Thursday’s Giants News: Pacman to Big D
I’m sure all of you Giants fans know that the Cowboys got Adam ‘Pacman’ Jones from the Titans already. Ed Werner of ESPN.com reported that,
Sources tell Werder that Dallas will send its fourth-round pick (the 126th overall) in Saturday’s draft to the Titans for Jones. There are also conditions attached to the trade related to Jones being reinstated by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and how much he plays for the Cowboys. If he plays a significant amount of time in 2008, the Titans will get an additional pick from the Cowboys in 2009. If he doesn’t get reinstated by the NFL, sources said the Cowboys get the Titans’ fourth-round pick in 2009.
The big issue here is whether or not Commissioner Roger Goodell will reinstate Pacman. Prior to Goodell, these players never even got suspended for any wrong doing. I don’t know what the Commissioner is going to do here because there isn’t a track record yet. He has two options: 1) Reinstate a player that has been suspended. 2) Don’t reinstate a player that has been suspended. We know that Goodell will suspend players, but we don’t know what will happen after the suspension is over yet. My gut tells me that the Commissioner will reinstate Jones, but I believe that this guy should never play football again. Another rumor surfaced this week. According to ESPN.com, “Adam ‘Pacman’ Jones paid “extortion” money to a 29-year-old man arrested for a Las Vegas strip club shooting that left a club employee paralyzed, police said.” We’ll have to see how all of this plays out. It all sound very Ray Lewis-ish and Kobe Bryant-ish to me, and they all still play.
According to Clare Farnsworth of Seattlepi.com, the Seattle Seahawks have no interest in Shockey.
Newsday:
Giants’ first pick must bled in with champions - Tom Rock dissuses the concept of drafting a player that is going to gel with a Championship team. That is the pressure that lies on Jerry Reese this weekend.
New York Daily News:
Giants get picky over Jeremy Shockey - Ralph Vacchiano summarized the overall Jeremy Shocky situation.
Prediction: Giants will select Miami’s Kenny Phillips in NFL Draft - Ralph Vacciano predicted that Big Blue will select Miami Safety Kenny Phillips with the 31st pick. Pat Kirwan of NFL.com had the G-MEN picking Phillips in his Mock Draft that I wrote about on Monday. If you missed that post and want to check out Phillips’ Draft Player Profile then check it out on ‘Monday’s Giants News: More Mock Drafts’.
New York Post:
TURNING THE CORNER - Paul Schwartz wrote up an article about Corey Webster’s status on the Jints. Schwarts believes that if the Giants draft a cornerback in the first round then it’s a bad sign for Webster.
New York Times:
Cowboys Get Jones in Trade, Not Knowing if He Can Return - Judy Battista reported that the Cowboys traded for Adam ‘Pacman’ Jones. Battista did not included the trade details so I will get them from another website.
The Star-Ledger:
A few late-round/undrafted guesses - Mike Garafolo provided a list of players that could be drafted by the Giants in the later rounds.
Eli Manning honeymoon sighting
