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Thursday, Nov 14, 2019 05:27 PM
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Tim Twentyman
SENIOR WRITER
Trey Flowers has been on a roll the last month, playing
the kind of football the Lions expected from him when they signed him to a big
free-agent deal this offseason.
He’s the only defensive end in the NFL actively on a three-game sack
streak. He’s recorded eight quarterback hurries over his last three games and
notched 14 tackles, seven quarterback hits and five tackles for loss over that
span.
“I feel as though I’m taking
better advantage of my opportunities,” Flowers said this week. “Whether it’s
watching more film and just kind of doing the extra things to being more in
tune with the offensive linemen and things like that.”
Flowers missed all of training
camp rehabbing a shoulder injury. He didn’t play in the preseason and was
admittedly trying to knock some of the rust off when the regular season began.
“Anytime you can practice with repetition and get a source of
confidence going into each week it always helps you as a player,” he said. “I
feel as though anytime you start off the season shaking the rust off, you just
want to continue to get better week in and week out and I think I’m continuing
to work and get better each week.”
That’s certainly shown itself on the stat sheet over the last
month or so.
Since 2017, only Flowers
and Khalil Mack have recorded at least 155 tackles, 19.0 sacks and seven forced
fumbles. Flowers has been back to being that kind of productive player.
He’ll have his work cut out for him this week against Dallas
trying to keep his sack streak intact, however. The Cowboys have allowed 11
sacks all season, tops in the NFL.
