Well that’s not the start the Detroit Lions were looking for. The team announced Monday that high-priced free agent pass rusher Trey Flowers will open camp on the physically unable to perform (PUP) list.
Flowers inked a five-year, $90 million contract this past offseason to move from New England to Detroit. He’s expected to significantly upgrade the Lions’ pass rush and overall front-line defense.
Hopefully Flowers is simply dealing with a minor injury. Detroit desperately needs to get off on the right foot in 2019, and it needs Flowers to be a big part of that resurgence. Many felt the Lions overspent to bring him on board. If he fails to make a big impact, that opinion will be justified.
In three seasons (Flowers was out his rookie year with an injury), the veteran edge rusher has tallied 164 tackles and 21 sacks.