We all know some of Pacmans history. What I am not clear about is what his team mates thought about him. Despite his off the field troubles was Pacman a guy who came to workouts, made all of his practices and played hard every game? Or was he a guy who in addition to his off field stuff was a distraction to his team in the locker room? In other words, was he the dreaded overused metaphor, a locker room cancer?
If not, I would consider him if the rigth deal was made. The right deal would include contract clauses that allowed you to dump him if he gets in trouble or gets suspended. Also I think his signing bonus would have to be paid over time.
He is going to have some of that kind of stuff in his contract no matter who signs him. I thought Randy Moss was a bad signing for the Patriots and that Terrel owens was a bad signing for the Cowboys. Moss turned out to be a steal. Owens was the distraction we all thought he would be in his first year with the Cowboys but had a peculiarly quiet and productive season last year.
So its hard to say. Pacman is so talented a cornerback I might consider him for the right deal. I would not have written that last year because I was so sure Moss and Owens negatives outweighed their positives. I would have to say I was wrong about that, at least for last year. Who knows what a distraction Moss might have been had the team started out slow and him not get as many balls thrown his way as he wanted.