(Photo Courtesy USA Today)Adam "Pacman" Jones spent three hours on Michael Irvin's talk show on ESPN radio, discussing who he is and where he's going.
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He offered a glimpse into his past, like the day he lost his father.
“He was robbed and shot two doors away from our front door.” Robbed and shot, Irvin asks? “Yes sir,” he answers.
That moment in his life instilled anger in heart that stayed for years.
“When he first passed, I was really angry about everything,” Jones says. “There was no joy in me, it took me probably two and a half years just to smile and not want to fight every day. My grand mother and mother helped me get through that you know, but the first two years, I was just an angry kid.”
These days, it’s the NFL who is angry at Jones for his run ins with the law, including a plea to obstruction of a police officer in Georgia which left him with a felony conviction.
“I've never pointed the finger at nobody about any of my incidents,” Jones says. “I'm a man, and I'll man it up and I've accepted my punishment, and I've done everything that came with the punishment. So, I do explain myself about certain things and certain things I'll say, no man I was just wrong in that situation.”
Jones kept mentioning that his suspension will reach the one year mark on April 10th and is hopeful that he will be reinstated at that time. It seems obvious to me that a deal is in the works or may have already been completed, a deal that will bring Jones to Dallas. That explains his arrival in Dallas and explains his appearance on Irvin's talk show. What else could it be?
“If I had been 35 or 36, my career would probably have been over with,” Jones says. “I'm really lucky to maybe get another shot, and I don't take that for granted at all.”
How did he end up on the ESPN radio in the first place? "I didn't talk to Jerry (Jones) about any of this," said Irvin after the three hour interview, "Because I always wanted to be able to have plausible deniability, you know what I'm saying." Sounds a little wink winkish to me!
Jones’ agent is working on a deal and wouldn't say if the Titans have given him permission to seek a trade.
Ironically, Jones says he’s still not committed to staying totally away from strip clubs which have been a source of some of his off the field problems.
Says Jones, “I can not say ever, ever, but I can say they won't see me in the next three four years in one. I have to do that the next three four years to change, so, no they won't see me in one.
Even when Jones left the studios of 103.3, he sounded like a man that would be moving to Dallas real soon.
"Hey, thank you all for having me," he said climbing in a limo. "I hope I'll be back here real soon."
That doesn't sound like a guy who was just in town to revisit his demons.
