Adam Jones vs. Adam Jones and Adios, “Pacman”
NFL June 20th. 2008, 10:00am
On the same day that Adam “Pacman” Jones tries to clean up his image by dropping his videogame moniker … police find the dead body of a woman who was involved in the notorious brawl in a Vegas strip club that resulted in Jones getting indicted. The boys in blue say her injuries were “consistent with a fall.”
What really concerns us here is the other Adam Jones. Remember the time a reader was at Camden Yards and Orioles’ outfielder Adam Jones let it be known he didn’t want anyone calling him Pacman? Does he now have to come up with a nickname so sports fans don’t get the two confused? Imagine if Baltimore’s Jones had a kid who googled his Dad? Yikes.
A much more distant concern, perhaps for another day: Has the NFL’s Jones done so much damage to the nickname Pacman that it’s unuseable?
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June 20th, 2008 at 10:03 am
We’d quit calling him that in Nashville 2 years ago… now he’s Pacman to us again… inmate #22465 works as well.
/&*%$*^ $@#(*&^%& (%$#( &^% (&%#$ jerk
June 20th, 2008 at 10:03 am
I nominate Adam “Frogger” Jones for the other guy.
June 20th, 2008 at 10:03 am
pacman > kobe
June 20th, 2008 at 10:04 am
adam “mortal kombat” jones
June 20th, 2008 at 10:05 am
Adam “Final Fantasy Tactics” Jones, I am a nerd.
June 20th, 2008 at 10:07 am
Adam “Super Mario Kart” Jones
June 20th, 2008 at 10:08 am
adam “street fighter II: Turbo” jones
June 20th, 2008 at 10:08 am
@August: Don’t know about you, but it’s a relief to have him out of Nashville. When he moved to Franklin, the whole town collectively said “oh shit.”
June 20th, 2008 at 10:09 am
Adam “I’m gonna fuckin’ kill, or at least paralyze, your ass” Jones
June 20th, 2008 at 10:11 am
Adam “Another bust pick by the Tennesse Titans” Jones
June 20th, 2008 at 10:11 am
Adam “Primetime” Jones
June 20th, 2008 at 10:12 am
Don’t know about you, but it’s a relief to have him out of Nashville.
Every stripper at Déjà Vu and Big Al’s Showplace agrees with you 100%… nice to see that the Cowboys have like 5 guys to babysit him at all times. It’s hard to describe the venomous hatred his name inspires in Nashville.
June 20th, 2008 at 10:12 am
Adam “Master Chief” Jones
June 20th, 2008 at 10:13 am
It is hard to blame all “falls” (beatings) laid down to strippers by their “boyfriends” (pimps) on Pacman though isn’t it?
June 20th, 2008 at 10:14 am
Adam “Basketball” Jones
/that is an awesome song.
June 20th, 2008 at 10:14 am
I’m more of a fan of Adam Jones from TOOL.
June 20th, 2008 at 10:14 am
Also, Adam Jones is about the whitest name one could have.
June 20th, 2008 at 10:15 am
Adam “Arena Football 08″ Jones
June 20th, 2008 at 10:15 am
sure. im sure some of the strippers had it coming in one form or another.
karma needs payback, and pacman was just breakin’ thumbs.
June 20th, 2008 at 10:15 am
Roger Applesworthy is pretty white.
June 20th, 2008 at 10:16 am
“The Notorious” Adam Jones
June 20th, 2008 at 10:16 am
Adam “Rainfall” Jones
June 20th, 2008 at 10:16 am
outofbounds wins!
June 20th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Adam “Dow” Jones
June 20th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Adam “Me and Mrs” Jones
June 20th, 2008 at 10:19 am
Adam “Smarty” Jones
June 20th, 2008 at 10:20 am
@tedkerwin: shouldn’t it be
Adam “Mr.” Jones “And Me”
June 20th, 2008 at 10:22 am
Adam “Who? Adam Jones” Jones
June 20th, 2008 at 10:22 am
@Benji
Need to take that argument up with Billy Paul, grammar was not his strong point.
June 20th, 2008 at 10:22 am
“John Quincy” Adam Jones
/history major
June 20th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Seriously now that the cowboys have Pacman isn’t it time they move Roy Williams to linebacker he’s gotta be one of the worst safeties in the league when it comes to pass coverage.
June 20th, 2008 at 10:25 am
@tedkerwin: i thought you were going for this reference.
June 20th, 2008 at 10:25 am
Adam “Jimmy James” Jones
June 20th, 2008 at 10:25 am
Adam “Keeping up with the” Jones “es”
June 20th, 2008 at 10:25 am
truth. plus, what does a 240 lb hitting machine who can’t cover sound like? an LB? yea, DO IT ALREADY.
June 20th, 2008 at 10:26 am
@JB49- Not necessarily LB because he is undersized but they probably always keep him playing the run when he is in.
June 20th, 2008 at 10:27 am
Adam “Pitfall” Jones
June 20th, 2008 at 10:28 am
Adam “Livin Life like it’s Grand Theft Auto” Jones
June 20th, 2008 at 10:29 am
Adam “who cares because the Cowboys suck almost as bad as the Lakers and until Tony Romo gets his head out of his ass we’re not goonna win nothing” Jones
June 20th, 2008 at 10:29 am
adam “spike” jones
June 20th, 2008 at 10:29 am
@tk (Tony Kornhieser)
Brilliant!
June 20th, 2008 at 10:30 am
I wish the Titans sucked as bad as the Lakers (read: make it to the Super Bowl)
June 20th, 2008 at 10:30 am
@ Benji
Ahh, yes well played
June 20th, 2008 at 10:36 am
because the Cowboys suck almost as bad as the Lakers and until Tony Romo gets his head out of his ass we’re not goonna win nothing
~4,188 or so days since the Cowboys won a playoff game… Lakers>Cowboys
June 20th, 2008 at 10:41 am
People, people. No offense but you’re a bunch of rank amatures in the nickname game. Something as important as this should be left to the professionals like Chris Berman.
June 20th, 2008 at 10:42 am
Adam “i wish i had some heroin because i have a serious” Jones?
June 20th, 2008 at 10:43 am
Dallas will be in the Super Bowl this year.
Book it!
June 20th, 2008 at 10:45 am
Adam “My mom called me Pacman, it’s ruined my life, and I really should get counseling for this masochistic lifestyle that I lead, sob, sob, it’s not my fault it’s my moms. I can’t accept responsiblity for any of this when I didn’t even give myself the name pacman.” Jones
June 20th, 2008 at 10:46 am
Mike, we are now best friends. The curse I put on you and your family is now null and void.
June 20th, 2008 at 10:46 am
Adam “The artist formally known as Pacman” Jones
/Berman’d
June 20th, 2008 at 11:12 am
Adam “E. Honda” Jones
June 20th, 2008 at 11:20 am
I’m pretty tired of hearing about the guy. It was great to root for him when he was a Titan, but the people of Nashville (especially the staff of the Tennessean) need to let him go. The Titan’s page on SI.com is always dominated by stories on him. He’s in Dallas. He’s gone. Let’s prepare ourselves for the ascension of Vince Young, who just wins football games, to the throne of Superbowl-champion quarterback.
June 20th, 2008 at 11:23 am
@kfc: i’d love to eat my words about VY, but he’s not taking them anywhere further than a first or second round playoff loss unless they can acquire/develop some talent in RB and WR form to keep defenses honest.
June 20th, 2008 at 11:32 am
We’re getting there, mizer. It took them three straight 8-8 seasons to get Steve McNair the help he needed.
June 20th, 2008 at 11:35 am
hey, remember when adam jones was traded for erik bedard? hey, remember when baseball friend said he was the best starter in the AL now? hey, remember when i said he wasn’t? those were the days, huh?
June 20th, 2008 at 11:43 am
last year’s colts-titans game is still a thorn in my side as a browns fan. fuck tony dungy.
/fuck cincinnati too - how the hell do they play defense that ONE week? fuck them. fuck that city.
June 20th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
@ mizerle06: give it 1.5 years, and watch ‘Dinger work his magic!
@ kfceater: once he’s playing games in a Cowboy uniform (or finally a prison ones-ie), he’ll quit being connected/tagged to the Titans in a quickness.
June 20th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Ahh, I have to say, nothing is quite as amusing as Vince Young optimism. Does nobody realize that his career to this point is eerily similar to Vick’s first couple of years as a starter? The main difference seems to be that he has worse numbers, he is slower, has a weaker arm, and is dumber; however, balance that against the fact that he at least seems to be a relatively decent human being, and you can call them a wash. I’m not saying that you shouldn’t root for the guy, just don’t expect anything other than some Wild Card upsets and a 70-ish passer rating.
June 20th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
@jonesing - It is not amusing to me to hear the endless Young-Vick comparisons. The only 2 reasons anyone ever compares them is because they both have mad scrambling skills and they have the same color skin. Nothing else about them is the same. Vick had a great running back the whole time he was in ATL. Young has done it with no help from RB’s or receivers.
As far as intangibles, Young has a greater love for football than did Vick and one heluva killer instinct, whereas Vick was content to let the clock run down on a loss and then flick off the fans.
June 20th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
Ahh, I have to say, nothing is quite as amusing as a mindless VY trasher choking on a cock.
/made much truer, though less eloquent than usual
June 20th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Adam “Don’t Call Me Ricky Schroder” Jones
June 20th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Adam “Ant” Jones
June 20th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
Respond to an inconvenient truth with a homoerotic fellatio joke. Gold star for you, genius.
@kfceater: I think they are more similar than you say (aside from the differences I already pointed out). Mainly what I find funny is the defenses that are/were offered for VinceVick.
Stage 1 is the prediction: “This guy’s going to be an f’ing beast in the NFL!”
Stage 2, after comedically poor stats are put up, is the ‘he just wins’ tag: “Sure his QB rating is under 70 and he only completes half of his passes, but damn, he can win!”
Stage 3 will be Vince’s next act, assuming (wisely) that he follows the Vick mold, and involves blaming the supporting cast/coaching staff for consistently disappointing performances: “They’ve just gotta get him some help, other than 1st round receivers and possibly HOF-worthy running backs!”
Stage 4 will be the backlash, which interestingly enough for Vick, didn’t happen until everybody had no alternative other than to admit that he’s a world-class shitbeast: “This guy sucks, I hope he dies/goes to jail/dies in jail.”
Like I said, I hate that this has to happen, because VY seems like a nice enough guy; he’s just not a good QB.