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Pacman appears at area charity game
By PAUL KUHARSKY • Staff Writer • March 29, 2008
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How hopeful is Pacman Jones that he’s about to become a Dallas Cowboy?
Saturday night at a charity basketball game at Tennessee State, Jones was asked to sign a football that would be autographed by all the game’s participants.
And he signed his name along with the number 21, a number worn by Deion Sanders when he played for Dallas, instead of 32, the number Jones wore during 2005 and 2006 with the Titans.
Introduced before the game, he received a warm reception from the crowd at Gentry Center. Just before taking the court, he signed a piece of paper for a little girl and went back to using 32.
“That’s your idea,” he said when asked if the 21 autograph amounted to wishful thinking. “It is what it is. I’m just waiting to see where I am going to go.”
Jones is still under a suspension, handed down because of an accumulation of off-field incidents, which kept him out all of the 2007 season.
He said he thought Sanders, whom he calls a friend, would be fine with him wearing 21 if he lands in Dallas, the team most prominently mentioned in trade talks.
If reports of an imminent deal are accurate, the basketball game may have been Jones’ last appearance in Nashville as part of the Titans’ roster.
“I really think my days being a Titan is over with,” Jones said. “I enjoyed my stay here. I just think my days as a Titan is over with.”
Pressed for a suggestion as to what his value should be in the trade market he said, “I would say a first-round pick if I had to say something, but that ain’t up to me.”
The game was to benefit the Dr. Diane Greer Walker Memorial Scholarship Fund.
It featured Old School vs. New School teams with rosters composed predominantly of Titans past and present, including Keith Bulluck, David Thornton and Cortland Finnegan.
Old School Coach Steve McNair looked the part on the sideline in a suit, no tie, and hands often in his pockets. He was supposed to be pitted against Vince Young, but Young was a late scratch, apparently because of travel issues.
Thornton and McNair spoke optimistically about Jones’ future.
“He understands his goal now in life is to get back on the football field,” McNair said. “He’s got great talent, his personality is changing to the best and that’s what you have to do.
“Sometimes you have to go through some trials and tribulations, some bad things to get the taste of being left behind. And I think he’s felt that. I think he’s willing to come back and work hard and get back on the football field.”
By PAUL KUHARSKY • Staff Writer • March 29, 2008
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How hopeful is Pacman Jones that he’s about to become a Dallas Cowboy?
Saturday night at a charity basketball game at Tennessee State, Jones was asked to sign a football that would be autographed by all the game’s participants.
And he signed his name along with the number 21, a number worn by Deion Sanders when he played for Dallas, instead of 32, the number Jones wore during 2005 and 2006 with the Titans.
Introduced before the game, he received a warm reception from the crowd at Gentry Center. Just before taking the court, he signed a piece of paper for a little girl and went back to using 32.
“That’s your idea,” he said when asked if the 21 autograph amounted to wishful thinking. “It is what it is. I’m just waiting to see where I am going to go.”
Jones is still under a suspension, handed down because of an accumulation of off-field incidents, which kept him out all of the 2007 season.
He said he thought Sanders, whom he calls a friend, would be fine with him wearing 21 if he lands in Dallas, the team most prominently mentioned in trade talks.
If reports of an imminent deal are accurate, the basketball game may have been Jones’ last appearance in Nashville as part of the Titans’ roster.
“I really think my days being a Titan is over with,” Jones said. “I enjoyed my stay here. I just think my days as a Titan is over with.”
Pressed for a suggestion as to what his value should be in the trade market he said, “I would say a first-round pick if I had to say something, but that ain’t up to me.”
The game was to benefit the Dr. Diane Greer Walker Memorial Scholarship Fund.
It featured Old School vs. New School teams with rosters composed predominantly of Titans past and present, including Keith Bulluck, David Thornton and Cortland Finnegan.
Old School Coach Steve McNair looked the part on the sideline in a suit, no tie, and hands often in his pockets. He was supposed to be pitted against Vince Young, but Young was a late scratch, apparently because of travel issues.
Thornton and McNair spoke optimistically about Jones’ future.
“He understands his goal now in life is to get back on the football field,” McNair said. “He’s got great talent, his personality is changing to the best and that’s what you have to do.
“Sometimes you have to go through some trials and tribulations, some bad things to get the taste of being left behind. And I think he’s felt that. I think he’s willing to come back and work hard and get back on the football field.”
