by Ryan Bush
I'm not exactly sure why new Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam 'Pacman' Jones keeps getting compared to Deion Sanders. There's very little to compare.
Deion, who played with the Cowboys from 1995-99, was the only shutdown corner the game has ever seen. Let me repeat that. The only one. Ever!!
I know Champ Bailey and current Cowboy Terence Newman have been placed in that 'shutdown' stratosphere, but it's really all a bunch of whooee. Prime Time is the only one I've ever seen that can take his guy one-on-one and completely cover him up for an entire game.
Pacman is a solid corner, but he's not even considered one of today's best, let alone the all time greatest.
As punt returner, Jones is obviously a pretty good one. But nobody has that quick burst like Deion possessed. If you've ever watched Pacman, it's obvious that he can't get into as much trouble and get out of it like Deion. Pacman is fast, but at the same time is very reliant on decent blocking, whereas Deion could make four players miss seemingly with a touch of a button.
You can compare uniform numbers but leave the rest alone.
So let's all get our heads back out of the clouds and just enjoy what we have. Even if he's no Prime Time, at least he's still a Pacman.
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