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"I think for Adam's sake it's a very good first step," said Jones' agent, Manny Arora. "We still have to get through the NFL commissioner's office. I think once we do that we can breathe a sigh of relief and get back to playing football."
Jones still must be reinstated by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.
Arora declined to discuss the details of the contract Jones signed.
Dallas gave the Titans a fourth-round pick in this year's draft and a sixth-rounder next year for Jones. The Cowboys would get back a fourth-rounder in 2009 if Jones isn't reinstated, or a fifth-rounder if he returns then gets punished again.
The Titans and Cowboys agreed to terms Saturday, and the teams submitted all the paperwork to the league office late Saturday. The Cowboys are braced for the players association to quibble over the contract, but owner Jerry Jones said Saturday that can't block the trade.
Tennessee used that fourth-round pick, No. 126 overall, on California receiver Lavelle Hawkins. Told that was the draft pick used to select him, Hawkins said he realizes his name will be linked now to Jones.
Goodell suspended Jones last April for repeatedly violating the league's personal-conduct rules. He's been arrested six times and has been involved in 12 incidents requiring police intervention.
"Basically, he's been given all the tools by Dallas to succeed," Arora said. "And now it's really just up to us to make it happen."
* A convicted steroids dealer claims he sold steroids and human growth hormone to NFL offensive lineman Matt Lehr, according to a published report.
David Jacobs also told the Dallas Morning News that Lehr, who played four seasons with the Dallas Cowboys before moving on to Atlanta, Tampa Bay and now the New Orleans Saints, used a hair-loss prevention drug that can mask steroid use.
Lehr's attorney, Paul Coggins, told the Associated Press that the player hasn't used banned substances since he was suspended for four games during the 2006 season while playing for Atlanta, and has passed NFL drug tests.
Coggins said Jacobs has threatened to end Lehr's career because Lehr, who recently signed with the Saints, wouldn't pay Jacobs' legal fees.
Authorities are investigating allegations that Lehr distributed steroids, possibly to other players, but he has not been charged with a crime.
Jacobs pleaded guilty last year in federal court to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute anabolic steroids. He agreed to cooperate with authorities in exchange for probation, and has given investigators the names of several current and former Cowboys whom he claims to have supplied with steroids. *
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