Moving to a new location
AJC blogs are moving to a new technical platform. So check out Terence Moore’s new blog home and bookmark it.
Home > Terence Moore > Archives > 2009 > January > 21
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Though tempting, Falcons shouldn’t bite on Pacman
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
While contemplating the present and the future of their suddenly reborn NFL franchise, Falcons fans should slap high-fives with Arthur Blank, Thomas Dimitroff, Mike Smith and…
Michael Vick?
Yep. And …
Bobby Petrino?
Definitely.
Courtesy of Vick and Petrino, the Falcons may never threaten to become the prototype for a soap opera again.
Good. The prospect of acquiring overwhelming talent often has punted away common sense for folks in the NFL. As a result, if Falcons’ decision-makers didn’t have those disasters involving Vick and Petrino surrounding the 2007 season, they might be tempted to add the disaster of the past four years that has been Adam “Pacman” Jones.
He’s an Atlanta native. He’s available after getting dumped by the Dallas Cowboys. He’s also a nice cornerback — at least when he’s not sitting out a suspension or getting interrogated by the cops. Not only that, the Falcons’ secondary was shaky last season, with Chris Houston struggling at one cornerback and an uneven combination of Domonique Foxworth, Brent Grimes and Glenn Sharpe at the other.
If you plug in Pacman, who also can return kicks, you’ve got the poor man’s version of Neon Deion.
You’ve also got the antithesis of the environment that Blank, Dimitroff and Smith are trying to build for the Falcons these days as owner, general manager and head coach. They want a productive team without the hint of a drama.
Such was the case last season when the Falcons went from 4-12 the year before to the playoffs at 11-5.
With the gifted Pacman, the Cowboys didn’t make the playoffs, by the way.
Permalink | Comments (63) | Post your comment | Categories: Falcons/NFL
