The newest member of the Green Bay Packers, Ricky Jean Francois, said he was surprised when he was abruptly released by the Washington Redskins on March 15. I doubt that. The Packers jumped at the opportunity, had him visit Green Bay on Wednesday evening, and signed him on Thursday.
There’s a back story to all this. On March 9, Francois appeared on The Sean Salisbury Show on SB Nation Radio. He ripped the team’s leadership and bemoaned the team’s dysfunction for almost 10 minutes.
A sampling: “It seems like we’re getting back to the norm, we’re getting back to the dysfunctional, we’re getting back to the drama… Everything is changed and it’s like, why?