ALLEN PARK -- Ricky Jean Francois still has never seen the house he had built this summer.
The veteran defensive tackle got the call from the Lions with a job offer, his sixth in 10 years, and bolted for Allen Park, leaving the new home to his wife and 2-year-old son until he could get back.
His chance to check it out is finally going to come this week. It's the Lions' bye, and he'll fly home Wednesday and eventually make his way to his theater room, where he'll have his iPad, his cell phone to text with other players and one objective in mind: to watch all the negative plays the defense has had this season.