Trey Flowers named Patriots' practice player of the week

The coaches thought these players best prepared the team to beat the Bengals.

by Rich Hill  @PP_Rich_Hill Oct 20, 2016, 2:42p

The New England Patriots have announced 4 practice players of the week from the team’s victory over the Cincinnati Bengals. The four players are DE Trey Flowers, DT Anthony Johnson, RB Bishop Sankey, and WR DeAndrew White. Players are awarded for their work on the scout team.

Flowers likely served as Bengals pass rusher Carlos Dunlap in practice. OT Marcus Cannon had his best game of the season after this past week of practice.

Johnson was probably Bengals star defensive tackle Geno Atkins. LG Joe Thuney played well against great competition. Atkins is regarded as a top five defensive tackle in the NFL.

Sankey could have been either Bengals running back- Giovanni Bernard or Jeremy Hill. The Patriots did a good job of bottling up Hill all game, while Bernard was quiet in the second half.

White might have been Bengals WR A.J. Green, despite being four inches shorter. The Patriots did a good job against Green when in one-on-one coverage and they didn’t allow Green to take over the game.

Previous Winners

Week 1: RB D.J. Foster, DB Brandon King, DB Jordan Richards, DB Vinnie Sunseri
Week 2: QB Jacoby Brissett, LB Elandon Roberts, DT Woodrow Hamilton
Week 3: TE AJ Derby
Week 4: OG Chris Barker, RB D.J. Foster, TE AJ Derby, DB Eric Rowe, DL Geneo Grissom, DB Vinnie Sunseri

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