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Pacman Reinstated For Regular Season

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The Associated Press

Published: August 29, 2008

IRVING, Texas - Now that Adam "Pacman" Jones is really back in the NFL, he insists he will try to do everything he can to stay there.
The cornerback-kick returner was fully reinstated Thursday from his 17-month NFL suspension, which followed an accumulation of arrests and legal problems, and he is cleared to play for the Cowboys during the regular season.
"I am fully a Dallas Cowboy," Jones proclaimed before the last preseason game. "I don't have it lingering over my head, will he get reinstated, will he not get reinstated. I just have to keep myself out of bad situations, like I have been doing the last six or seven months."
Since being cleared almost three months ago by Commissioner Roger Goodell to practice with the Cowboys, Jones repeatedly had expressed confidence that he would be reinstated for the season and said he was doing everything expected of him.
Still, there was a sense of relief when he finally received the news — in a phone call while walking in a parking lot.
"I did scream," Jones said. "Immediately I called my mom, because I've been beating myself up, but my mom has been through this roller-coaster with me."
Jones, acquired by Dallas from Tennessee, has been arrested six times and involved in a dozen incidents requiring police intervention since the Titans drafted him in the first round in 2005. That includes his connection to a shooting at a Las Vegas strip club. His last NFL game was Dec. 31, 2006.
Jones was suspended in April 2007 and missed last season with the Titans. He was traded to Dallas in April, then was allowed in June by Goodell to join the team in training camp and preseason games.
"Adam has worked hard to get to this point, but he also knows that there is still a lot of work ahead of him," Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said. "He is fully aware of the opportunity that he has been given, and he knows that this is an ongoing process."
There are past mistakes that Jones knows he can't repeat, especially off the field. "I have to conduct myself like an NFL player to make sure none of these actions come again," he said.
BRONCOS: Brandon Marshall had his suspension for violating the league's personal conduct policy reduced from three games to one.
CARDINALS: Kurt Warner will be the starting quarterback tonight in the preseason finale against Denver, but Coach Ken Whisenhunt says no decision has been made about who will start the opener at San Francisco. Warner has been battling Matt Leinart for the starting job.
RAVENS: Signed quarterback Casey Bramlet, who played last season for offensive coordinator Cam Cameron when both were with the Dolphins.
TEXANS: For the first time since injuring his neck and spine last week, Texans receiver Harry Williams has walked by himself.
Williams suffered a cracked vertebrate and severe ligament damage in his neck Aug. 22 against the Cowboys. Doctors say it is unlikely he will be able to play football again, something the 26-year-old says he accepts.

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