Trey Flowers Has Heartfelt Goodbye Message To Patriots After Lions Deal

It’s time to say goodbye. Trey Flowers is leaving the New England Patriots to join the Detroit Lions.

Hours after agreeing to a contract with the Lions, Trey Flowers took to his Instagram account to say ‘goodbye’ to his home. The Patriots are the team he began his football career with. Flowers played four year on the team, and was brilliant in each and every season.

“For the memories, for the lessons, for the relationships, for the opportunity… I thank you,” he wrote and added a photo of the Patriots Super Bowl LIII championship parade a few weeks ago.

“It will be a five-year deal in Detroit for Trey Flowers, per source,” ESPN’s Adam Schefter tweeted.

Flowers is set to sign a four-year contract that will give him $16-$17 million annually.

The initial plan was for the Patriots to let Flowers test the market, check up some offers and come back, but he wasn’t ready to accept a hometown discount and the Patriots’ offer was lower than the one Detroit offered. Significantly lower. That made things easier for him.

Flowers was a fourth-round pick in the 2015 NFL Draft. He missed most of his rookie season after he ended up on injured reserve. However, that changed overtime, and Flowers became an important player in the Patriots’ defense. In 2018, he started all 15 games played with the Patriots in the regular season, totaling 57 tackles, 7.5 sacks and three forced fumbles.

The player has a lot of experience, and he was amazing in the playoffs. In his four years with the Patriots, Flowers made three thrips to the Super Bowl and his presence was sure felt. In Super Bowl LI, he had an awesome clutc sack on Matt Ruan with just four minutes to play in the fourth quarter. Atlanta was out of the field goal range.