updated 9:54 p.m. ET Nov. 1, 2006

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee fans got tired of the off-field antics of cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones before he ever played a game for the team. On Wednesday, the Titans finally signaled they are weary, too.

The team suspended Jones, the sixth overall pick in the 2005 draft, for Sunday’s game against Jacksonville. Coach Jeff Fisher hopes the punishment, which includes banning him from practice and what he called “significant financial considerations,” gets Jones’ attention.

“This is the defining moment in his career,” Fisher said.

Jones was cited last weekend for misdemeanor assault after being accused of spitting on a woman in a nightclub — the third time he has been charged for an incident and the second since the end of August.

Police also connected Jones last spring to the main target of a drug investigation, who had borrowed one of Jones’ cars. A detective also talked to Jones last spring after he was identified as being in a gas station parking lot when gunshots were fired.

Jones has not been convicted of any crime in Tennessee.

Still, Fisher, with the backing of owner Bud Adams, is sitting Jones for a key AFC South game with Jacksonville (4-3), and ending a string of 20 straight starts by the defensive back who had his first NFL interception last week.

The monetary costs likely include the loss of one game check at $49,558. The Titans also may ask him to pay back some bonus money, which they already did for defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth.

Fisher also told Jones what the team would do if he has another off-field problem that involves police. Fisher would not discuss what that might be.

“He was very, very concerned about his immediate future,” Fisher said. “I think he has legitimate reason to be concerned about his long-term future here.”

Jones’ agent, Michael Huyghue, said he and his client hadn’t been officially notified of the team’s action and had no immediate comment. Jones is under contract through 2009; Fisher said he has been inconsistent since they drafted him, but has been improving.

“Still, they remain unacceptable from an organization’s standpoint because he has continued to make bad choices and decisions,” Fisher said.

Police said Jones became verbally abusive and spit on a 21-year-old woman at a private nightclub party on Thursday night. Jones received the citation Saturday and is scheduled to be booked Nov. 17. The woman had Jones cited for the incident. The police report states that Jones became verbally abusive and “spit a huge amount of mucus on (the woman's) face and hair, which she preserved for evidence.”

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It’s the second time this year that Jones was accused of spitting on a woman at a club. He was arrested after the Titans broke camp at a Murfreesboro nightclub on misdemeanor charges of public drunkenness and disorderly conduct. Fisher kept him out of an exhibition game.

Jones is due in court on Jan. 11 on those charges. Charges Jones faced from a July 2005 incident at a club were dismissed earlier this year.

Fans have called for the Titans to suspend Jones or release him — even at the cost of a big salary-cap hit.

“From a discipline standpoint, we’re doing every single thing we can,” Fisher said. “I’m hopeful from Pac’s standpoint that these issues get resolved, that it is what he says it was this past week. But if it is not, then the league’s personal conduct policy will (resolve it).”

His teammates say Jones has let them down by not being available now that the Titans (2-5) are in the midst of a two-game winning streak.

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“He’s a guy we count on, we need, and he’s been playing well,” safety Lamont Thompson said. “He doesn’t want to go out like this. He’s going to rebound from it and live and learn.”

Rookie quarterback Vince Young said Jones, who turned 23 in September, doesn’t go looking for trouble.

“A lot of people test him because of who he is,” Young said.

This is the fifth time Fisher has suspended a player for a game this year, not counting the five-game suspension handed down by the NFL to Haynesworth for stomping on the face of Dallas center Andre Gurode.

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