{"id":70231,"date":"2019-08-10T10:51:32","date_gmt":"2019-08-10T14:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/?p=70231"},"modified":"2026-03-19T20:22:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T00:22:33","slug":"trey-flowers-activated-from-pup-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2019\/08\/10\/trey-flowers-activated-from-pup-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Trey Flowers Activated From PUP List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/lions\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Detroit Lions<\/a> are getting their big-name free agent back on the field. According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ttwentyman\/status\/1160196101305184256?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Tim Twentyman<\/strong><\/a>, the Lions have activated edge defender\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/F\/FlowTr00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trey Flowers<\/a><\/strong> from the Physically Unable to Perform list (PUP). Flowers signed a massive five-year, $90 million dollar contract after spending the first four years of his career with the New England Patriots.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lions also activated Trey Flowers from PUP list<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tim Twentyman (@ttwentyman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ttwentyman\/status\/1160196101305184256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 10, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Detroit Lions Activate Trey Flowers From PUP List<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Flowers started the year on the PUP after undergoing minor shoulder surgery early in the off-season. The procedure wasn&#8217;t expected to sideline him for the start of the regular season, and Flowers remains on pace to play in Detroit&#8217;s season opener. Flowers missed the first preseason game of the year, but the five-year NFL veteran probably wouldn&#8217;t have seen much playing time regardless.<\/p>\n<p>Flowers, of course, has a history with head coach\u00a0<strong>Matt Patricia<\/strong>. The defensive end started his career under Patricia&#8217;s guide as a fourth-round pick in the 2015 NFL Draft. After missing the majority of his rookie season with an injury, Flowers went on to be a key piece of New England&#8217;s defensive line. Flowers recorded a team-high seven sacks in 2017 while appearing in all 16 games. The second-year star recorded 2.5 sacks in Super Bowl LI, including a key fourth-quarter sack which pushed the Atlanta Falcons out of field goal range.<\/p>\n<p>Flowers is coming off a season in which he recorded a career-high 7.5 sacks in 15 games started. While he doesn&#8217;t put together the highest sack numbers, he&#8217;s great at playing the run and pass while applying pressure to the quarterback. He also was a key piece of the defense which limited\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/G\/GoffJa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jared Goff<\/a><\/strong> to just three points in Super Bowl LIII.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the course of Flowers&#8217; career, the former fourth-round pick has recorded 21 sacks, 164 tackles, 59 quarterback hits, and 25 tackles-for-loss. The big-money defender was the top defensive lineman on two separate Super Bowl champion rosters but has never made a Pro Bowl up to this point in his career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Detroit Lions have actived edge defender Trey Flowers from the Physically Unable to Perform list (PUP). 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