Patriots interested in Pacman?

"...the seemingly incorrigible cornerback carries more baggage than Paris Hilton." I'm skeptical of the report. The other players who the Patriots have taken chances with were disgruntled about losing or playing in poor organizations. Adam Jones appears to be a magnet for trouble, is mostly about money and the suitable posse it can buy and is just a stupid human being. Talented? Yes (which is more than can be said about Ms. Hilton) but passionate about the game? It doesn't appear that way. This would be a genuine shocker if the report is true. More likely, the Titans trying to drive up the trade value and the Pats have a glaring hole at CB so they're feeding the media the connection.

Mike, I guess you didn't read the entire report. I'm guessing if you did you would have added the update about David Givens.

"Givens update: Former Titans receiver David Givens continues to make progress in coming back from his left knee injury in '06, but he still might not get the green light to play this season. Givens had an appointment with Dr. James Andrews on Monday in Birmingham, Ala., but the doctor said Givens needs more time.

Givens had three surgeries on the knee, and the Titans cut him at the end of last month to avoid paying him a $500,000 roster bonus on March 1.

Other teams have inquired about Givens since his release, but no one is currently interested in signing him because he would be unable to pass a physical. At least some in the Titans organization don't think he'll play again."

This is Pacman's agent trying to create value for a player whose stock is as low as it can get. They have nothing to saying some top teams are interested. If the Patriots expressed “some level if interest” in Pacman, I would categorize it as “hardly any level of interest.”

Talent and brains are too different things. There are hundreds if not thousands of references in sports where a guy has a "million dollar body and a ten cent brain." Pacman is one of them. He's suspended by the NFL so he tries pro wrestling. I enjoy wreslting but it has a history of problems with illegal drugs including steriods and HGH. If he ends up with NE, they must have plans to give him a labotomy.

Love the blog, but can we please please please stop referring to Corey Dillon as a malcontent?

95% of Dillon's eputation stems from a toxic relationship with a team run by one of the worst owners in sports. Its a gross exaggeration and should be beneath any remotely competent sports writer

Let the Cowboy's have him! This is one of a few players that I cannot stand, who's characture is so bad he should not be allowed back into the NFL unless he's proven he has really changed. What a mess of a "man"!
I don't think bringing in someone to "replace" Samuel is top priority on defense. First, you can't replace him, just like Ty Law (and so many others) couldn't be replaced. You find someone with skills and smarts and let them fight for their lives to get the starting job. Will it be Webster? Meriweather? A yet-to-be-drafted rookie? Perhaps Scott? Someone still on the market? Who knows! But whoever it is will have to earn the role just like Samuel did. And Mr. Capers will help him along, I'm sure.
Second, top priority has got to be the Linebacker group, which needs a lot of help, especially if Seau retires.
So l hope Pacman Jones ends up elsewhere, perhaps in jail, where he can't bite police officer's hands.

PacMan doesn't deserve to even play in the NFl, nevermind play for the Pats. NO NO NO! Are you listening Bill? NO! I would rather have a losing season than see this pitiful excuse for a human being on the team. There is no room for his ego on this team. There is no room in the fan's hearts to cheer for him.

We fans have endured so much over the past year. We have seen our beloved team's reputation dragged through the mud by an unscrupulous media. We have watched week after week as columnists called our team "evil," and watched them actively route against us. What was hailed as a proud franchise upholding all that is right and good has been made to be the villain now. Please do not rove them right by adding this felon to the team.

Not gonna happen

U gotta be kidding me?

You have GOT to be kidding me. Dillon and Moss was one thing, but taking a flyer on this guy would be taking it to another level. He is NOT worth the risk, DON'T DO IT!!!

I for one, don't think Jones is worth the gamble. It's one thing to get a difficult personality late in their career, when they have made their money, who just want to prove the critics wrong, ala Moss and Dillion. However, it is another thing entirely to pick up a young, difficult, troubled personality like Pacman Jones. He may be an extremely gifted athlete but he doesn't seem eager, at this point, to change his ways.

I think pac-man would be a good gamble.But I would really Love to see the pats sign takeo spikes.Imagine spikes on one side,and thomas on the other,and vrabel,and bruschi in the middle,and seau as fill in.this would be one of the best LB corps in the League!

paris probably has someone that carries baggage for her.

Just give each strip club in Boston his picture and do not allow him to enter the building. As long as he does not enter a strip club he will be fine!

No, no, no -- bad idea. This guy would be at the Foxy Lady four nights a week and would just be a magnet for trouble.

You'd have to be either out of your mind or desperate to buy into that bill of goods. Haven't noticed that either adjective applies to the Pats. Stay the course.

Is this a Patriots type of player? Pacman is talented but look at what he has done in the past!!

July 13, 2005: Arrested for assault and felony vandalism after a nightclub fight.

Sept. 5, 2005: Police need to be summoned when Jones refuses to pay to have his car valet parked and begins shouting.

October, 2005: Jones cited in West Virginia for not making frequent enough contact with his probation officer or reporting his July arrest. His probation is extended for 90 days.

February, 2006: Subpoenaed for felony and misdemeanor obstruction of justice charges after an incident outside a Georgia home. Marijuana chargers were dismissed.

Aug. 25, 2006: Arrested for disorderly conduct and public intoxication in Murfreesboro, Tenn. He claimed woman stole his wallet. She denied it and claimed he spit on her. Police say he continued shouting profanities at her even after they told him to leave. He was given six months probation.

Oct. 26, 2006: Cited for misdemeanor assault for spitting in the face of a female student from Tennessee State at a Nashville nightclub. The Titans suspended him one game.

Feb. 19, 2007: At NBA All-Star weekend, the owner of a strip club told police that Jones slammed a dancer’s head on the stage after she tried to pick up the money he had thrown at her. A scuffle with a security guard ensued and Jones allegedly threatened his life. Shortly after leaving, a purported member of Jones’ posse returned to the club with a gun and fired into the crowd. The security guard was shot twice, while former pro wrestler Tommy Urbanski was struck and paralyzed from the waist down. On Dec. 6, Jones accepted a plea deal and pleaded no contest to one charge of conspiracy to commit disorderly conduct. He was given a suspended sentence of one year, probation, and told to perform 200 hours of community service.

April 10, 2007: The NFL announces that it will suspend Jones for the entire 2007 season, the harshest non-drug-related penalty doled out in 44 years.

June 18, 2007: Sought for questioning after a shooting at an Atlanta strip club allegedly involving members of his entourage. Police say Jones wasn’t present and he wasn’t charged.

May 7, 2007: Pulled over from driving his 2004 Cadillac XLT 79 mph in a 55 mph zone.

Jan. 15, 2008: Accused of hitting a woman at an Atlanta strip club, though the accuser later withdrew he complaint.

My girlfriend is a West Virginia alumni. She was there the night Pac Man hit a kid in the face with a pool stick. She said that the kid apologized for bumping into him but Pac Man turned around and hit him in the face with the pool stick. He and his friends continued to hit him while he was on the ground.

This guy isn't a football player. He is 100% trouble. If he ends up in Boston and starts his BS in Boston, Boston Police will find his bondy in a dumpster.

He doesn't deserve to wear a Patriot uniform.

NOOOOOO! Do NOT sign Pacman Jones! The thought of him in a Patriots uniform alongside class guys like Tom Brady and Teddy Bruschi--no way.

The Pats have some holes in the secondary, much help is needed, now we will find out about the mindset of this organization is it all about winning or does integrity matter. Your on the clock Bill B. and Scott P. ....... Welcome Pacman, don't forget the clauses..........

you guy are all full of crap pacman made some dumb mistakes and know every thing he does gets blown out of proportion nobody in here is perfect stop judging somone else.

To the gentleman who wants to post pac mans photo in every strip club in Boston. I don't think there are any left. Revere, Peabody and Stoughton have one or two each but the pnes in Boston have all closed. There maybe one left.

yeah i think its a rumor. he would be good for the cowgirls. they won't be america's team any more. i would love to see him with t.o. they can bring down that organization together. i don't see the pats wanting him. the media is trying to point out he might end up like moss. hahaha don't make me laugh.

i think that a team like the patriots is a good place for pac man in the sense that the locker room is run by veterans and if he were to step out of line, one word to bb and his ass is gone. but what bothers me about pac man is if law and order commish goddell says stay away from strip clubs then why couldn't he stay away if he really wants to continue his nfl career? pac man is a huge risk but everyone wants to go back to the superbowl without playing a game. lets enjoy the process of the off season

Moss worked out, why not Pacman? If he would be interested, and TN acceptably compensated, give the guy a conditional contract. If he's serious about continuing his NFL career he must know NE offers that hope. If he is not, cut him.

Don't forget the Patriots also brought in Bryan Cox who had some baggage and wasn't an issue here.

If any team could turn around Pacman it's the Patriots.

relax Pats fans - Patriots have no interest in this common criminal...it's just a bunch of hoopla, created by his agent & the media - to try and raise his stock value.

won't matter anyway, if a gang of thuds kills him like they did to Sean Taylor - what comes around, goes around...careful who you choose to hang-out with, PACMAN.............

He shouldn't be allowed back in the NFL, keep this thug out of the league, I don't want this punk anywhere near my favorite team, or in this league. What a disgrace this guy is, he hasn't changed his ways or learned anything and never will. Hes a punk. That Las Vegas incident makes me sick, this guy should not be allowed in this league. KICK HIM OUT OF THE LEAGUE FOR GOOD!

we need a good CB so sign him if we can

I say give pac man a chance. I am a patriots fan and just how every other fan of the patriots is tired of having our beloved team be called evil and cheaters so how are any of you different then the people dragging patriots name threw the dirt because your doing it about pacman.

He is a lot better then what the pats have now in the secendary.plus with the pats veterines in there they could guide him in the right direction.and I dont see the titans getting to much for him with his past problems.

If Bill thinks Jones will contribute and behave, they will get him. Bob Kraft might have to sleep on the couch for a week, tho.

Bill should have Randy talk to him to explain the ''rules''.

well there wont be any action in NE... seeing as theres nothing there to do much less trouble

well randy turned out great for us. i don't want him on the pats. we probably won't change. i don't see him pulling a randy moss.

This is where the line should be drawn. I've always believed that Corey Dillon and Randy Moss were dedicated athletes who--however questionable their behavior in expressing it--were frustrated at being stuck in organizations that were not commited to winning; organizations they were unable to respect. All that changed when they arrived in NE and entered a system that was bound and determined to achieve the excellence they had always wanted to be a part of, and they flourished as a result. I don't see this as a "rehabilitation", rather as an example of how brilliance chafes when restricted, then comes into its own when properly directed and given a vehicle for its expression. There was nothing criminally "wrong" with Corey and Randy.

PacMan is a different story. I think his behavior points to problems that go way beyond being frustrated as an athlete and not winning football games, and I don't think switching teams (even if it means going to New England) will change that, much as I'd like to believe it would. The Pats would be taking an uncharacteristic risk in bringing him aboard and should be seeing red flags. There is other talent out there, and let's not get too far away from what has made them winners in the past: The ability to evaluate talent and character in the draft as well as in "lower-profile" free agency, and to develop that talent to thrive in their system.

Not worth it. I agree totally with the poster who said we've had enough. Spygate and blowing the SB were enough for one year. Moss was one thing. Dillon and some other "bruised" players are another. But this punk is a whole new level of garbage. I live in LV and that bouncer still shows up in the news. As long as he can't walk, that piece of human garbage shouldn't be able to play in the NFL at all. Definitely not with the Pats. BK, SP, and BB listen up - if this isn't just a dummy rumor, it's not acceptable to fans with minimum standards of fair play. And I'm betting there's a lot more of us than those who just want to win.

we need corner back help but signing a player like this would not help us out at all DONT TAKE THE RISK UNLESS ENTIRELY NESSACERY pacman is a good player on the field but i think randy needs to sit down and have a talk with pacman saying listen you want to play with us you want keep playing in general this what you need to do

Last I checked the Patriots just lost a star cornerback. The last I checked Pacman Jones will not be commanding top money from any team in salary.

The Patriots will sign him to an incentive contract for 1 year. His agent will tell him tostay 100% quiet for one year and then he will be a free agent once again and more teams will be willing to give him a chance with millions more.

Of course, if he does behave, his contract will be very clear he is outa here!

With all the bullcrap going on because we have a young commish who has no clue on handling league matters in the NFL , with videogate...the Pats could use a slightly different press distraction :)))

Sign him and then if you need to cut him. But have a decent replacement waiting in the wings.

I think that the Patriots should sign Pacman he is a great cornerback, and with the people we have lost he would bring great talent to our db's. Despite what most of you say Pacman is one of the best corners in the game today, who cares about his attitude, if hes winning he is less likely to go out and do the stupid things he did in tennessee.