'First Call': 'Pacman' Jones cusses out Steelers CB Joe Haden, burns a box of his jerseys

For Thursday’s “First Call,” TMZ has video of former Cincinnati Bengals annoyance Adam “Pacman” Jones burning a box full of Steelers jerseys.

There are no more words necessary.

And if we did use any more words as quotes from Pacman, they’d probably all have to be censored or edited out anyway.

So, if you click the TMZ link below, don’t say we didn’t warn you.

Put your earbuds in if you are playing the audio at work!

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It’s not clear how this happened. But it happened.

Someone sent a box of autographed Joe Haden Steelers jerseys to Jones’ home.

That went over about as well as you would expect.

Jones, who was known as much for his arrest record off the field as he was for erratic play on it, had a pretty rotten relationship with Pittsburgh during the height of the Steelers-Bengals rivalry a few years ago.

So when the box arrived at Jones’ house, he had a typically unstable Pacman type of reaction.

This TMZ video shows Jones opening the box, pouring gasoline on the jerseys, cussing out Haden and “everything he stands for,” then lighting the jerseys on fire.

A warning in advance. Jones’ language is hotter than the fire he starts in his own driveway. So click it if you like. But if you don’t want to, let me give you some of the other highlights.

• Jones begins the video by showing us the box of jerseys and says, “I’ma show you how gangsta I am. Whoever sent these punk (expletive) Haden-Pittsburgh jerseys, all these (expletive) about to get fired up.”

• Jones then douses the first jersey with enough gasoline to fuel a Hummer for a trip across the United States. Back and forth. Twice.

• Then the former defensive back tries to light the jersey with a small lighter and nearly sets himself ablaze. He adds additional jerseys as kindling.

• Jones then says — to no one in particular, “Whoever wants a Pittsburgh jersey come get ‘em. Cuz these (expletive) gettin’ burned up.”

• Pacman then — accurately — points out he “ain’t got nuthin’ else to do.” He’s right. Jones hasn’t been on an NFL roster since 2018.

• All this happens in front of his young child, who Jones asks, “You ever hear of Joe Haden? Say hell, no!”

The child responds, “Hell, no!”

Hey, when it comes to Bengals-Steelers, start ‘em young, I guess.

Accident? Unlikely.

Prank? Probably.

Sent by Haden himself? Nah.

Haden only overlapped with Jones during the Steelers-Bengals rivalry for one season (2017). I suppose some ill will could’ve built up when Haden used to play in Cleveland. But Haden has always come off as a pretty mild-mannered guy to me.

The Steelers defensive back did respond via Instagram and claimed to have no involvement, while on an acupuncture table, by the way. Nice touch.

“That’s nuts,” Haden said. “You think I’d really go out of my way to send you signed Haden jerseys? No!”

Haden acknowledged he did an autograph signing but claims he doesn’t know how the box wound up at Pacman’s house.

Via TMZ, Haden’s wife, Sarah, got involved, posting this back to Jones, “Real classy. You obviously don’t know his character. He would NEVER send this.”

I doubt Haden sent the jerseys. But did anyone check if the return address perhaps matches Joey Porter’s house?

Just a thought. Antonio Brown has been kinda quiet lately, too.

I mean, you never know. Coronavirus boredom can make you do weird stuff.