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That Adam Jones actually has a list of teams to which he'd like to be traded should be an indictment on the much-disgraced Titans cornerback's thought process.

The joke's on us!

Earlier this month, Jones (you might know him as "Pacman") said: "I would love to play for the Cowboys, America's team."

Lo and behold, Dallas has reportedly been talking about trading for the NFL's king of bad behavior.

Since being drafted in 2005, Jones has been arrested six times and the indefinite suspension he was given last April is still in effect. Jones' agent, Manny Arora, is hoping to get Jones reinstated before the NFL Draft begins on April 26. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said he'll consider Jones' situation before training camp starts in July.

While that unfolds the Titans – not surprisingly – have given Jones permission to seek a trade. (Tennessee coach Jeff Fisher would probably drive him to the airport with a trash bag full of ones and Mapquest directions to all gentleman’s clubs in a 50-mile radius of his new place of employment to get a deal done).

Last week, Arora told ESPN he believed the Lions, Patriots and Cowboys were interested in dealing for Jones.

Since then, Lions president Matt Millen said his team's not in the mix – which is a curveball since doing the opposite of whatever Millen plans on is usually a good strategy for success.

And the Patriots – up to their Flying Elvis logo in negative PR since their sideline taping shenanigans of last September – cannot be serious. And the Kraft family would likely put a sensible shoe down on that idea before it got off the ground.

Which leaves the Cowboys in the "lead" for Jones' services.

Now, we live in a generally forgiving nation. Screwups happen. New leaves are turned over. For many of us, the phrase, "There, but for the grace of God, go I," means we give a little slack to our fellow man.

But Pacman's used up that goodwill. And there's little doubt that most NFL fans – not to mention NFL employees – would be happier if Jones spent each and every day playing Golden Tee at the local strip club and forgot all about playing football.

Rotoworld's Fantasy impact     NFL Player News Saints are interested Clayton confirms that Dallas is showing the most early interest, but won't rule out New Orleans or New England as suitors. If Jones is reinstated sooner than expected as Clayton alludes to, several other clubs will likely jump into the mix. Clayton believes a fifth-round pick could get a Pacman trade done. More on Pacman Jones

But all you need is one of the 32 teams to offer a second – or seventh – chance and when you’re as physically talented as Jones happens to be, it's inevitable that one of them will. If that weren’t the case, the joke that Jeffrey Dahmer would have been diagnosed with an eating disorder if he ran a 4.4 never would have been uttered.

And Dallas is apparently that team.

Why? Well, for one thing, the Cowboys aren’t strong in the secondary and Jones is a tremendous cornerback.

And for another, nobody's telling owner Jerry Jones that bringing Pacman into a locker room that already houses bad boys (Tank Johnson), whack jobs (Terrell Owens) and E! targets (Tony Romo) could be a tad distracting. Jones wanted to bump up the "wow" factor for his offense. Pacman brings that same angle to the Cowboys defense and – by extension – builds intrigue. Don't forget there are exorbitant premium seats to sell in the Cowboys soon-to-open football Taj Mahal.

But it's ironic that, while Jones' last head coach, Bill Parcells, and former personnel head Jeff Ireland are saying punks need not apply for positions with the team they are rebuilding in Miami, the Cowboys are mulling Pacman.

It's alleged that bad actors like Pacman need to realize that playing in the NFL is a privilege, not a right. But at the same time, men like Jerry Jones paid a lot of money for the privilege to run their businesses the way they want. And if that means improving the product by adding an employee that fans have to hold their nose while cheering for then those owners are entitled to do that.

Disgusting to the majority of the people who care about the NFL? Probably. But let Pacman make a pick or two for America's Team and you can bet it'll be hard to keep those Pacman jerseys on the racks in the Cowboys pro shop.

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