Packers sign IFL linebacker Josh Francis

MintBaconDrivel
Senior Member Topic Starter

9 years ago

GREEN BAY, Wis. — After making subtractions to their linebacker group last month, the Green Bay Packers have made an addition.

They signed street free-agent Josh Francis on Thursday.

It's his first time with an NFL team.

Francis (6-foot, 238 pounds) played two seasons at West Virginia (2011-2012), where he started 13 of 21 games. In 2012, he led the Mountaineers with 15 tackles for loss.

After failing to land with an NFL team out of college, Francis played in the Canadian Football League in 2014 with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and in the Indoor Football League in 2015 with Wichita Falls Nighthawks.

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yooperfan
Veteran Member

9 years ago

Excuse me for not feeling all warm and fuzzy about this transaction.

QCHuskerFan
Member

9 years ago

It's a body. You never know until you look.

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uffda udfa
Veteran Member

9 years ago

I would take him over AJ Hawk and I know nothing about him other than what I've read.

He's short...light.

It's about time we hit on an inside LB UDFA. I liked that Joe Thomas kid in the preseason... he got hurt but he's back, I believe.

Ted Thompson sits on his hands per former GM: "because they’ve had 25 fricking years of great quarterbacks. Of course it works. Try it without a special quarterback."

sschind
Senior Member

9 years ago

solves that problem now on to Cobb and Bulaga.

yooperfan
Veteran Member

9 years ago

🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

Smokey
Veteran Member

9 years ago

Excuse me for not feeling all warm and fuzzy about this transaction.

Originally Posted by: yooperfan

Why was this player not chosen in the last draft ?
Is he just a cheap body being used as a smoke screen to try to fool other teams as to the picks the Packers will make in the 2015 Draft ?
Why is Ted signing these nobody players ? He is not fooling anyone with these no value players .

:clown: Bozo strikes again ! :joker:

cheeseheads123
Member

9 years ago

Can you say Super Bowl?!?!?!?!

Cheesey
Preferred Member

9 years ago

Can you say Super Bowl?!?!?!?!

Originally Posted by: cheeseheads123

Yes I can!!!!

SOO-per -boool!!
Uh.......Sour-pee bull!!!
Hmmmm.........Sop- Ur-BELL!!!

I guess I was wrong....I can't!!!:drunken:

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