Pacman in Trouble Again?

The 2008 NFL season is barely five weeks old and it appears that Adam “Pacman” Jones has gotten himself into trouble again. Reports coming out of Dallas state that Jones got into a fight with one of his own bodyguards late Tuesday night. Police informed the media that the altercation took place at the Joule, a hotel in downtown Dallas. No one was arrested or charged, but it is clear that Jones was involved.

It will be interesting to see how this story unfolds in the days ahead since Jones was only reinstated into the NFL less than two months ago. At the moment the NFL and Commissioner Goodell, who allowed Jones back into the league on the hope and promise that he would act as a model citizen, have not commented on the incident. Like wise, the Cowboys and Jones’s agent, Warrick Robinson, have been silent. One would think that there would be some sort of statement if not indeed action made in response to what took place on Tuesday night.

Only hours after the incident at the Joule, Commissioner Goodell met with the Cowboys and expressed his approval of the way Jones had been carrying out his business since being reinstated. “ Adam knows how much emphasis I put on making sure that he makes good choices going forward, that he avoids situations where he can reflect poorly on himself, the Cowboys or the NFL. So far he seems to have been able to do that very effectively,” he told ESPN. The visit had been planned beforehand and it’s likely Goodell was not aware of what had transpired the night before. The question remains, however, whether the Commissioner will look to discipline Jones or not.

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Since coming into the league in 2005, Jones has repeatedly had brushes with the law. He had been arrested six times leading up to his suspension in 2007, which came after his alleged involvement in a shooting at a Las Vegas strip club. During the shooting three people were injured and one man was left paralyzed from the waist down. Yet despite Jones’s troubled history, Jerry Jones and the Cowboys made the deal for the cornerback’s services with a trade in April. And it was a historical event, for it was the first time a suspended player had been part of such a transaction, a deal the Cowboys and their owner might be starting to regret.

By Steven Mondelli
ProFootball-fans.com Dallas Cowboys Correspondent