The Detroit Lions are in agreement with star defensive end Trey Flowers on a five-year contract, according to a report from ESPN insider Adam Schefter.
It will be a five-year deal in Detroit for Trey Flowers, per source. https://t.co/WAdJxKmI4H
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 11, 2019
Schefter also reported the deal will pay Flowers more than $16 million annually, meaning the final value will exceed $80 million.
Flowers, who spent the first four years of his career with the New Englan Patriots, was expected to earn $15.7 million in 2019 after being projected to sign a five-year, $78.9 million deal this offseason.
Flowers started all 15 of the games he played in last season, forcing three fumbles while making 57 tackles and seven-and-a-half sacks.
Flowers is the third New England Patriot to join the Lions organization today, following in the footsteps of Danny Amendola and Justin Coleman. That trio joins former Patriots defensive coordinator Matt Patricia and scout Dan Quinn in Detroit; those two men are now the Lions’ head coach and general manager, respectively.
Today alone, the Lions signed Danny Amendola, Justin Coleman, and Trey Flowers. Three former Patriots playing under former Pats DC Matt Patricia (now the Detroit HC) and former Pats scout Dan Quinn (now the Detroit GM). As @AdamSchefter put it earlier today: the Detroit Patriots!
— Andersen Pickard (@AndersenPickard) March 11, 2019
After a poor 2018 season, things appear to be trending up for the Lions. It’s only Day One of the legal tampering period, and the team has already made three crucial signings; perhaps the best is yet to come for the Lions.
