originally Posted by robin

he has top 20 talent regardless of position in the nfl.

hes also prob in the bottom 2 percent in intelligence.


i see it as a win / push.

its a downright steal if they can control him. if not. fuck him. cut him and ship him back to be a janitor.

Yeah, it shouldn't be too bad if he screws up.


This helps both teams quite a bit...the Cowboys desperately needed the position filled, and the Titans were desperate just to get the assclown out of the city.

Hopefully he's learned something, and will actually contribute.

[Uncle B]

Jerry Jones defends Cowboys deal for Pacman

Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones defended the team's acquisition of suspended cornerback Pacman Jones on Monday at a news conference for the Super Bowl XLV Host Committee. "One of the things that we want young people to know is that you can make mistakes," Jones said. "You do make mistakes ... it's not the end of the world. Take advantage of your opportunities and clean that slate."

-- Dallas Morning News

[Uncle B]

Pacman Jones Moves Out, and Emmitt Smith Weighs In

Now that he has been traded to the Dallas Cowboys, the former Tennessee Titans cornerback Pacman Jones has put his house in Franklin, Tenn., on the market. According to this Associated Press report and this story on a Nashville television station’s Web site, the 30-acre property has a 3,000-square-foot home, a two-acre lake stocked with fish, two barns and a garage.

For a guy who seems to make a lot of news, the decor (and the property, for that matter) appears rather spartan. You can take a virtual tour via photos here, the most revealing part being Jones’s affinity for leather furniture, giant televisions and paintings of himself.

To deter less than serious inquiries — or blatant snooping — you have to be prequalified to visit the home. But then you’d have to be a special kind of fool to wander up to Pacman Jones’s house uninvited, wouldn’t you?

In football-related news, The Dallas Morning News reports Emmitt Smith paid a visit to Cowboys minicamp and spent some time with Felix Jones, the team’s first-round pick from Arkansas. Smith said he liked the selection of Jones over Illinois’s Rashard Mendenhall, who went to Pittsburgh with the next pick.

“They ran similar offenses, but watching them in traffic and cutting ability, I think Mendenhall is a very good back, I just think Felix has a lot more hip movement,” Smith said. “And he reads and cuts in a fluid manner.”
On Saturday, Smith had given his blessing to the Cowboys’ acquisition of Pacman Jones with a statement he obviously had not cleared with Commissioner Roger Goodell.

“As long as you’re not killing anybody, getting anybody shot at and going to jail, then I don’t have any issues,” Smith said.

Isn’t that setting the bar a little low, even for the Cowboys?

[Uncle B]

Terrell Owens offers advice to new teammate Pacman Jones

Count wide receiver Terrell Owens as a Dallas Cowboys teammate who plans to welcome suspended cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones with opens arms and a clean slate.

And if and when Jones is reinstated to the NFL by commissioner Roger Goodell, Owens offers this advice: Don't try to repair your image all in one day and with one big play.

Jones was suspended before last season for repeated violations of the NFL's personal conduct policy when he was a member of the Tennessee Titans. He was acquired by the Cowboys in a trade last month. "Don't go out and try to do too much right away," Owens said. "It's understandable. You want to come in and try to erase people's mindset and play fantastic. But that can get disastrous if you try to over do it."

-- Fort Worth Star-Ledger

[Rogthedodger]

Some sportscaster on TV in Dallas compared Pacman to Osama Bin Laden. Ouch.

[Uncle B]

Originally Posted by Rogthedodger

Some sportscaster on TV in Dallas compared Pacman to Osama Bin Laden. Ouch.

wtf??


Thats a bit much...lol

[StarnetGypsy]

Originally Posted by Rogthedodger

Some sportscaster on TV in Dallas compared Pacman to Osama Bin Laden. Ouch.

that's pretty damned destructive ....

[Uncle B]

Money issues for Pacman Jones

Worrick Robinson, an attorney for suspended cornerback Pacman Jones, told a Nashville, Tenn., television station the player has money problems.

Also, the same television station, Fox 17 News, reported that Jones' Nashville townhouse was foreclosed in April. Jones has a 3,000-square-foot home in Franklin, Tenn., for sale at about $1.8 million. "He has not played football in 18 months or so," Robinson told the television station. "That was his primary source of income; that's why it's very important to him to be reinstated and get back on the field."

-- Dallas Morning News