Here are the reasons why the New England Patriots should make a move to pick up PacMan Jones:
1) They will get him for virtually nothing...some numbers being thrown around are 1 year 1.5 million or less. Even if they took one of the highest rated cornerbacks in next months draft neither will have the skills and proven ability of Jones AND they will command a MUCH larger salary (AJ Hawk got something like 37 Million as the number 6 pick last year.
2) If Jones screws up in any way, the Patriots can release him and pay him nothing, all they would lose is a mid to late round pick. Considering the way that the Randy Moss deal worked out (and this deal was made despite SIMILAR although not exactly the same kind of baggage involved) the Patriots are still playing with House money...they could sign Lawrence Phillips, Christian Peters, and Maurice Clarett, have the three of them mastermind a child pornography and sex trafficking cartel, and they would still break even on what they spent on Moss.
3) The Patriots have a hole in the secondary with the departure of Asante Samuel. I really don't want to be lining up against Indy with Hank Poteat in the defensive backfield again.
4) Even if he only returned kicks, Jones could prove invaluable, giving the Pats a legit gamebreaker.
5) New England area strip-clubs could see a 20% increase in revenues for Fiscal Year 2008.
1) They will get him for virtually nothing...some numbers being thrown around are 1 year 1.5 million or less. Even if they took one of the highest rated cornerbacks in next months draft neither will have the skills and proven ability of Jones AND they will command a MUCH larger salary (AJ Hawk got something like 37 Million as the number 6 pick last year.
2) If Jones screws up in any way, the Patriots can release him and pay him nothing, all they would lose is a mid to late round pick. Considering the way that the Randy Moss deal worked out (and this deal was made despite SIMILAR although not exactly the same kind of baggage involved) the Patriots are still playing with House money...they could sign Lawrence Phillips, Christian Peters, and Maurice Clarett, have the three of them mastermind a child pornography and sex trafficking cartel, and they would still break even on what they spent on Moss.
3) The Patriots have a hole in the secondary with the departure of Asante Samuel. I really don't want to be lining up against Indy with Hank Poteat in the defensive backfield again.
4) Even if he only returned kicks, Jones could prove invaluable, giving the Pats a legit gamebreaker.
5) New England area strip-clubs could see a 20% increase in revenues for Fiscal Year 2008.
3 comments:
I couldn't agree more. First of all, the guy can't get worse. Morons like Skip Bayless say "he's supposed to meet with Roger Goodell, and what does he do the night before....GO TO A STRIP CLUB!" like it's some new and more offensive crime. I can think of several upstanding acquaintances of mine who eat meals at strip clubs. Secondly, New England is the perfect place. He'll win a lot, so he'll like that...he'll want to impress Brady and Moss, so he'll try to stay more in line....and, New England doesn't have the type of nightlife that gets this guy in trouble....if he really needs to go to a strip club he can head down to Chicoppee and go to Anthony's, I guarantee you the cops will get him out of the place long before any guns or anything like that come out....it's almost impossible for something to escalate to that level....Now, along those same lines, as a Giants fan, I think the G-Men need to stay away, NYC would not be a good place for him.
In fact, I might say that all of these Boston people that complain all the time about everything closing so early might have that to thank should PacMan Jones fufill his potential in New England. After 2, the guys got nowhere to go. All those girls and whatever else will have to come back to where he lives.
He would be a good fit in either the Boys or the Pats, but let's not kid ourselves...the guy is total screw-up.
The guy is a first round draft pick, yet he gets 7 arrests since he's been in the league? How stupid can you be? He's thrown away millions of dollars to hang out at strip clubs and to act tough. What the heck is wrong with him?
A part of me wants to say players will be players. But doesn't he have an agent or coach telling him to take the money and run????
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