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Trey Flowers tries to make a run stop.
The Detroit Lions struck nearly one year ago to sign Trey Flowers in free agency, and their massive investment was based around the fact that few folks worked as hard as Flowers during the season and the offseason.
Now, Lions fans have gotten a good look at just how committed Flowers is, even during a time when NFL players routinely seek time away. DetroitLions.com got a sneak peak at Flowers, who is currently in Alabama, grinding away. The video paints the picture of a pretty committed player.
Here’s a look at Flowers putting in the grind in order to get better and ready for the 2020 season.
We met up with @III_Flowers in Madison, Alabama for a peek into his offseason grind. #OnePride— Detroit Lions (@Lions) March 9, 2020
Watch 🎥: https://t.co/GcYkvhBhLD pic.twitter.com/jIW9hDJz0A
Obviously,
Flowers wants to put his best foot forward for 2020, and getting this hard work
in is a great start.
Trey Flowers Explains Lions Season
On
the field, Flowers’ first first season with the Lions didn’t go as planned
given the team’s 3-12-1 mark, and that’s something which Flowers was frustrated
about. Not just due to the record, but due to how hard the team worked and fell
short.
“Disappointing,
obviously, we came in with a lot of expectations. A lot of guys worked hard,
put in a lot of work, sacrificed, but didn’t come out with the result we
wanted,” he said honestly in an
interview with Tori Petry of DetroitLions.com.
A
major plus for Flowers? The fight the team shows. That’s something which the
player thinks makes the team close to winning.
“We
have a lot of fight on this team. There’s a positive in that. Something that
you can build on. Guys willing to fight, willing to put in the effort. We just
got to capitalize a little bit more and we’ll be as successful as we want to
be,” he said.
So
why did the Lions year not go as planned? According to Flowers, it’s not easy
thing to explain, and is multi-faceted.
“I
think it was a lot of things. At the end of the day, a lot of games came down
to finishing. We were leading in just about every game, so just putting a team
away. Staying focused through the whole entirety of the game,” he said.
How
does Flowers propose the Lions do that? Dialing in just a tiny bit more,
starting in the offseason.
“Just
the focus, the mental focus throughout the game. Not beating yourself with
penalties. Not beating yourself with situations as far as not being aware. Just
turning your focus over and turning your intensity up when you gotta have it.
With all that, just working during the offseason on turning your focus up
mentally, physically and prepare yourself to be great that day. That can carry
over to the season,” he said.
Wise words from a veteran player who’s
been there and done that in terms of winning. With his hard offseason work, he
leads by example.
Trey Flowers’ Stats With Lions
The Lions signed Flowers this past offseason, and he got off to a slow start rushing the passer so much so that he had to be called out by pundits near the middle of the season.
In
October, Flowers had plays which helped push the New York Giants back and
thwart scoring opportunities they had late, and it was finally a case of
Flowers stepping up big in a significant spot for his new team. NFL analyst
Brian Baldinger took notice, and thinks more plays like this are the key to the
Lions turning things around this season.
“They
signed him to make plays like this. The Lions have been terrible in the fourth
quarter this year, everybody knows that. But they’re 3-3-1 with two games on
the road, at Oakland and at Chicago. If they’re going to get back in the race,
they need more plays like this from Trey Flowers,” Baldinger says while
breaking down the game saving defensive play.
Safe
to say Detroit doesn’t win without the key sequence from Flowers, and while
they weren’t able to turn the win into any momentum for the season, getting
more of those plays consistently figures to be a goal well into the future.
As
Baldinger accurately stated, Detroit’s defensive line needs to do more work
like this in crunch time. The good news? Flowers might just be getting started
in terms of making a large impact down the stretch.
“He’s
more than capable of doing it. They brought him here to do that. Trey Flowers is more than capable.
Dishing Nate Solder, forcing the fumble, he’s got a lot of bounce in his step.
More from Trey Flowers and that whole defensive front. They could get it,” he
said.
Flowers answered the bell and played
well himself with 7 sacks this season. Clearly, the goal is to do even
better with his hard offseason work in mind.
