Pacman Jones: at long last in his most suitable destination — Canada. With no NFL teams taking a bite of the badboy, Pacman had few choices left if he wanted to play professional football. The latest Jerry Jones bust has signed a one-year deal to play for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the CFL. Pacman says he’s disappointed to be out of the NFL but excited to have a new opportunity. As for Winnipeg, it’s a win-win deal:

“If I was in the same position in the NFL I might have a lot more reservations,” [player personnel director John] Murphy said. “But for me it’s a win-win. I’m smart enough to know that if I’m looking for somebody who can be a playmaker for the second half of our season, there isn’t a better football player who’s not in the NFL, at 25 years old, who’s ready to play football, is going to play with a chip on his shoulder, and is going to bring some fun and excitement to our team, our locker room, our city, and our league.

“And at the same time it’s a business decision as well as football decision. From a marketing standpoint, a business standpoint and a football standpoint, I could go to 100 NFL training camps and every preseason game and more people will hear and know about the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the next two weeks — from the coverage we’ll receive — than in the last 10 years.”

Does that mean they’ll sell more tickets or just become a more popular name amongst players looking for a job? I’m actually wondering why Pacman didn’t wind up in the UFL. Is the UFL trying to play it straight or did the CFL offer more money and Pacman chose to do that? Could this actually be a step in the direction towards an NFL return for the strip club lover?

Considering no NFL teams have shown interest in him, I’m surprised Pacman Jones hasn’t gone back to TNA wrestling for a second spin as “The Lap Dance Man.” Maybe the paychecks doing the turnbuckle thing weren’t quite cutting it for Pac. Anyway, I guess he’s still trying to stay in football shape, and he’s been doing it by participating in Spike TV’s Pros vs. Joes show (they’re clearly using the term “pro” lightly). Naturally, since trouble and Pacman Jones are like synonyms, you could guess what happened on set. From PFT:

According to Sam Farmer of the Los Angeles Times, who attended one of the sessions, Pacman and one of the “Joes” got into a fight … The hit came from Dan Adams, a former linebacker at Holy Cross who once made 21 tackles in a single game. Pacman had been calling Adams “Waterboy.” A few minutes after the hit, the two started punching each other, and they had to be separated.
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“He hit me 10 yards out of bounds, kind of a cheap shot,” Adams said. “I couldn’t sit there and not retaliate. You’ve got to have some pride and dignity.”

Clearly, because nobody would ever want to be outclassed by Pacman Jones. Now I wonder if Roger Goodell will find a way to suspend Pacman for this one. Do you think this could be held against the player formerly known as Adam regarding the personal conduct policy should Pac make a return to the league? I’d say the odds are fair.

Pacman Jones has quite the notorious history and might very well be the dumbest football player ever, all respect to Leon Lett. To think this clown actually was enrolled at a university is a joke and just makes West Virginia look all that much worse. The guy’s got a rap sheet thicker than Jon Gruden’s playbook and was suspended by the league for his involvement in a strip club shooting in Las Vegas. Then prior to his disciplinary meeting with the commissioner, he dined at a strip club because he likes the food there. Now in an interview with James Brown on CBS, after being cut by the Cowboys because of new allegations about another strip club shooting incident, Pacman reaffirmed his love of the strip clubs:

Quote 1a of the Year: “Strip clubs are like regular clubs.” I guess so, you know, minus the whole nudity thing.

Quote 1b of the Year: “I likeded the strip clubs.” Doesn’t get much better than that.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m heading off to the Spearmint Rhino on Sepulveda to secure a 1-on-1 interview with Pacman for LBS. Guy’s in Studio City for the weekend — I’m not going to miss out on my shot.

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You always hear about the dirty play that goes on at the bottom of the piles — biting, scratching, clawing, hair pulling — seems like everything is fair game. I’ve even been told that the best place to hear grown men scream is in one of said piles. That’s why it was no surprise to read Pacman Jones‘ comments following the game against the Browns on Sunday. From The Dallas Morning News Cowboys Blog via MDS at PFT:

Adam “Pacman” Jones said the Browns did a lot of cheap stuff in Sunday’s game. DB Nick Sorenson grabbing and squeezing Pacman’s groin region topped the list.

Pacman said that act occurred in the pileup after he muffed a punt.

“I told that dude, ‘Man, you’re lucky I’m trying to do better, because I would have got 15 yards for kicking your [rear],’” Pacman said.

PFT now says that it wasn’t Nick Sorenson who was squeezing the juice, but does it really matter? Obviously someone was trying to cause a fumble in there. And seriously, it must be nut-shot week at LBS; between Pacman’s junk and UTEP’s long snapper, we’ve certainly filled our quota for the week.

Channeling the true spirit of Deion Sanders, Pacman Jones could wind up playing some wide receiver for the Cowboys. Jerry Jones first floated the idea of Pacman doubling up and going both ways, and it’s something Wade Phillips apparently did not rule out. Apparently the Dallas Morning News wanted to see if there was a shot of seeing Pacman play wideout on Sunday. Here was Phillips’ response: “It’s a little early and we don’t want to give out any secrets, so I’d say right now we don’t expect him to play much receiver.” That smirk seems pretty telling to me. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Pacman start pulling a Devin Hester before long. We’ve already seen how well Pacman does a punt returner, why not split him out on offense, too? Also, as a followup to a past story we did on Pacman’s whack sense of fashion, we now finally have a picture of the hideous outfit he sported.

Dude, somebody please get that man a fashion consultant. That outfit is hideous. And believe me, I know what ugly looks like — I’m a Bengals fan. Even Rick Pitino’s white suit thinks that’s ugly.

I write that title as if there’s something wrong with liking boobs. I enjoy fine mammaries as much as the next guy, but it’s quite possible that nobody likes them as much as Pacman Jones. You might recall that Pacman was famously dining at a strip club prior to his meeting with Commissioner Roger Goodell to hear about his impending suspension. That’s right, “>Pacman Jones goes to strip clubs for the food. Knowing that story, it probably doesn’t come as much of a surprise to hear where Pacman Jones was when he found out he was reinstated by Goodell Thursday. Ready for this? Hooters. Yup. That man must love him some boobs, cuz I’ll tell ya, Hooters has some pretty awful food.

Now that he’s actually been reinstated, this makes the Cowboys all that much tougher. They have to be the Super Bowl favorite in the NFC because they’re offense is ridiculously explosive, and now they have shutdown corners. Couple that with the retirement of Strahan and the injury to Umenyiora, and the Cowboys seem like the easy pick. Even if they’re the current favorite, there’s still plenty of time for Pacman to screw things up. Pro Football Talk, which brought the Pacman story to my attention, also says Pacman’s been up to no good lately and that he’s likely to get into trouble before the year’s up. Wouldn’t be surprising to see this move bite them in the butt; Adam Schefter says Pacman will be on a very short leash.