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49ers "reportedly" showing interest in Adam "Pacman" Jones

Adam "Pacman" Jones has scheduled a Pro Day type of workout for next Friday, March 19.  Due primarily to legal issues, but also some injury issues, Pacman Jones has appeared in 9 games since the end of the 2006 season.  He was suspended for the 2007 season due to a variety of infractions.  After being dealt by the Titans to the Cowboys, Jones was re-instated during the 2008 preseason.  In mid-October 2008 he was suspended for a hotel altercation with a bodyguard.  He made it back late in the season when he suffered what was thought to be a severe neck injury.  After the season, Jones was released by the Cowboys.  He was out of football last year, although at one point he was going to play in the CFL (it never worked out).

So why am I mentioning this?  Well, over the past day or two we've had some comments in posts and FanShots and pointing out that Jason La Canfora of the NFL Network has reported that the 49ers and Lions are two teams expected to attend Jones' workout next Friday.  Supposedly Mike Singletary (and Lions HC Jim Schwartz) will be on hand at this workout.  I put the reportedly in quotation marks because who really knows how legit the report is at this point.  We'll keep an eye out since the event is fast approaching.

From a strictly playing standpoint, there are two major factors to consider.  First, the fact that Jones has been out of the NFL for a majority of the last three years.  Character concerns aside, that's a lot of time.  He reportedly showed up out of shape to his tryout/workout/meeting with the Bengals so who knows how much he's really kept in shape.  The second factor is what he can bring to the table if he's actually in shape.  At one point he was actually a legit return man.  Throw in his previous corner abilities and that is a valuable asset for a team.  Of course, none of that matters if he's out of shape and lost a few steps.

However, I wanted to bring this up more because of the character stuff.  If you get bored, check out his wikipedia page and his Rotoworld previous news page.  It's amazing what he's gotten mixed up in over the last few years.  Since taking over, Mike Singletary has gotten a lot of praise for his handling of Vernon Davis and turning him into a more productive and mature member of the team.  That's all well and good, but there's a difference between Vernon Davis' level of immaturity, and Adam Jones' level of immaturity.  Davis hasn't been accused of trying to get people shot, attacking strippers, and a whole host of other ridiculous accusations.

Whereas Vernon Davis just needed a little guidance, Adam Jones needs a full-scale intervention.  I have little to no expectation that the 49ers will end up signing Jones.  Anything is possible, but I'm fairly certain his playing days are just about over (maybe a camp contract here or there).  However, on the off-chance that the 49ers were to roll the dice and give him a shot in training camp, this would definitely be the ultimate test of Mike Singletary as some kind of "savior" of troubled souls.  Could Mike Singletary help Jones turn his life around?  Even if you can't stand Jones, I think most people would like to gain some maturity and find a certain level of peace in his life.  Could Singletary be the guy to do this?

And for those bored on this Saturday morning (our live mock draft is coming at 11am pacific), this story was also a good enough excuse for me to post one of my favorite YouTube videos after the jump.  It's a re-enactment, by a live Pacman character, of Jones' actions in the Las Vegas strip club (I was actually at a different club in Las Vegas that night when this all went down).  It would definitely qualify as NSFW (Not Safe For Work - lots of language mostly, and a little bit of nudity I think), but when you get a chance, parts of this are very funny.

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How many strip clubs are there in San Francisco?

Randy Hahn: "I’ve been referred to as a playa…"

by 49er16 on Mar 13, 2010 8:23 AM PST reply actions  

A lot of crazy ones from what I hear.

He may shoot up the place if he finds out it’s actually a man dancing on his lap.

by bignerd on Mar 13, 2010 2:39 PM PST up reply actions  

If that was a shot at frisco I will assume that u are a republican in all future conversations

by Joshpreet on Mar 13, 2010 3:45 PM PST via mobile up reply actions  

This would be a low risk, high reward signing. One thing that worries me though; if the 49ers do indeed sign Jones i hope they don’t sleep on the corner position in the draft. That position is stacked with good players after the 1st round. It would be foolhardy to sign Jones, expect things he hasn’t done like being mature and then ignore the corner position in the draft. You are stetting yourself up for failure if you do that

"Iess us expect nothing but greatness from ourselves"

by nocal81(Vincent) on Mar 13, 2010 8:34 AM PST reply actions  

I'm not into signing distractions

We’re trying to get to the next leve, which doe not include becoming proficient at babysitting. I would say best case for Jones is to sign him, and at the first incident of drama, Sing sends him to the locker room and not allows him to come back. Sing shoud instill that “fear of God” in him from the get go. For Jones’ sake, if we do sign him, hopefully it doesn’t just turn into another Lawrence Phillips.

by Mangoman on Mar 13, 2010 8:53 AM PST reply actions  

we’ve signed distractions in the 90’s and were successful

by dalien82 on Mar 13, 2010 10:56 AM PST up reply actions  

Agreed

But I can only think of one in Deion Sanders. TO, but he wasn’t a distraction in the beginning. Very much the opposite in his first season or two.

by Mangoman on Mar 13, 2010 11:34 AM PST up reply actions  

I would'nt put T.O name nowhere

near pac-mans first terrell has absoutley no problems off the field never had not one and as far as the distraction with us i personally thought got blew up more because of how he left.That team he was on was sinking fast and after he left the team fell into mediocreville .i just don’t know why would we be intrested detroit yea he had his best succsess in that system but he looked horrible in dallas and he didn’t do nothing on ST it just shows into singletery’s arrogance feeling he can turn ‘’grapes into wine ’’ this is the type of sh!@ that can sink a up coming team if it does’nt work’’.

by jayjonna415 on Mar 13, 2010 3:40 PM PST up reply actions  

If they bring him in, no way he makes it out of TC

Especially is he is out of shape right now. Didn’t we bring someone in last year that was out of shape and we cut before we got out of TC?

by hudd07 on Mar 13, 2010 10:04 AM PST reply actions  

Yeah Jimmy Williams.

Equation= 1,2,2,3,3 is a lot better than 1,1,2,3 in a deep draft, especially when your 1 nets you E berry.

Alex Smith is not a bust, he is a product of poor management and coaching.

by rlott#42 on Mar 13, 2010 9:21 PM PST up reply actions  

I would like to be the first to say..

…That the video shown here is just WRONG! It has totally destroyed my childhood memories of Pacman and I will never see that game again without remembering this heinous video! Doing “Power Ups” off the bar was just over the top. And the “Waga Waga” with the stripper was funnie as well. Dont get me wrong, the whole video was pretty darn funny, but if you were a fan of the game PacMan as a child, you will never, ever see that game in the same light if you subject yourself to this video! The Pregnant Publicist at the end was over the top…

Another year, another chance to hope for the team !!

by FaStRmAn on Mar 13, 2010 10:11 AM PST reply actions  

Jones

would be nothing but a cancer, and “major distraction” to our core of young players.
I would rather have a good free agent !

by mensa on Mar 13, 2010 11:14 AM PST reply actions  

If one player can be a distraction your team isn't much. One rotten apple spoils a bunch, only applies if your structure is weak.

Equation= 1,2,2,3,3 is a lot better than 1,1,2,3 in a deep draft, especially when your 1 nets you E berry.

Alex Smith is not a bust, he is a product of poor management and coaching.

by rlott#42 on Mar 13, 2010 9:24 PM PST up reply actions  

Yup

Member of the legendary David Carr thread, 6 March 2010

by smileyman on Mar 14, 2010 12:03 AM PST up reply actions  

if Pacman is even close to being the kick returner he used to I say sign him

by 49erEmpire on Mar 13, 2010 2:57 PM PST via mobile reply actions  

If we were

2 bring this bum in it should atleast be coming off a good year because i know its a talent over temper league.But this bum didn’t even play last year and he was coming of a mediocre year when he was with dallas now you can agrue maybe it was the scheme because dallas plays alot of man-2-man .Well he didnt make any plays in special teams either they couldn’t wait 2 dis-spell whispers that maybe vick can come here but there entertaining this bumm. I would rather deal with vick his upside is better yea he made abig mistake but pac is a hibitual FU always has been just because he’s been sitting on the cooler 4 year doesn’/t mean he’s cureable i would’nt havehis crimnal ass nowhere nere my teamor players ’’

by jayjonna415 on Mar 13, 2010 3:24 PM PST reply actions  

if he sucks in training camp we can just cut him

by 49erEmpire on Mar 13, 2010 3:39 PM PST via mobile up reply actions  

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