| 04 May 2010
Oh, the Bengals' front office. Continually contradicting itself and making boneheaded decisions.
The latest comedic act by Mike Brown and his legion of clowns is the apparent signing of cornerback/POS Pacman Jones. Now, if Jones wasn't a horrible football player, I would give the Bengals a pass here. He's probably willing to sign for the veteran minimum (given the fact that no one else in the NFL wants his broke ass) and it's usually worth taking a chance on a supreme talent who comes cheap. If he doesn't pan out, you can cut him with no negative affect on the team.
However, Jones is not even close to good. The guy couldn't cover anyone his last year in the NFL in 2008 with the Cowboys and no one would even be giving him a second look if he wasn't a former first-round draft pick.
The real amusing thing here is the Bengals claiming they are trying to clean up their image. Yeah, signing the biggest idiot associated with the NFL is a good way to do that.
To be clear, the Bengals haven't signed Jones yet. However, ProFootballTalk.com is reporting that Jones WILL sign with Cincinnati and you can pretty much take what PFT says to the bank. (Well, unless the subject is the death of Terry Bradshaw.) Bengals.com confirmed that Jones received an offer from the Bengals and is "mulling it." What? He didn't even sign with the Bengals when they offered? Jones is even dumber than I thought. Hopefully the Bengals wise up and pull the offer before he inks it.
And all of this is happening right on the heels of the Bengals passing on Dez Bryant in the first round of the draft (who was clearly the best player available in my opinion) because of character concerns (and because they chose to draft based on need). But then they are going to turn around a couple weeks later and sign Pacman? You can't make this stuff up.
And the Bengals aren't even in need of a cornerback for a change. They have two excellent starters in Johnathan Joseph and Leon Hall, and they just drafted Brandon Ghee in the third round and he's expected to be the team's No. 3 corner. The Bengals also have Morgan Trent and David Jones to add depth.
Again, this would be a completely different story if Pacman actually had some game. But he's a joke of a player and has no business being in the NFL. His skill-set is more suited for the CFL or the UFL.
Course, maybe the Bengals just want a proven veteran who can "make it rain." And certainly, no one on the planet "like-ed da scrip clubs" quite as much as Pacman.
The one bit of good news that came out of Bengals headquarters on Tuesday was that the team might sign free agent safety Gibril Wilson. In fact, PFT said its source says there is "better than a 50 percent chance" that Wilson will sign with Cincinnati. The Bengals clearly need depth at the safety position after not drafting one last month. The starters are set with FS Chris Crocker and SS Roy Williams, and top backup Chinedum Ndukwe also returns (and he started after Williams was injured last year). But the team needs a fourth safety and Wilson appears to be a good fit.
So, hopefully Wilson signs with the Bengals and Pacman finds another sucker to ink him.
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