Ricky Jean Francois Signs With Packers

[pbmax]

Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter 2m2 minutes ago
Former Washington DT Ricky Jean Francois signed a one-year, $3M deal with Packers, per source.

Ted must be cryogenically frozen.

[Zool]

Well no shit. That's a pretty friendly deal too.

[gbgary]

guess he'll take guion's place (who's been suspended 4 games) who'll have to show he's worth bringing back week 5. wouldn't surprise me if he gets cut.

[Joemailman]

Bye Bye Guion.

[SMBASS]

I don't think Guion is going anywhere this year. I think Francois is being signed for veteran depth and to essentially take the place of Pennel.

[gbgary]

I don't think Guion is going anywhere this year. I think Francois is being signed for veteran depth and to essentially take the place of Pennel.

there ya go! i knew they were going to be short there (he signed w/nyj). couldn't think of the circumstances.

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These are the types of signings that I wish we would have seen more of over the years

Decent vet player, not a cap buster, but should help the team be better

[gbgary]

These are the types of signings that I wish we would have seen more of over the years

Decent vet player, not a cap buster, but should help the team be better

let's hope so...but at this point it's one d lineman out/one d lineman in. hole plugged.

[SMBASS]

Pennel played so little last year it was almost like not even having him on the roster. Between the suspensions and injuries I think he only appeared in 7 games. I like this signing because now between Daniels, Clark, Lowry, Francois, Guion, Price, and Ringo I think we're in pretty good shape along the DL. Shouldn't even have to spend any picks in this area unless T.T. sees someone fall who he just can't pass up or they find an undrafted rookie who ends up being a diamond in the rough.

[texaspackerbacker]

They say Francois is better than his statistics show - what does that even mean? That he doesn't do much, but he looks good doing it? I'm lukewarm about this signing. Let's wait and see; Hopefully he will be a positive part of the rotation.

BTW, didn't Guion get $1 million a year? Based on that, $3 million for somebody not expected to be significantly better is not all that cheap.

[Rutnstrut]

Now this is the kind of FA signing I like. This alone is not much, but added with the draft and possibly a little more FA activity and I really think it will help. Now if the o-line sucks and Rodgers goes down, none of it will matter.

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They say Francois is better than his statistics show - what does that even mean? That he doesn't do much, but he looks good doing it? I'm lukewarm about this signing. Let's wait and see; Hopefully he will be a positive part of the rotation.

BTW, didn't Guion get $1 million a year? Based on that, $3 million for somebody not expected to be significantly better is not all that cheap.

Think Gilbert brown or Ryan picket or Santana Dotson. Those guys never had a ton of sacks or tackles, but they were damn good players

RJF is a run stuffer, he takes up blockers so others can make plays

Like a 3-4 lineman should do, he's gonna do the dirty work and make guys like clay, perry and bevis and butthead look better

[RashanGary]

Overall, tt has been the most successful gm in the NFC during his time with the Packers. But the Patriots are better and do use FA more. I think it's a positive change for Thompson. I think the people who wanted to see more free agents were right. I also would have taken tt over all the other GMs because they're just plain worse at winning. But I'm glad tt seems to have changed. Should be good for our SB chances!!

[Joemailman]

They say Francois is better than his statistics show - what does that even mean? That he doesn't do much, but he looks good doing it? I'm lukewarm about this signing. Let's wait and see; Hopefully he will be a positive part of the rotation.

BTW, didn't Guion get $1 million a year? Based on that, $3 million for somebody not expected to be significantly better is not all that cheap.

Guion got 1 million his first year with the Packers. He's been getting about 3.5 million since.

Guion has now been suspended twice with the Packers. If Francois isn't as stupid, that alone could make him an upgrade.

[Carolina_Packer]

These are the types of signings that I wish we would have seen more of over the years

Decent vet player, not a cap buster, but should help the team be better

Totally agree and have thought the same. Perhaps TT has come to realize the issues with depth being mostly young players. The other thing about having RJF as depth is that if a starter misses any time prior to game 5, they can better survive Guion's absence. If they are all healthy and RJF is killing it, then Guion may have trouble finding a roster spot.